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1. The Two bottom Left ones are called _____
control joints accomodate the shrinkage of concrete. their purpose is to provide weakness in the slab at predetermined locations to force the slab to crack there.
Tube
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Reinforced concrete or steel frame structure

2. The units of modulus of elasticity are _______
Elevated Slabs
2 to 4 ft
Psi - ksi - Pa - and GPa
Upward deflection of a beam to counter downward deflection by a dead load

3. One-way deck is a ______
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Flat-plate floor - and one-way joist floor
Deck that spans between two opposite walls - and the gravity load on the deck is carried in one direction across the two opposite walls.
Noncohesive Soils

4. Rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building - they are used for 2nd and higher floors.
Each floor level
Elevated Slabs
Favorably
Base Plate

5. What is the formula for stress?
Type S
1in
stress=force/area
No. 3 or No. 4 bars

6. DLH series has a depth range of...
Live end
52-72
Site cast concrete slabs
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

7. The dead load of brick vaneer may be borne by the wall foundation without any support at intermediate floors up to a maximum height of _____ above ground
Gravel
SJI
Sloped toward the interior roof
30ft

8. Bricks that are highly absorptive may need to be wetted before being laid in a wall
True
Stretcher Face
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
2 in

9. Bricks and Blocks are called ____
Gas or arc
5 in
Sloped - thinner
Concrete masonry Units

10. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
40 ft
Percast at the construction site
Isolation Joints
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

11. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
stablize joists

12. The The Fourth Arrow is Pointing at
Two flange plates
Column Footing
Interegral to the mix of the finish coat pg 702
ground supported slabs (a.k.a. slabs-on-ground or slabs-on-grade) bear directly on a compacted ground with organic top soil removed. 2. elevated slabs rest on and are part of the structural frame of the building. Therefore they are also referred to a

13. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Copper and stainless steel
Deck that the load is transferred to all four walls - and are generally of site-cast concrete.
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
The bolt shank and nut are marked after the joint has been snugged. Then a specific amount of rotation is induced in the nut with repect to the bolt - generally 1/3 to a full turn beyond the snug-tight condition

14. Deep foundations use what to ensure that the building does not move
Columns
False
Pile
shear force=force/area

15. In high-rised residential buildings with site cast reinforced concrete bearing walls - the floors and the roofs are generally constructed of...
30ft
Site cast concrete slabs
Out of Plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members

16. The concrete tilt-up wall construction system is generally used in...
E = Change in length / original length = d / L
Allow water washing of concrete after stripping the forms
Low rise building 1 to 4 stories
Capillary break

17. fixed anchor assemly is called a ____
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
A Waffle Slab
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Dead End

18. Joist spacing is generally between ___ and ___ for floors
2 to 4 ft
3/8
40 ft
Horizontal reinforcement

19. Steel Joist Institue classifies joists into three categories. What are they?
T section
K-series - LH series - DHL series
A992
FBX

20. Wicks or plastic tubes have a diamenter of...
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Steel
3/8
Thermal Mass

21. Molten iron from the blast furnace is converted to molten steel by one of three ways - which is the Three?
True
Compression
Sloped - thinner
EAF - BOF - OHF

22. Mechanical couplers are used
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
windward face
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion
Beams

23. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Gas or arc
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Lateral load support to the veneer
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.

24. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
laminated glass - so that glass shards don't rain down death.
HHS
Beams
Either tension or compression

25. Stack casting is used when
Cinder Block
Henry Bessemer in 1855
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls

26. The maximum recoomended spacing for vertical expansion joints is...
Hoizontal bridging members at the bottom of the joists - and horizontal briging members at the top of the joists
same
All sheet-steel components are fabricated by rolling and pressing the sheets into carious cross-sectional profiles at room temperature
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner

27. In referring to a masonry wall as a reinforced masonry wall it is implied that the wall contains
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
Flying forms
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints
Vertical reinforcing bars

28. Z-flashing is effective in...
Zero (0)
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Copper and stainless steel
A horizontal butt join in cladding

29. Stirrups are generally made of...
Cranes and rails
No. 3 or No. 4 bars
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column
All exterior walls resisted the lateral loads individually

30. Extend the entire thickness of the slab and they ensure that the slab is isolated from the buildings structural componenst so that their movments is not transfered to the slab
Steel pipes
Lighter member that spans between the girders
Isolation Joints
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

31. This type of Mortar is used in seismic zones
Type S
4000 psi
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
4

32. Mortar-Capturing device is a...
Mid- to-high rise masonry bearing wall residential buildings
Device that consists of a mesh made of polymeric strands witch trap the droppings and suspend them permanently above the weep hole
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
Failure stress / allowable stress

33. Bond beams are _____
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
Water that may reach the backup by traveling over metal anchors or unintentional obstructions in the air space
every floor
Individual elements - tha do not have continuity to resist diaphragm tension - and are anchored to to masonry beams.

34. in terms of water infiltration - the exterior walls in historical buildings functioned as
GFRC skin - a light gauge steel frame - anchors
Barrier walls
A325
1/2 to 3/4 thick

35. S-Shape is also called ____
Discontinuity of walls at foundations and requires a heavy transfer structure.
American Standard Shape
Stretcher Face
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.

36. Benefits of reinforced masonry
Masonry Bearing Wall Structure
A suitable base on which the roof or floor trusses and joist can be supported ans anchored
Increases the strength of a wall against bending - increases the sliding resistance of the wall to in-plane lateral loads - reducing horizontal displacement between floors - helps to resist the tension caused by overturning of the Wall.
One piece anchors

37. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Mock-up
Acrylic polymer-based mix
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Joists

38. Stress Formula
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Elevated Slabs
Lighter member that spans between the girders

39. The maximum spacing for one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor is limited by the code to one anchor for every _____
field bolting of steel member
Collect and channel any water that gets into the air space back to the exterior
2.67 ft
A36

40. Capillary break is a...
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Wider space in an otherwize narrow joint
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620
Snap Tie

41. Which gives greater warning before failure - a brittle or ductile material?
A ductile material
24
Beams and Columns
Temporary structural steel bracing members can also be used to strengthen an opening - they are attached to a panel before lifting and removed after the panel's erections Pg. 620

42. The Term prestressed concrete refers to both pretensioned and posttensioned concret
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
True
Hollow structural section
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.

43. An isolated concrete slab-on-ground requires what types of joints?
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Water Proofing
Control joints - Isolation joints - Construction joints

44. The width of an expansion joint is ___
3/8
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Greater Floor to Floor height - COncentrated Loads - Complex layout floor and roof frame - and Fire protection
I Section

45. Ways to Protect structural steel from fire are...
Encase steel sections in concrete - OR use a Spray-applied fire protection and gypsum board facing
The exterior cladding in a pressure equalized wall
2in
Water and resistant to puncture - tear - and abrasion

46. What is an Isolation Joint?

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47. Wicks or Tubes need a spacing of ____ to go with open-head joints
3 in
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
16 in
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars

48. ____________________ is gerneally preferred over filed welding?
Portland cement stucco
field bolting of steel member
PB pg 703
Leveling Nut

49. Reshoring Concrete structures is necessary where excessive deflection of Floor slabs or foundation settlement is anticipate on remval of shores
Joists
False
Ties are generally not provided in a concrete wall
Greater than the cross-sectional area of the column

50. This type of form work has gained favor in constructing high-rise reinforced-concrete bearing walls structures
Tunnel Form
3/5/8x2/1/4x7/5/8
Open Headed joint
Cold-formed and light structural steel members - in zinc coating