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1. In a Flemish-bonded wall
Shores
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.
Each course Consists of alternate headers and stretchers
Steel Joist Institute

2. When a cable or rope is compressed by a force - What is the compressive stress i it?
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
2 in
Zero (0)
8 and 30 in

3. W shapes the interior serfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the S shape
Parallel - wider
Brick ledge
Walls that are distributed almost uniformly in both principle and directions - walls at the uper floor that align with the walls at the lower floor - walls that are continuous up to the foundations
Basic Oxygen Furnace

4. What are two of the most durable flashing materials?
Pile
Some veneer walls
Tunnel Form
Copper and stainless steel

5. PC curtain wall system is used in all climates - its particularly favored in...
Harsh climates - where onsite masonry and concrete construction are problematic due to freeze hazard and slow curing rate of Portland cement.
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Extruded Bricks

6. What are the 3 types of furnaces?
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Heavier members and spans from column to column
More easily constructable.
EAF - OHF - BOF

7. Materials used for Formwork are___
Wood and Plywood - Steel - Aluminum - Glass Fiber
All the walls of the building have been erected - all the walls have been anchored to the slab-on-ground - the roof structure is complete
Adding water to the mortar
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)

8. The most important reason for providing tires in concrete conlumn is too
Is embedded in the walls
Prevent the buckling of longitudinal column bars
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

9. Panelized construction eliminates _____ - increasing on-site workers' safety
Hollow structural section
CMU backed brick veneer
Steel fabricator
Scaffolding

10. Drainage wall must have sufficient built-in redundancy to remain infiltration free for the entire life of the building that includes.
Exterior cladding - Air space - Flashing - Water resistant backup - and weep holes.
Grade 50 steel
The Vertical lumber on this image of formwork is called ______
Footing

11. Joists between the walls and the floor slabs of a site-cast reinforced concrete bearing wall are _______ than those in msonry wall and precast-concrete hollow-core slab structure.
Copper and stainless steel
24
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Tougher pg 617

12. A doubly rienforced beam is one in which
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Reinfocing bars are provided at the top and bottom of the beams
Vertical reinforcing bars

13. List the Mortar types from greatest Comprssive strength to The lowest compressive strength
shear force=force/area
Mild
M -S -N -O
Metals that contain Iron

14. A Joist has _____ than a Joist Girder
The size of the masonry that the manufacture would like to achieve.
A horizontal butt join in cladding
Peter Zumther
Lighter member that spans between the girders

15. Standard CMU size
Drilled pier footing
Fall within the range of loads spans that are common in buildings
Exterior cladding - waterproffing of the backup wall - flashing - weep holes
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8

16. The Dark things in the Corner are ____
36 ksi
0.0025
Metals that contain Iron
Columns

17. A slip-critical connection is...
High-treated carbon steel
Shelf angles
False
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces

18. Welding can be done by either ____ or ___ welding
Reinforced-concrete or reinforced masonry beam
Gas or arc
Walls with vertical reinforcement
connection beam flanges

19. in a typical stress-strain diagram of a material - the stress is generally plotted along the _________ axis
1. decking 2. membrane 3. insulation 4. flashing
16'
Open - vertical mortar joint in the veneer.
Vertical

20. The stress-strain diagram of ______ steel is nearly a straight line up to the yield point
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Mild
Compressive strength - boling-water absorbation - and saturation coefficient of the bricks
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel

21. The keyway between precast-concret hollow-core slabs is generally
Grouted and reinforced with horizontal steel dowels
25 ft and not more than 10 ft from the walls corner
A992
Parallel - wider

22. Stack casting is used when
The ground-floor slab of the building is too small to accommodate the precasting of all the walls
Composite
0.0025
8 in

23. The most efficient weep hole in a brick veneer consists of a...
every floor
2.67 ft
Open Headed joint
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall

24. The most commonly used steel for framming menbers is_______
Elastic
PB pg 703
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
same

25. A pour stop is generally used with
Floor decks
Structural concrete fill
where soil is not strong.
Much lower

26. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup
Some veneer walls
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Sanding smooth the insulation boards for EIFS

27. The cost of a tilt up wall system compares _____ with that of a masonry bearing wall system
Favorably
At each floor level and roof level
A 100% solid unit
Live end

28. Is a nonmovment joint in a large concrete slab - and is used when the concrete cannot be placed in one continuous operation.
5000 psi
W16X25
Is the Deposit of white substance on a masonry wall
Construction Joint

29. Mechanical couplers are used
7-5/8x7-5/8x15-5/8
1/2 to 3/4 thick
Scratch coat
Where lap splicing of reinforcing bars will produce excessive congestion

30. S section I beam with a nominal depth of 50' and a weight of 60 lbs per 3 feet
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
Open Headed joint
S50X30
1kip=1000psi

31. What is the bottom piece called?
Zinc
Low-rise buildings generally up to 50 ft
Footing
18 to 48 in

32. During the time that the Empirical rules where in use - What is an important reason for progressively increasing wall thickness?
To ensure stability against overturning by wind loads
Capillary break
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
shear force=force/area

33. PC curtain wall panels are removed from the form as____
Steel pipes
Elevated Slabs and arches - its formwork for arches
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
Soon as possible to allow rapid turnover and reuse of the framework

34. 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
Adding water to the mortar
Isolation Joints
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Each floor level

35. The I-section can be classified into four shapes. What are they?
same
W - S - HP - M
Composite
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness

36. What is the First arrow point at?
Open-Hearth furnace
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Leveling Nut
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.

37. The Nominal Dimensions of masonry units
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi
Ground-Supported Slabs - Elevated Slabs
Connections are tightened to a high tensil stress so that shear resistance is provided though fiction between the connect surfaces
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

38. Plymer based EIFS are also called...
Elevated Slabs
Drainage Walls
After World War 2
Soft-coat EIFS

39. How high off the does glass have to remain tempered?

40. There should only be _____ gravity load connections - also referred to as bearing supports per panel located as near the columns as possible
Grouted Space
Getting Iron and Meling it - Then when the Ore is soft - Silica is beat out with a hammer
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
2

41. What is the bottom piece called?
Two piece wire anchors
Footing
Cotton ropes - that absorb water from the airspace by capillary action and drain it to the outside.
Brick ledge

42. What are the two benifits of pressing concret?
Reduced cracking in concret - and reduction in the dimensions of stuctural members
4000 psi
3/8
EAF - BOF - OHF

43. What are some Advantages to using Steel and Joists and Joist Girders?
Lug
Lapped members - clamped together with specially made clamps - and screw-based metal assembly
The deflection of studs to withstand lateral loads
Lighter Weight - Easier Erection

44. The minimum width of air space generally used between brick veneer and wood stud backup wall is...
1in
Grade 50 steel
2 in
Snap Tie

45. Plain-Masonry walls are _______
A single wythe of brick (usally 4in nominal thickness)
EAF - OHF - BOF
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.

46. The clear height of openings in a CUM wall is...
Tube
3/8 greater than the multiples of the masonry unit module.
Glass fiber-reinforced concrete
Cross bearing Walls plane

47. This Grade of Steel is The most popular in use in buildings
W-Shaped Columns and Beams
A992
Columns
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot

48. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Walls with overhangs
Some veneer walls
Chairs
Joists

49. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Immediately about a flashing
Sloped - thinner
Percast at the construction site
Angle section (L)

50. Stirrups are used in Concrete beam ____
Within the plane of the veneer
To increase the shear strength of beam above that provided by concrete
Lug
Workablity - water rentivity - and water tightness