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1. What does HHS stand for?
T section
1. Girder-primary 2. Beam-secondary 3. joist-tertiary
Asymmetry
Hollow structural section

2. one piece - corrigated anchor or an adjustable - two piece wire anchor should not be spaced more than ____
F = Force/Area = P (Force) /A (Area)
32 in on center and not more than 18 in vertically
CMU backed brick veneer
False

3. Roof deck is generally topped with _____
a nonmovement joint in a large concrete slab. It is used when concrete cannot be placed in on continuous operation.
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Roof and Floor
Lug

4. Who designed the kaunthaus bregenz?
Peter Zumther
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
2in pg 645
every floor

5. Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night
That it is welded
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
Thermal Mass
Wide-Flange section

6. The thicker the wall the larger the _______ needs to be
Compression
Lighter weight
Gravity load from the floor or roof deck to the wall
Reservoir

7. A bond Beam is provided at ______
Each floor level and roof level in all exterior walls and at all interior bearing walls ans shear walls.
Strands
Gauge number
2

8. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Cranes and rails
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.
Iron ore melts and then is cooled to a solid state by casting it on a sand bed - the shape of the casting resembles a little of new born pigs.
36 ksi

9. Pretensioning is generally done at precaster's plant and yeilds a precast - prestressed concrete member.
Isolation Joints
True
At each floor level and roof level
Sloped on both sides

10. Reinforcement increases a masonry's walls ________ and _______ strength
Pipe Section
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand
Flexural and Shear.
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness

11. the GFRC skin is obtained by
Spraying the mix over a mold
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
30 ft
Henry Bessemer in 1855

12. Built-up sections are made by _____
Tube
Obtaining by welding two or more standard sections together
2 1/2 hours of the initial preparations of mortar
2 in

13. The primary purpose of ties in a reinforced concrete column is to...
3 in
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
2 to 4 ft

14. Factor for safety formula
Failure stress / allowable stress
Plortland cement-based mix
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
excavation

15. A steel with a yeild strenth of 50 ksi is also called _____
Carbon steel
Grouted Space
Grade 50 steel
Surface tension

16. A typical anchor used with brick veneer and CMU backup wall assembly consist of...
It took the excess carbon in the moten pig iron and was converted to carbon dioxide by blowing oxygen through it
1in
Snap Tie
Two piece anchor - or which one is embedded in CMU backup and the other is embedded in the Veneers mortar joint

17. S-Shapes are mostly used for_____
Structural concrete fill
Cranes and rails
1in
Lighter member that spans between the girders

18. What is the formula for shear force?
Shelf angles
shear force=force/area
The concrete is casted in controled enviroments and then transported to the contruction job.
A conventional wood light frame building

19. The use of ______ concrete is customary
4000 psi
Prevent the buckling of vertical reinforcement in columns
Portland cement stucco
Thermal Mass

20. The stregth of concrete in a residential concrete slab-on=ground is generally
Cohesive
Lug
3000 PSI
Stress at the point of failure

21. A cellular-type plane in multistory building is generally inherent in the following occupancy's?
Hollow structural section
Each course consists of Strechers
A special electric wrench is used that induces a predetermined torque bolt
Residential

22. The Tendons used for prestressing a PT concrete slab on ground gernally consist of...
Steel pipes
Mock-up
18 to 48 in
A single 1/2 - 7 wire strand

23. Joists Girders has ______ than a Joist
As a structure that is made entirely of linear elements - columns and beams.
Heavier members and spans from column to column
Mock-up
Carbon steel

24. W section I beam with a nominal depth of 16' and a weight of 50 lbs for 2 foot
W16X25
Masonry walls without virtical reinforcement.
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
Width - W - of Unit

25. the most commonly used strength of concrete for the slab-on ground in concrete tilt- up wall buildings is...
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______
4000 psi
T section
T section

26. Walers
Is the Specified dimension plus one mortar joint thickness
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.
Horizontal reinforcement
The Horizontal members of this image for formwork is called ______

27. A drainage wall is a wall that consists of an
Open-Hearth furnace
Elevated Slabs
Highly Crosive - Extreme
Exterior cladding and a inner backup wall and a intervening air space between the cladding and the backup

28. Weep Holes are...
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
Width - W - of Unit
A small opening at the bottom of cladding
3/8 in

29. Compressive Strength Formula
Fire-resitive - mold-free - sound-insulating - relatively inexpensive and durable.
Spraying the mix over a mold
2 in
Comressive Strength = load at failure / area = ksi or psi

30. in a simple three-member truss consisting of two rafters and a tie - each member is in...
4
A ductile material
False
Either tension or compression

31. in an ideal pressure-equalized drainage wall
The cladding resists all the wind load
Beams
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Compressive strength

32. What is the formula for strain?
Supported by - and anchored to - the buildings structure
10-13 feet.
2in
=change in length/original length

33. The maximum span of a K-series Joists is ____ times is depth
24
2in pg 645
Huge - steel cylinder whose interior is lined with refractory bricks - and the materials are stacked on the inside and then heated to mix them all together.
Adding water to the mortar

34. S shapes the interior surfaces of the flanges are ____ and are ____ than the W shape
Sloped - thinner
Roof and Floor
Water Proofing
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover

35. 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
Isolation Joints
Chairs
A sufficient number and adequate lengths of walls must be provided in both principal directions of a building
Where the concrete absorbs the heat from the day and slowly releases it during the night

36. Stressing-end assembly is called a ____
Cohesive
90 to 180 degress
Support Pylons
Live end

37. The most common used 28 day strength of concrete of PC curtian wall panels is ______
Continuous strip footings - isolated pad footings - drilled pier footings.
Steel embeds in wall and slab welded together with steel plates
5000 psi
30ft

38. This CMU type resists water infiltration - one ways
By functioning as a water reservior
Each course consists of Strechers
Column Footing
annealed glass

39. A concrete member containing reinfrocing bars is called _____
Reinforced concrete member
Drainage Walls
3000 psi
Lug

40. The Vertical Lines that are not connected to Beams are called ____
Basic Oxygen Furnace
Joists
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet
Extruded bricks that have through-through hols.

41. Modulus of elasticity refers to how _____ a material is...
16'
The connections between the walls and the floor or roof decks
Support Pylons
Stiff

42. A snape Tie consits of...
Leveling Nut
A plastic cone and a loop at each end.
Pink
Plastic - and Steel chairs with plastic-coated feet

43. In a cross-bearing wall structure - the load bearing walls are...
2 1/2 in
Providing a anomalous slope in the surface.
Head Joints
Perpendicular to the main axis of the building.

44. The bending stresses along the neutral axis of a beam are _________
S50X30
Zero (0)
18'
18'

45. a curtain wall is separated form the structural fram of the building by a minimum of...
5 in
Rigid Insulation and Roof cover
2 in
Column Footing

46. a larger space - nearly 1/4 or wider - immediately beyond the capillary space is called what?
Ground-Supported slabs area____
L-shaped sheet metal or plastic element - that has a vertical leg that has openings to let the water out
Shelf angles
Capillary break

47. Slagwool is _____
Much lower
3000 PSI
Noncombustible and is similar to fiberglass - manufacture of insulation.
W16X25

48. A connection between a floor or roof and a wall must be adequate to sustain the 3 forces What is one of these forces?
Iron ore and coke are mixed together in a Furnace
Approximately equal to the combined cost of concrete and steel
W-shaped beams - Steel joints
In plane shear between the wall and the floor or roof deck

49. G60 is for ____ corrosive enviroment
True
MOre Crrosive Enviroment - Hot
At foundation level - over a lintel angle - over a shelf angle - under a window sill.
A325

50. The Glass fibers used in GFRC skin are referred to as AR fibers. the Term AR is an acronym for...
Grade 50 steel
Grade 50 steel
Provide unifrom drying and firing of bricks
Alkali resistant