Building construction
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updated (latest version ,
graded A+)
Structural elements - answer holds weight other than itself
Non-structural elements - answer no load carrying responsiblilty
what is membrane fireproofing - answer protects as an assembly,not
individual members
How are structures classified - answer construction type and occupant use
what was the primary concern of planners, architects, and builders during
the early days of high-rise construction - answer gravity
Live load - answer any load other than dead
impact load - answer delivered in a short time.
Example: Ladder on roof, man steps from ladder to roof
wind load - answer A force on a structure arising on the impact of the wind
on it.
Axial - answer Straight and true, has greatest load carrying ability
, Eccentric - answer Straight and true, but is concentrated to one side of the
center of the support.
Torsional - answer Forces that are offset, twisting loads
Wood BTU's - answer 7-8,000
plastic BTU's - answer 16,000
List three ways of applying forces to materials - answer Compressive,Tension,
Shear
Compressive - answer crushing strains, push together material
Tension - answer Forces pull apart the material
Shear - answer Forces tend to cause material to slide past one another
Strain - answer the percent of elongation
stress - answer the load
Girder - answer A beam which supports another beam
Spandel Girder - answer A beam which carries the load on the exterior of a
framed building between the top of one window and the bottom of the
window below.
Lintel beam - answer A beam which spans an opening in a masonry wall
Midterm fully solved &
updated (latest version ,
graded A+)
Structural elements - answer holds weight other than itself
Non-structural elements - answer no load carrying responsiblilty
what is membrane fireproofing - answer protects as an assembly,not
individual members
How are structures classified - answer construction type and occupant use
what was the primary concern of planners, architects, and builders during
the early days of high-rise construction - answer gravity
Live load - answer any load other than dead
impact load - answer delivered in a short time.
Example: Ladder on roof, man steps from ladder to roof
wind load - answer A force on a structure arising on the impact of the wind
on it.
Axial - answer Straight and true, has greatest load carrying ability
, Eccentric - answer Straight and true, but is concentrated to one side of the
center of the support.
Torsional - answer Forces that are offset, twisting loads
Wood BTU's - answer 7-8,000
plastic BTU's - answer 16,000
List three ways of applying forces to materials - answer Compressive,Tension,
Shear
Compressive - answer crushing strains, push together material
Tension - answer Forces pull apart the material
Shear - answer Forces tend to cause material to slide past one another
Strain - answer the percent of elongation
stress - answer the load
Girder - answer A beam which supports another beam
Spandel Girder - answer A beam which carries the load on the exterior of a
framed building between the top of one window and the bottom of the
window below.
Lintel beam - answer A beam which spans an opening in a masonry wall
