CON 358 Exam 1 With All Correct & 100% Verified
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us building codes before 2000 ✔Correct Answer-1. NBC national building code (northeast)
2. SBC standard building code (southern)
3. UBC uniform building code
Codes were NOT the same nationwide
Codes after 2000 ✔Correct Answer-1. IBC international building code (uniform nationwide)
2. IRC international residential code (1/2 family dwellings)
other building codes ✔Correct Answer-1. AASHTO - american association of state highway and
transportation officials
2. AREMA - American railroad engineering and maintenance association
3. us army corps of engineers
4. naval facilities engineering command (NAVFAC)
Specialty organizations ✔Correct Answer-- AISC american institute of steel construction
- ACI american concrete institute
- AWC american wood council
- masonry institute
- ASCE american society of civil engineering
5 major loads ✔Correct Answer-1. Dead load: weight of the structure itself
2. Live load: weight of people and stuff in spaces
3. Snow
4. Wind
5. Seismic
Live loads ✔Correct Answer-defined according to occupancy: what the space will be used for
- live loads are from the IBC chart
- are very conservative: higher than max load to be expected for given space
Snow loads ✔Correct Answer--drifting occurs in the dead air space on the DOWNWIND side of an
obstruction
-unbalanced snow loads may create a worse structural situation than balanced snow loads (snow
builds up on leeward (downwind) side
- sheltering from wind results in greater snow accumulation (higher loads)
- wind generally reduces snow load, however it also causes drifting which increases snow load near
obstructions
-snow load affected by thermal conditions of structures and slope of roof
ex) hartford civic center and foco 2003
Wind loads ✔Correct Answer-KE = 0.5mv^2 --> wind pressure P (lb/ft^2)= 0.00256v^2 (mph)
Answers |Latest Update| Already Graded A+
us building codes before 2000 ✔Correct Answer-1. NBC national building code (northeast)
2. SBC standard building code (southern)
3. UBC uniform building code
Codes were NOT the same nationwide
Codes after 2000 ✔Correct Answer-1. IBC international building code (uniform nationwide)
2. IRC international residential code (1/2 family dwellings)
other building codes ✔Correct Answer-1. AASHTO - american association of state highway and
transportation officials
2. AREMA - American railroad engineering and maintenance association
3. us army corps of engineers
4. naval facilities engineering command (NAVFAC)
Specialty organizations ✔Correct Answer-- AISC american institute of steel construction
- ACI american concrete institute
- AWC american wood council
- masonry institute
- ASCE american society of civil engineering
5 major loads ✔Correct Answer-1. Dead load: weight of the structure itself
2. Live load: weight of people and stuff in spaces
3. Snow
4. Wind
5. Seismic
Live loads ✔Correct Answer-defined according to occupancy: what the space will be used for
- live loads are from the IBC chart
- are very conservative: higher than max load to be expected for given space
Snow loads ✔Correct Answer--drifting occurs in the dead air space on the DOWNWIND side of an
obstruction
-unbalanced snow loads may create a worse structural situation than balanced snow loads (snow
builds up on leeward (downwind) side
- sheltering from wind results in greater snow accumulation (higher loads)
- wind generally reduces snow load, however it also causes drifting which increases snow load near
obstructions
-snow load affected by thermal conditions of structures and slope of roof
ex) hartford civic center and foco 2003
Wind loads ✔Correct Answer-KE = 0.5mv^2 --> wind pressure P (lb/ft^2)= 0.00256v^2 (mph)
