Brannigan 10 Flashcards
Normal Strength Concrete (NSC) losses about 25 % of it compressive strength at about (**) and 75% of its strength at about (****) (these temperatures are in the concrete not the ambient temperatures).
575F
11007F
High Strength Concrete (HSC) permits the use of thinner structural members, an economic advantage. HSC losses MORE strength than NCS in the same temperature ranges.In addition, in the (**) range, HSC can spall explosively, breaking off big chucks.
575F to 1200F
The tendons of press stressed concrete are particularly vulnerable, because they totally lose their tensile strength at (****).
800F
From a fire protection perspective, (**) construction is considered the best. It is the type of construction most resistant to collapse and does not contribute fuel to the fire.
Fire resistive
(***) is a cementatious material produced by a chemical reaction of Portland cement and water to which inert material called aggregates are added.
Concerte
Concret sets into a solid mass, but continues to cure (***)
indefinitely
Concrete required to reach design strength in 28 days is sometimes referred to as (***)
28 day concrete
Reinforced concrete is a (**) material. Any failure of the bond between the two materials means the composite has failed.
composite
Concrete is weak in (**) strength, and has poor (**) resistance.
tensile
shear
Fire derive personnel should avoid the common error of using the term (***) when concrete is the proper term.
cement
Cement is a component of (**)
concrete
Precast concrete was principally in the form of (***)
cinder blocks
(**) use cinder as the aggregate to produce light, relatively inexpensive block.
cinder blocks
Heavier concrete plucks usually have a (****) than cinder blocks.
smoother surface
(8888888) are concrete blocks produced under Underwriters Laboratories classification.
Underwriters blocks
There have been several cases where substantial brick veneer was lost from a reinforced concrete building. (*******) concrete tends to shrink but the brick veneer does not.
high early strenght
The problems that fire department face regarding concrete construction can be divided into three distinct areas:
(****)
(***)
(***)
collapse during construction with no fire
fire during construction
fire in completed, occupied buildings
There are two basic types of in concrete construction:
***
Cast in Place concrete
Precast concrete
(***) includes plain concrete, reinforced concrete, and POST tensioned concrete.
Cast in place concrete
(***) includes plain concrete, reinforced concrete,a and PRE TENSIONED concrete.
pre cast concrete
(**) this is material mixed with cement to make concrete. are both fine and course.
Aggregatte
(***) this concrete is molded in the location in which it is expected to remain.
Cast in place concret
(**) THis is the process of placing the fluid concrete into molds, generally called forms, in which the concrete is permitted to harden into a certain shape.
Casting
(***) THes are small devices designed to keep the rods up off the surface of the form, so concrete will flow underneath the rods.
Chairs
(88888888) The columns use steel and concrete combined into one unit.
Composite and combination columns
(****) were formally used on lower floors of a heavy duty building to avoid surrendering floor space to large diameter concrete columns made soley of reinforced concrete.
Composite columns
The term (**) is often used to describe buildings in which different load bearing materials are used in different areas, such as exterior columns being made of concrete and interior columns constructed of steel.
composite construction
The term (****) properly refers to only an apartment built on a roof.
penthouse apartment
Apartments on lower floors that have terraces are properly called (**)
terrace apartments
(*******) This is a process for casting or pouring concrete without interruption from start to finish.
Continuous casting
(*******) This entails pouring concrete continuously as forms move upward so that continuous casting maybe accomplished.
continuos slipforming
(**) THes are thicker sections of floor near columns to assist in resisting the natural tendency of the floor to shear off at the column.
Drop panels
(**) A cast in place floor in which there are no beams supported buy columns: the floor plate itself rest directly on the columns.
Flat plate structural system (or continuous beam)
(***) these are thick concrete pads, usually heavily reinforced, that transfer the loads of piers or columns to the ground.
Footings
(***) These are steel pipes filled with concrete to increase their load carrying capacity.
Lally columns
(***) THis type of construction in which the columns are erected to their full height. Then the first floor slab is cast on the ground. Each subsequent floor then the roof slab is cast, one directly on top of the other.
Lift slab
(**) A method in which all the concrete in a building is properly bonded together. The resulting structure can be likened to one piece of stone.
Monolithic construction
(***) these ar tapered extensions at the tops of colums that asset in transfer of loads from floor to column.
Mushroom caps
Columns in heavy duty construction may show both (**) and (*****).
mushroom caps
drop panels
(**) This term refers to concrete that has no reinforcement , except possibly light reinforcement to resist temperature changes.
Plain concret
(***) These ar process by which steel rods are placed under tension, drawing the anchors together. the tensioned steel places the concrete in compression.
Pretensioning and post tensioning
(888888888) This concrete has been cat in a location other than where it iks to remain.
Pre cast concrete
(*******) This a composite material made of steel and concrete.
Reinforced concrete
Steel provides the (**) that concrete lacks.
tensile strength
(**) These are steel bars or rods that are usually intentionally deformed. It would be more accurate to call the “tension rods”
Reinforcing bars or rods
(**) this is a technique by which forms are moved, usually upward, as the concrete is poured.
Slipforming
(***) This term describes the loss of surface material when cornet (or stone) is subjected to heat.
Spalling
(***) these are thin rods installed near the surface of the concrete, usually at right angles to the main reinforcing rods, to help the concrete resist cracking due to temperature changes.
temperature rods
(8**) This system incorporates floors that have beams running in two directions
two way structural system
A chief virtue of concrete is its high (**) strength and low (****)
high
cost
A short column with a large cross section in proportion to its length is called a (***)
pier
The (**) of steel is many times that of concrete.
compressive
THe signs of post tensioned concrete construction:
(**)
()
(*****)
protruding cables
coils of tendons
characteristic anchors
The rods in a column are joined by lateral enforcement’s called (***)
ties
hoops
In round columns the ties connecting the outer rods are often formed in a (***). Such reinforcement is wrongly termed spiral reinforcement.
helix
Plain concrete is strong in (**), weak in () and does not have any (**) strength
compression
shear
tensile
WHen a beam is loaded it (**). THis (*****) brings about compression in the top of the beam and tension in the bottom of the beam.
deflects
deflection
In a (****) the tension is in the top of the beam, and thus reinforcing tension rods are placed at the top of the beam.
cantilever
In a (***) beam supported at more than two points, there is tension in the top of the beam in the area over the tops of the columns and tension in the bottom of the beams between the columns.
continuous
Vertical reinforcing bars in concrete beams designed to prevent cracking under shear stress are called (***)
stirrups
the characteristic (***) design in which the neutral plane coincides with the bottom of the wide, thin floor slab.
T beam
(***) are floor slab and beam combinations with two beams.
Double T’s
For any unit area steel has (*****) times the compressive strength of concrete. Steel is however more expensive.
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