Flashcards in Chapter 5 Building Construction Deck (9):
1
Cold drawn steel such as cables, rebar, and light weight fasteners lose 55% of its strength at _________
800°F
2
Extruded structural steel used for beams and columns loses 50% of its strength at _________
1100°F
3
At 1100°F, a 100 foot long been can elongate_________
10 inches
4
The triangular truss is the most common truss used to form a _________ roof
Peaked
5
_________ connections use nuts and bolts, screws, nails, rivets and similar devices to transfer a load through attached elements
Pinned
6
Beams resting on exterior walls are simply called _________ buildings
Wall bearing
7
A _________ is a non-loadbearing wall that supports only itself and is used only to keep whether out
curtain wall
8
A prescriptive code tells the user house something has to be accomplished, we’re as a _________ tells the user what something needs to do when it’s done
Performance-based code
9