Floor And Wall System

Question 1

refers to those movable loads imposed on the floor such as people and furniture

Answer 1

live load

Question 2

refers to the static load such as weight of construction materials

Answer 2

dead load

Question 3

consist of wind pressure and suctions, earthquake load, rainwater on flat roof and forces caused by temperature differentials

Answer 3

environmental load

Question 4

pertains to the distance between columns or supporting walls

Answer 4

span of the supports

Question 5

combination of concrete and steel

Answer 5

reinforced concrete

Question 6

designed to act together with longitudinal and web reinforcement in resisting applied forced, formed and placed along with the slab they support

Answer 6

reinforced concrete beam

Question 7

consists of bend bars or stirrups placed in a concrete beam to resist diagonal tension

Answer 7

web reinforcements

Question 8

refers to a beam having a single span supported at its end without a restraint at the two extreme ends

Answer 8

simple beam

Question 9

term applied to a beam that rests on more than two supports

Answer 9

continuous beam

Question 10

refers to a beam with two spans with or without restraint at the two extreme ends

Answer 10

semi-continuous beam

Question 11

supported on one end and the other end projecting beyond the support or wall

Answer 11

cantilever beam

Question 12

when floor slabs and beams are poured simultaneously producing a monolithic structure where a portion of the slab at both sides of the beam serves as planges

Answer 12

T-beams

Question 13

bends given to the end of tension bars to develop and equivalent embedment length for anchorage

Answer 13

hooks

Question 14

longitudinal bars serving as tension reinforcement in the section of a concrete beam subject to the upward bending of negative movement

Answer 14

top bars

Question 15

longitudinal bars serving as tension reinforcement in the section of a concrete beam subject to positive moment

Answer 15

bottom bars

Question 16

plate structures that are reinforced to span either one or both directions of a structural bay

Answer 16

concrete slab

Question 17

uniformly thick reinforced in one direction and cast integrally with parallel supporting beams

Answer 17

one-way slab

Question 18

uniformed thickness may be reinforced in two directions

Answer 18

two way slab

Question 19

layer of high quality concrete or mortar placed to perform floor surface or a concrete base

Answer 19

concrete topping

Question 20

often called expansion joints allow movement to occur between a concrete slab and adjoining column and wall of building

Answer 20

isolation joints

Question 21

create lines of weakness so that the cracking may result from tensile stresses occurs along predetermined lines

Answer 21

control joints

Question 22

provide a place for construction to stop and then continue at a later time

Answer 22

construction joints

Question 23

thick concrete wall having double reinforcement design

Answer 23

shear wall

Question 24

sheet material used for covering walls or as lath; called drywall because of its low moisture content; little water is used in its application to interior walls and ceiling

Answer 24

gypsum board

Question 25

The horizontal planes that must support both live loads and dead loads and must transfer their loads horizontally across space to either beams and columns or to load bearing walls

Answer 25

floor systems