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Structures Terminology Review

Horizontales
Structural member found below grade, often under a grade beam.
A rectangular column that projects from a wall or grade beam.
Live loads, dead loads & dynamic loads are called what?
____ is found beneath the grade beam and in between piles.
Columns, pillars, posts and loadbearing walls are all examples of ____ supports.
A building's vertical expansion above ground.
____ loads: change over time (occupants, furniture).
Rebar steel increases the ____strength of concrete.
Shortening or pushing together of a material resulting in a reduction in size or volume.
The two bearing methods of piles are ____ bearing & end bearing.
Concrete falls into which group of materials?
Forces acting upon a building.
Verticales
The ____ of a beam is the distance between supports.
A common form of reinforcing placed in cast in place concrete.
A component of a building's foundation commonly found under the garage in residential construction.
The ultimate goal of structure.
Walls designed to spread a load over its entire surface.
Flour is to cake, as ______ is to concrete.
The portion of the building that is below grade.
Wind & earthquakes are what to a structure?
____ support systems: resists horizontal loads like wind
The perpendicular distance a beam is bent down by a load.
Supports floor and anchors the rest of the building.
Provides a location to anchor a column and distributes load to multiple piles.
Stretching or pulling of a material.
A linear horizontal structural member placed over a door or window.
Three forces occur in beams: tension, compression and _____.
Vertical structural member, longer than wide/deep.
_____ loads: static loads acting downwards on a structure (gravity, structure).