Vocabulary Exam II

Architecture 266 with Warnick at University of Idaho

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Metal

a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleabe, fusible, ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity

Wrought Iron

a ferrous metal; low carbon content; bent into shape

Cast Iron

ferrous metal; high carbon content )4%) iron alloy, cast in form and cooled

steel

any range of alloys of iron and carbon that contains less than 1.7% or more than .1% carbon

Cement; Portland cement

a noncombustible, hydraulic cement produced by burning limestone and clay

concrete

a composite material consisting of portland cement, course aggregate, fine aggregate and water

aggregate

granular materials, including gravel, sand, crushed stone, expanded shale, and slag, that serve as filler in a concrete mix

Hydration

chemical reaction between portland cement and water causing the mix to become hard

floating

process of smoothing a freshly placed concrete surface after it has been struck (leveled)

formwork

temporary support system for fresh concrete to give it the desired shape until it cures or hardens

shores

temporary vertical or inclined supports used in concrete formwork or excavation

reinforcing (rebar)

deformed steel bar for concrete reinforcement

prestressed

a precast-concrete member that has been subjected to compressive stress by tensioning high-strength steel wires before casting concrete for the member

masonry

materials such as brick, stone, concrete masonry units (concrete blocks) and glass masonry units that are stacked and adhered using mortar

brick

a small masonry unit, generally manufactured from clay. concrete bricks are also available

concrete masonry unit

CMU,standardized masonry unit made of concrete and consisting of face shells and webs surrounding two of three voids, called cells

mortar

a mixture of portland cement, lime, sand, and water used to bond masonry units, cementations mixture used to adhere tiles to a subfloor

grout

a high slump mortar tat flows well enough to be placed or pumped between the voids in a masonry wall; mortarlike and high strength for filling space between the steel base plate of a steel column and concrete footing

wythe

a vertical section of masonry that is 1 unit thick

course

a single horizontal layer of units in a masonry wall

running bond

masonry bond pattern staggers the units in each course, creating staggered head joints

stack bond

masonry bond pattern, where units are stacked vertically with continuous head joints

stretcher course

long face of a brick as laid in its usual way in the wall

header course

the short face of the brick when laid in a horizontal position in a course of bricks, historically used to tie together two wythes of a thick brick wall; a beam (lintel) above a door or window opening in a wood frame or light-gauge steel construction

efflorescence

a white deposit of water-soluble salts on an exterior of masonry or concrete wall caused by the wetting of the wall

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