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COSC 275 Final Palmer Exam 2 with Questions and Answers Verified 100% Correct
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COSC 275 Final Palmer Exam 2 with Questionsand Answers Verified 100% Correct
Overburden - ✔✔Overburden is the soil above the layer or layers being investigated.
Layer - ✔✔A horizontal soil structure of uniform or nearly uniform material. When the
material changes due to moisture, density, or composition, a new layer is considered to have
been created.
Loading - ✔✔The load (vertical pressure) per unit area in a lb/ft2 (kPa) from both the
structure and overburden of each layer of soil involved.
Compaction tests - ✔✔Tests employed to determine the density of a soil.
Percolation - ✔✔The movement of a fluid through a soil.
Select material - ✔✔Excavated pervious soil suitable for use as a foundation for a granular
base course of a road, or for bedding around pipes.
Expansive soil - ✔✔Soil that expands when water is added and shrinks when it dries out. This
change in soil volume can cause shifting and cracking in structures.
Column - ✔✔A long, relatively slender, supporting pillar
Beam - ✔✔A horizontal structural member, such as a girder, rafter, or purlin, that
transversely supports a
load and transfers the load to vertical members, such as columns and walls. The graduated
horizontal bar of a weighing scale.
, Girder - ✔✔A large, principal beam of steel, reinforced concrete, or a combination of the
two used to support other structural members at isolated points along its length.
Joist - ✔✔Parallel beams of lumber, concrete, or steel used to support floor and ceiling
systems.
Load-bearing wall - ✔✔A wall specifically designed and built to support an imposed load in
addition to its
own weight.
Anchor bolts - ✔✔A threaded bolt, usually embedded in a foundation, for securing a sill,
framework, or
machinery.
Envelope - ✔✔A term used to denote the extreme outside surface and dimensions of a
building.
Wythe - ✔✔Each continuous vertical section of a wall one masonry unit in thickness.
Course - ✔✔A single
unit counted horizontally
Tilt-up - ✔✔A method of concrete construction in which members are cast horizontally at a
location
adjacent to their eventual position and tilted into place after removal of forms.
Metal framing - ✔✔Commonly used for fire-rated construction around columns and at
beams.
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