Building technology notes
ASSORTED REVIEW NOTES IN BUILDING MATERIALS
Cripple stud
1. In a building frame, a structural element that is shorter than usual, as a
Cogged joint
stud above a door opening or below a window sill is called
2. A carpentry joint by two uneven timbers, each of which is notched at
Bull-nosed step
the place where they cross
3. A step usually lowest in a flight, having one or both ends rounded to a
Gravity wall
Quoin
semi-circle and projecting beyond the face of the stair string/s
4. A massive concrete wall that resists overturning by virtue of its own weight 5. In masonry, a hard stone or brick used to reinforce an external corner
Scarf joint
Baluster
of a wall
6. A type of half lapped joint used to resist tension
7. One of a number of short vertical member often circular in section,
Fenestration
Fig. A-1
12mm
Inflection point
used to support a stair handrail
8. The arrangement and design of window in a building
9. What concrete block that is used in making a corner of an anchor wall
10. Lateral ties used for 36mm main bars for column is
11. Refer to the portion of a beam where bending moment changes from
Rowlock
Scab
positive to negative
12. A brick laid on its edge so that its end is visible
13. A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed or screwed to
Cross bridging
butting pieces in order to splice them together
14. Diagonal bracing in pairs between adjacent floor joist to prevent the
Web
Brad
Pyramid roof
joist from twisting
15. A bar used to hold the reinforcement on a beam
16. A small finishing nail is called
17. A roof wherein the four sides are sloping towards the center
Stirrup
Pile
terminating at a point
18. A metal sheet used to connect girder and floor joist at the same level
19. A slender structural unit introduced onto the ground to transmit load
Soldier
Pigment
to underground strata
20. Brick set on end with the narrow side showing is called
21.
Cripple stud
1. In a building frame, a structural element that is shorter than usual, as a
Cogged joint
stud above a door opening or below a window sill is called
2. A carpentry joint by two uneven timbers, each of which is notched at
Bull-nosed step
the place where they cross
3. A step usually lowest in a flight, having one or both ends rounded to a
Gravity wall
Quoin
semi-circle and projecting beyond the face of the stair string/s
4. A massive concrete wall that resists overturning by virtue of its own weight 5. In masonry, a hard stone or brick used to reinforce an external corner
Scarf joint
Baluster
of a wall
6. A type of half lapped joint used to resist tension
7. One of a number of short vertical member often circular in section,
Fenestration
Fig. A-1
12mm
Inflection point
used to support a stair handrail
8. The arrangement and design of window in a building
9. What concrete block that is used in making a corner of an anchor wall
10. Lateral ties used for 36mm main bars for column is
11. Refer to the portion of a beam where bending moment changes from
Rowlock
Scab
positive to negative
12. A brick laid on its edge so that its end is visible
13. A short flat piece of lumber which is bolted, nailed or screwed to
Cross bridging
butting pieces in order to splice them together
14. Diagonal bracing in pairs between adjacent floor joist to prevent the
Web
Brad
Pyramid roof
joist from twisting
15. A bar used to hold the reinforcement on a beam
16. A small finishing nail is called
17. A roof wherein the four sides are sloping towards the center
Stirrup
Pile
terminating at a point
18. A metal sheet used to connect girder and floor joist at the same level
19. A slender structural unit introduced onto the ground to transmit load
Soldier
Pigment
to underground strata
20. Brick set on end with the narrow side showing is called
21.