HKIA Exam Paper 6 Quiz 32

Stocky wall a wall where the effective height divided by the thickness (le/h) does not exceed 15 braced or 10 unbraced. (Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete 2013 – Glossary 1.4.4 Terms specific to walls).

“Ac” is the gross area of the concrete section. (Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete 2013 – 2.1.1 Aim of design).

Dry bearing, a bearing with no intermediate bedding material. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Elastic sealant, sealant which exhibits predominantly elastic behavior, i.e. stresses induced in the sealant as a result of joint movement are almost proportional to the strain. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Gasket, flexible and generally elastic, preformed material that forms a seal when compressed. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Bond breaker, film or thin strip of material applied to prevent sealant adhesion to the back of a joint. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Ultimate bearing capacity. The value of the loading intensity for a particular foundation at which the resistance of the bearing stratum becomes fully mobilized or undergoes substantial deformation. (Code of Practice for foundations 2017 – 1.2 Glossary).

“Gk” in code of practice for concrete construction means, Characteristic dead load. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.3 Symbols).

Construction loads, a minimum load of 1.5 kN/m² should be used. However, due consideration should be given to any special requirements e.g. for plant loads or storage loads and the load increased accordingly. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 2.5 Loadings).

Peripheral ties, a ties that should be provided at each floor and roof level for resisting a tension of 1.0 F (in kN per meter width) and should be placed within 1.2 m of the edge of the building. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 2.7.8 Design of ties).

Topography Factor, In the Code, the guidelines on topographic effect are adopted from the Standard method of BS6399 – Part 2, the speed-up effect incorporates an altitude factor, which is one of the many factors to be multiplied to the basic wind speed to arrive at the site wind speed.

Semi-compact cross-section, a cross-section that can develop its elastic capacity in compression or bending, but in which local buckling prevents development of its plastic moment capacity. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.5 Section type definitions).

Friction grip connection, a bolted connection that relies on friction to transmit shear between components. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.6 Connection definitions).

Notched end, connected end of a member with one or both flanges cut away locally. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.6 Connection definitions).

Slip resistance, limit of shear that can be applied before slip occurs in a friction grip connection. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.6 Connection definitions).

Tying of edge columns, the horizontal ties anchoring the columns nearest to the edges of a floor or roof should be capable of resisting a factored tensile load, acting perpendicular to the edge, equal to the greater of the tie force as calculated in (a) above, 75 kN or 1% of the maximum factored dead and imposed load in the column immediately above or below that level. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 2.3.4.3 Avoidance of disproportionate collapse).

Sealing strip, preformed material, which may have adhesive properties, that forms a seal when compressed between adjacent joint surfaces. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Mullion, vertical member in curtain wall or glass wall system that directly supports a glass/cladding element. (Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Glass 2018 – 1.3 Glossary of terms and definitions).

Heat soak process, is a widely recognized quality control procedure of tempered glass for minimizing risk of spontaneous breakage in tempered glass by glass manufacturer. (Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Glass 2018 – 8.1 Glass).

The design wind force on a building or parts of a building shall be calculated in accordance with sections 4, 5 and 6 unless the building has significant resonant dynamic response. (Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004 – 3 – Definitions).

Flat slab, a slab supported without beams by columns. The slab may be formed with or without drops and either be solid or the slab soffit may comprise a series of ribs in two directions (waffle or coffered slab). (Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete 2013 – 1.4.2 Terms specific to flat slabs).

Plain wall, a concrete wall containing either no reinforcement or insufficient to satisfy the minimum quantities of reinforcement. (Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete 2013 – 1.4.4 Terms specific to walls).

Glass fin, vertical or sloping glass beam used to support façade and glass wall which are predominantly subject to wind load and other lateral load. (Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Glass 2018 – 1.3 Glossary of terms and definitions).

H-section, section with a central web and two flanges that has an overall depth not greater than 1.2 times its overall width hybrid section with a web or webs of lower strength grade than that of the flanges. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.5 Section type definitions).

End distance, distance from the center of a bolt hole to the edge of an element, measured parallel to the direction in which the bolt bears. (Code of practice for the structural use of steel 2011 – 1.4.6 Connection definitions).

Back-up material, material inserted in a joint that controls the depth and back profile of the applied sealant. (Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016 – 1.2 Definitions).

Transient tension, tension induced to the foundation that is not categorized as permanent tension, such as wind load and load combination with wind. (Code of Practice for foundations 2017 – 1.2 Glossary).

Proof test, test to be carried out on representative foundation units to ascertain the performance of foundation under load as required by regulation 30 of the Building (Construction) Regulations. (Code of Practice for foundations 2017 – 1.2 Glossary).

Trial pile. A pile tested for the purpose of verifying the design of the piles, including the design parameters and the load carrying capacity, and such verification usually requires loading test. (Code of Practice for foundations 2017 – 1.2 Glossary).

AP means Authorized Person in code of practice for foundation. (Code of Practice for foundations 2017 – 1.3 Abbreviations).