1. Elaborate about the Stacking and Handling of Construction material in the construction field. You need to add on any 5 materials and mention the DO and DON’T procedure.

What value of uniformly distributed live load w is required to produce initial cracking of the U- shaped cantilever beam shown in the figure below. The beam is constructed of normal weight concretewith f' 25MPaand f 420MPa.

A modulus of rupture test is conducted on an MgO refractory brick with the following data obtained: F = 7*10^4 N L = 175 mm b = 110 mm h = 75 mm If the designer were to reduce the height of the refractory brick to only h=64mm, what would be the new necessary load F to break the refractory?  Your answer should be in units of Newtons (N).

A block of wood with a density of 35.3lb/ft^3 floats in a liquid with 3/4 of its volume submerged. Find the specific gravity (SG) of the liquid. Show detailed solution