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  1. Question 1 Load Application, Time-Dependent Response and Tension-Test Properties
  2. Question 2 Aggregate Laboratory Tests and Sieve Analysis
  3. Question 3 Curing, Alternative Concretes and Strength-Test Statistics
  4. Question 4 Asphalt Concrete Volumetrics and Marshall Mix Design
  5. Question 5 Wood in Compression and Steel Test Methods

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Paper format. National Examinations, May 2019 — 16-Civ-B11 Structural Materials, three hours. OPEN BOOK: one textbook of the candidate's choice, which may carry notations in the margins but no loose notes; any non-communicating calculator is permitted. All five questions are to be answered and all carry equal weight (20 marks each, 100 total). Numerical questions require all working to be shown; non-numerical answers are marked on clarity and organisation. Sheets of plain and three-cycle semi-logarithmic graph paper are issued with the paper for the plotting parts of Q.2 and Q.5.

Reference texts. Mamlouk & Zaniewski, Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers, 4th ed. (the core text for this paper); Neville, Properties of Concrete, 5th ed.; ACI 214R Guide to Evaluation of Strength Test Results of Concrete; ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete; Asphalt Institute MS-2 Asphalt Mix Design Methods, 7th ed.; CSA A23.1/A23.2 Concrete Materials and Methods of Concrete Construction / Test Methods; CSA O86 Engineering Design in Wood and the Canadian Wood Council Wood Design Manual; CSA G40.20/G40.21 and the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction; ASTM C33, C88, C127/C128, C136 (aggregates), D6926/D6927 (Marshall), D143 (wood), A370/E8 (tension), E23 (Charpy), E290 (bend).