CALCULATING FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS OF CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT (CMU) WALLS

摘要

This paper serves as a statement accompanying a capstone project for a degree inudInformation: Science and Technology. It details the work that went into creating theudweb page dedicated to helping specifications and codes writers to calculate fire resistanceudratings of concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls. It briefly examines what audCMU wall is and the calculations that are involved in calculating fire-resistanceudratings. The paper delves into how the site itself works, what the user can expect toudsee when first accessing the page and how to follow the steps in order to get theudcorrect output. Without getting too technical, the paper also describes the fourudprogramming languages that were involved with coding the web page and whatudthey handle in accordance with the page’s design and implementation. Finally, theudpaper concludes with an appendix containing the URL that will lead the reader toudthe web calculator and provides some practice problems that will allow the readerudto test the calculator’s abilities.