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Structural Engineering
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 21 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Individual interconnected parts of structure
Tension
Dynamic Load
Triangle
Member
2. The only figure that can not change shape without shortening or lengthing a side.
Materials
Dynamic Load
Load
Triangle
3. Combine Horisantal and Vertical members
Materials
Deflection
Shape
Deformation
4. A structure made from more than 1 or more triangles
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Shear
Size
Truss
5. Members start to bend due to increased load
Deflection
Weight
Deformation
The 5 beam shapes
6. Use materials with a good balance of weight and strength
Materials
Truss
Load
Equilbarium
7. Lighter so that the supports hold less and there is less static load
Dynamic Load
Weight
Deformation
Shear
8. Members bend permeatly out of shape - Cracks may appear
The 5 beam shapes
Area of Load
Materials
Deformation
9. Thicker than can hold more
Size
Materials
Triangle
Area of Load
10. Pushing down in 1 spot at the middle of the bridge is more stressful to the structurethan if the same force is spread out. One heavy trucj in the middle of a bridge has more effect than several cars that are spread out but total the same weight
Materials
Area of Load
Tension
Load
11. Opposing force sliding past each other
Shear
Torsion
Materials
Deflection
12. Forces that change
Dynamic Load
Size
Span
Torsion
13. 1) I 2) T 3) Channel 4) Box 5) Angle
Torsion
Equilbarium
The 5 beam shapes
Shape
14. (1) Compression (2) Tension
Area of Load
Triangle
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Deflection
15. Forces that act upon a structure
Dynamic Load
Equilbarium
Load
Deformation
16. A force that pulls apart
Tension
Torsion
Dynamic Load
Weight
17. Forces that don't change
Triangle
Stactic Load
Shear
Materials
18. State of balance where opposing forces are equal
Equilbarium
Load
The 5 beam shapes
Member
19. A force that pushes togeather
Size
The 5 beam shapes
Stactic Load
Compression
20. Shorter is stronger
Span
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Tension
Deflection
21. A twisting force
Truss
Torsion
Stactic Load
Shape