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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. Thicker than can hold more
Span
Shape
Size
Weight
2. 1) I 2) T 3) Channel 4) Box 5) Angle
The 5 beam shapes
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Shape
Area of Load
3. 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
Load
Area of Load
Shape
Dynamic Load
4. A force that pulls apart
Tension
Compression
Truss
Load
5. Forces that change
Deformation
Weight
Materials
Dynamic Load
6. A structure made from more than 1 or more triangles
Tension
Stactic Load
Truss
Shape
7. Combine Horisantal and Vertical members
Compression
Triangle
Shape
The 5 beam shapes
8. Forces that don't change
Stactic Load
Weight
Deflection
Materials
9. Lighter so that the supports hold less and there is less static load
Deflection
Weight
Triangle
Equilbarium
10. Use materials with a good balance of weight and strength
Deformation
Materials
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Torsion
11. Opposing force sliding past each other
Materials
Shape
Deflection
Shear
12. Members bend permeatly out of shape - Cracks may appear
Triangle
Member
Deformation
Stactic Load
13. (1) Compression (2) Tension
Stactic Load
Compression
Dynamic Load
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
14. Individual interconnected parts of structure
Deflection
Member
Span
Area of Load
15. Forces that act upon a structure
Shape
Load
Span
Member
16. Members start to bend due to increased load
Span
Deflection
Shear
Weight
17. Shorter is stronger
Shear
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Span
Materials
18. A twisting force
Deflection
The 5 beam shapes
Torsion
Dynamic Load
19. A force that pushes togeather
Compression
Triangle
Structures are always under _ (1) and _ (2)
Size
20. State of balance where opposing forces are equal
Equilbarium
The 5 beam shapes
Stactic Load
Dynamic Load
21. The only figure that can not change shape without shortening or lengthing a side.
Triangle
Dynamic Load
Shape
Equilbarium