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