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