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