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