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