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