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