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