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Structures
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The weight of traffic using the bridge
Live load
Span
Beam Bridge
Tension
2. Trains and heavy trucks that produce high impact (or shock)
Beam Bridge
Environmental Load
Beam
Shock Load
3. The area of the bridge along which traffic travels; it rests on the decking
Truss
Force
Roadway
Cantilever Bridge
4. The distributions of weights on a structure
Load
Truss
Cable-stayed bridge
Ramp
5. A vertical support for the middle spans of a bridge. Ex: column - tower - or pillar
Engineer
Live load
Pier
Load
6. A professional who researches and designs bridges and other structures. Types: civil - structural - and environmental
Cable
Cantilever Bridge
Engineer
Decking
7. The surface of the bridge that serves as a walkway - roadway or railway
Suspension Bridge
Compression
Cable-stayed bridge
Decking
8. A force that tends to lengthen or stretch part of a structure
Tension
Cantilever Bridge
Bridge
Cable
9. The section of the bridge between two piers
Span
Force
Pier
Decking
10. The strain produced when a material is twisted
Decking
Torsion
Bridge
Arch Bridge
11. A force that tends to shorten - push or squeeze a structure
Cable
Cantilever Bridge
Compression
Engineer
12. An object that holds up a bridge and serves as a foundation
Support
Compression
Cable-stayed bridge
Live load
13. An inclined section connecting the shore to the deck of the bridge
Ramp
Torsion
Environmental Load
Cantilever Bridge
14. A bundle of wires used to support the decking of a suspension or cable-stayed bridge
Environmental Load
Arch Bridge
Cable
Beam Bridge
15. A type of beam bridge - reinforced by a framework of girders that form triangular shapes.
Truss Bridge
Live load
Support
Beam Bridge
16. A structure that provides a way across a barrier. Something that connects - supports - or links one thing to another.
Live load
Ramp
Cable-stayed bridge
Bridge
17. A framework of girders - some in tension and some in compression - comprising triangles and other stable shapes
Support
Pier
Truss
Cable
18. The simplest type of bridge. It is made from a rigid - straight structure resting on supports at either end.
Beam Bridge
Truss
Bridge
Pier
19. Rigid - horizontal component of a bridge
Beam
Cable-stayed bridge
Cantilever Bridge
Suspension Bridge
20. Has a curved structure. The design provides strength by exerting force downwards and sideways against the abutments.
Ramp
Roadway
Arch Bridge
Truss
21. Similar to beam bridge. The design gets its support from counterbalanced beams meeting in the middle of the bridge.
Dead load
Suspension Bridge
Cantilever Bridge
Torsion
22. A tall - vertical support that carries the main cable of a suspension bridge and cable-stayed bridge
Environmental Load
Tower
Ramp
Engineer
23. The mass of rock or concrete at either end of an arch bridge that keeps the ends of the arch securely in place so they do not separate and cause the bridge to fall
Arch Bridge
Torsion
Truss
Abutment
24. Is applied to the bridge in the form of a load
Force
Truss Bridge
Ramp
Tower
25. The weight of the bridge's structure
Truss Bridge
Dead load
Force
Environmental Load
26. A modern design of bridge in which the deck is supported by cables directly attached to towers.
Cable-stayed bridge
Engineer
Pier
Live load
27. A type of bridge in which the deck hangs from wires attached to thick cables. The cables pass over towers and are securely anchored in concrete anchorages.
Suspension Bridge
Cantilever Bridge
Cable
Beam Bridge
28. Strong winds - ice and snow build-up - earthquakes - or hurricane force winds
Cable-stayed bridge
Load
Cantilever Bridge
Environmental Load