CE OR - MODULE 3: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Flashcards
Human Need: Breath
Specific Nature of Need: Clean Air
Environmental Engineering
Human Need: Drink
Specific Nature of Need: Safe Water
Environmental Engineering
Human Need: Sleep
Specific Nature of Need: Livable Shelter
Structural and Construction Engineering
Human Need: Move Around
Specific Nature of Need: Ways to Travel
Transportation and Construction Engineering
Human Need: Safe from Disaster
Specific Nature of Need: Earthquake Mitigation
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Human Need: Safe from Disaster
Specific Nature of Need: Flood Mitigation
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
Human Need: Safe from Disaster
Specific Nature of Need: Wind Mitigation
Structural Engineering
Human Need: Safe from Disaster
Specific Nature of Need: Fire Mitigation
Structural Engineering
True or False: Civil engineering includes several very different technical specialty areas.
True
True or False: A student is expected to be exposed to all the technical areas.
False (A student is not expected to be exposed to all the technical areas)
A student is not expected to be exposed to all the technical areas but at least _____ are included in the curriculum of any civil engineering degree program.
Four
It is the technical specialty that deals with the analysis and design of constructed structures.
Structural Engineering
A structure is always subjected to the many “____” the environment forces upon it.
Loads
Loads include the omnipresent gravitational load of its own weight
Dead load
Loads include the omnipresent gravitational load of its own weight
Dead load
The weight of things moving about in or upon the structure
Live load
It aims at providing a structure with sufficient level of resistance against these loads with minimum cost.
Structural Design
It is the collection of element within a construction that are assumed, and designed, to support the loads applied to the structure and transmit them safely to the foundations.
Structure
True or False: The frame acts as the ‘skeleton’ of the building and, like the skeleton of a human being, when the building is complete and clad in brick, glass or stone, the skeleton will still be visible.
False (the skeleton will not be visible)
It is the one that supports the entire load: the outside cladding, the floors, services and so-forth being hung from or otherwise supported on the from.
Skeleton
For example, the load bearing elements in a normal domestic house are commonly the ____.
Exterior Walls
True or False: Almost all that you see of a bridge is “structure” and is not essential to supporting the loads that the bridge is designed to carry.
False (structure is essential to supporting the loads that the bridge is designed to carry)
Parts or Members that make up a typical structure.
Slabs
Beam
Columns
Foundation
True or False: The primary elements in a frame are those that most immediately support the applied loads. These are generally the floor slabs.
True