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STRUCTURAL Flashcards

1
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In order for a building to be considered a work of architecture it must possess all of these

A

FUNCTION
STRENGTH
BEAUTY

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2
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Ability to withstand an applied load without failure or plastic deformation

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Strength

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3
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Rigidity of an object - the extent to which it resists deformation in response to an applied force

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Stiffness

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4
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The more flexible an object, the ____ stiff it is

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Less

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5
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Resistance to sudden change, dislodgement, or overthrow

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Stability

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6
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Types of Stability

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STABLE
UNSTABLE
NEUTRAL

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7
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We build structures for

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Longevity
Functions
Concerns to Human Life
Manifestation of technology

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8
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Main factors that affected the Development of Structures

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The reason why man build

Methods of Construction and Building Techniques

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9
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Series of piled up stones built with or without mortar

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Mass Structures

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10
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Binding agent spread in between masonry units

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Mortar

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11
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To create opening into the masonry by offsetting bricks from that below them and putting out counterweights

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Corbel

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12
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Early form of beam and column construction

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Post and Linterl

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13
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Basis of Egyptian and Greek Architecture

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Post and Lintel

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14
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Pure compression form

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Arch

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15
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As the forces in the arch are carried to the ground, the arch will push outward at the base called _____

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Thrust

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16
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Extended arch

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Vault

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17
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Architectural element that resemble the hollow upper half of a sphere

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Dome

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18
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Arched structure that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass

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Flying Buttress

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19
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Parts of Structure

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Foundation
Floor
Column
Beam
Overhead Cover
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20
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A structural member which spans horizontally between supports and carries load which act at right angles

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Beam

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21
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Supported freely at the two ends on walls or columns

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Simply Supported Beam

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22
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Its end extends beyond the walls or column support; Unsupported portion of the beam

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Overhanging Beam

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23
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Fixed in a wall or column at one end and the other end is free

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Cantilever Beam

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24
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Evaluation of stress, moments and forces plotting them for that structural component

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Analysis

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25
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Determination of Dimension for components of stresses and proportioning

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Design

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26
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Analyzed just by the use of basic equilibrium equations

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Statically Determinate

27
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Not capable of being analyzed by mere use of basic equilibrium equations and some extra conditions are required to be used

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Statically Indeterminate

28
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Types of Support

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Roller
Hinge
Fixed End

29
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Types of Load

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Dead Load

Live Load

30
Q

Self weight of the various components of a building

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Dead Load

31
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External superimposed load on a structure

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Live Load

32
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Internal Resistance created in beam cross sections in order to balance transverse external load acting on beam

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Shear Force

33
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Possibility of beam rotation

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Bending Moment

34
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Area of the shear diagram to the left or right of the section is ____ to the moment at that section

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equal

35
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The slope of the moment diagram at a given point is the ___ at that point

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Shear

36
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The slope of the shear diagram at a given point is ___ the load at that point

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Equals

37
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The maximum moment occurs at the point of ____

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Zero shears

38
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When the shear diagram is increasing, the moment diagram is ______.

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Concave Upward

39
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When the shear diagram is decreasing, the moment diagram is ______.

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Concave Downward

40
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Relates the internal moments in a continuous beam at three points of support to the loads acting between the supports

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Three moment equation

41
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Developed Three Moment Equation

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French Engineer Clapeyron

42
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A structural analysis method for statically indeterminate beams and frames developed by Hardy Cross

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Moment Distribution Method

43
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This method only accounts flexural effects and ignores axial and shear effects

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Moment Distribution Method

44
Q

Resembles the skeleton of vertebrate that intends to occupy more volume without increasing density

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Framed Structure

45
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Envelope is largely non load bearing because all loads are applied on the building framework and slabs

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Curtain Wall

46
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Basically straight arches.

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Portal Frames

47
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Decorated structures or structured decorations because of their free and flowing forms

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Shell Structures

48
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Support load much like beams but for longer span

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Trusses

49
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Replace bulk by triangulation to reduce dead weight

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Trusses

50
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Acts in similar manner to the triangulated plane frame except for the fact that the space frame acts in three dimensional manner

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Space Frames

51
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Space version of a rigid frame

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Folded Plates

52
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Braced dome due to the fact that there are bracing members present so that the dome keeps its shape

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Geodesic Domes

53
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Made up of network of triangles

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Geodesic domes

54
Q

Roof membrane sag as it kind of resembles a large tent

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Suspension Roof

55
Q

Highly geometrical shapes that exemplify the kind of technology today’s designer

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Hyperbolic Paraboloid

56
Q

Best described and visualized with cables or chains

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Furnicular Structures

57
Q

Transfer the load of horizontal systems from roof to foundation

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Vertical Structures

58
Q

Resist lateral load in shear

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Shear wall

59
Q

Resist lateral load primarily in bending

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Cantilevers

60
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Resist gravity and lateral load in bending and compression

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Moment Frames

61
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Resist gravity load in bending and axial compression and lateral load in axial compression and tension by triangulation

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Braced Frame

62
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Action on a body that tends to change shape, move object and change the motion of an object

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Force

63
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Force acting about a point at a distance

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Moment

64
Q

Diagonals takes the place of the column

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Diagrid System

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