Structures

Question 0

List an example if a frame structure

Answer 0

The Effie tower

Question 1

List an example of a solid structure

Answer 1

A piece of wood

Question 2

List an example of a shell structure

Answer 2

A basketball

Question 3

What is a solid structure?

Answer 3

Made of only one part without interior spaces

Question 4

What is an frame structure?

Answer 4

Made of many parts that form a skeleton

Question 5

What is a shell structure?

Answer 5

Made of thin outer layer with a hollow interior

Question 6

What does form describe?

Answer 6

The shape and appearance

Question 7

What does function describe?

Answer 7

The uses that the objects have

Question 8

What is a structure?

Answer 8

Anything made of parts that is put together in a specific way for Specific purpose

Question 9

What is form?

Answer 9

The basic shape of the structure

Question 10

What is function?

Answer 10

The purpose of the structure

Question 11

What can structures be classified as?

Answer 11

As solid, frame, Shell, or a combination

Question 12

Solid -___ part

Answer 12

One

Question 13

Frame - parts of a _____

Answer 13

Skeleton

Question 14

True or false:

forces do not act on structures

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Forces can be classified as what?

Answer 15

External or internal

Question 16

List 4 internal forces

Answer 16

Sheer, tension, compression and torsion

Question 17

List three examples of external forces

Answer 17

Wind, gravity, water

Question 18

Magnitude is…

Answer 18

Size of force

Question 19

Direction is …

Answer 19

Where it comes from

Question 20

Point of application is…

Answer 20

The exact location

Question 21

Plane of application is…

Answer 21

The side of structure affected by force

Question 22

I-beam

Answer 22

A beam commonly used in the construction of buildings, shaped like the letter I when you look at the end of it

Question 23

Strut

Answer 23

A narrow structural support

Question 24

Arch

Answer 24

Current structure often used to support loads

Question 25

Truss

Answer 25

A Network of beams forming triangles

Question 26

Beam

Answer 26

level structure that supports a load

Question 27

Gusset

Answer 27

A flat, triangularity device that supports a beam

Question 28

Corrugation

Answer 28

Triangular ridges, grooves, or folds in a structure

Question 29

Tie

Answer 29

On their structural support usually sad and ankle above the beam, between the beam and it's supporting members

Question 30

Dome

Answer 30

A curved, structural element

Question 31

Cantilever

Answer 31

A beam that is supported at only one and

Question 32

Rebar

Answer 32

Steel-reinforcing rods often placed concrete

Question 33

External forces and loads | Total load =

Answer 33

Static load + dynamic load

Question 34

List four examples of internal forces

Answer 34

Compression , tension , shear , torsion

Question 35

What is an example of compression?

Answer 35

Weight of roof pushing down on walls

Question 36

Example of tension

Answer 36

Elastic

Question 37

Example of shear

Answer 37

Being pulled in two different directions

Question 38

Example of torsion

Answer 38

Twisting motion

Question 39

Structural Strength | The strength of a structure comes from what?

Answer 39

The shapes used in its design

Question 40

Structural Components | Buildings may have many of the same what?

Answer 40

Structural features and adds strength

Question 41

Centre of gravity | Which structures have a centre of gravity ?

Answer 41

All structures