Structural Engineering
Timber Fun Facts
Saftey Training
AutoCAD and Revit
Competition Rules
100

When the net forces on an object equal zero

What is Equilibrium?
100

Timber comes from this kind of plant

What are trees?

100

The type of bottoms that must be worn during construction

What are pants?

100

Software used to create structural drawings

What is Autocad?

100
The month of PSWS
What is March?
200

This kind of force is spread out over a length or an area of the structure

What is a Distributed Load?

200

The theme for last year's design

What is Squid Game?

200

This kind of footwear is not permitted when working in the lab

What are open-toed shoes?

200

The purpose of Revit

What is 3D modeling?

200

PSWS 2023 will be held at this Univeristy 

What is California State University, Northridge (CSUN)?

300

The self-weight of the structure is an example of this kind of load

What is a Dead Load?

300

UCI's best placement at PSWS

What is 5th place?
300

Maintain 3 points of contact when using this

What is a ladder?

300

This AutoCAD tool can create parallel lines, curves, and concentric circles

What is Offset?

300

The Timber House must have at least seven of these

What are Windows?

400

Rollers, Pins, and Fixed are examples of this

What are Supports?

400

The Timber God

Who is Lewis Lin?

400

The three safety equipment that must be worn at all times during fabrication 

What are hard hats, gloves, and protective glasses?

400

These organizational groups can differentiate objects by color

What are Layers?

400

This type of beam needs to extend four feet from the frame of the house

What is the Cantilever?

500

The demand from the loads has to be less than this

What is Capacity?

500

The kind of wood is used in our project

What is Douglas Fir Larch?

500

The three lab safety training courses

What are laboratory safety fundamentals, ladder safety, and shop safety?

500

The process of 3D modeling and digitally managing the structure is represented by this three-letter acronym 

What is BIM (Building Information Modeling)

500

Must be between 0.5 inch and 1 inch

What is beam deflection?

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