Forces
Bridges
Architecture
Loads
Miscellaneous
100
The force that causes a material to twist.
What is torsion?
100
This type of bridge uses criss-cross designs and triangles to strengthen a beam bridge. It's usually made of steel.
What is a truss bridge?
100
This type of support is straight and horizontal.
What is a beam?
100
All of the students in room 302 are an example of this type of load.
What is live load?
100
This person is responsible for designing buildings, thinking about the purpose and people who will use it.
Who is an architect?
200
The force that causes part of a material to compress, and part of it to stretch.
What is bending?
200
This type of bridge can span very long distances and uses cables to hang the bridge decks from above.
What is a Suspension Bridge?
200
Arches made of stone or brick must have this important feature, which holds the whole thing together.
What is a keystone?
200
This type of load sometimes causes a building to sink or tilt due to the soil underneath.
What is settlement load?
200
This is the strongest shape used in buildings, because the load can be distributed evenly down its sides and it won't tilt or break.
What is a triangle?
300
This type of force acts on a building's foundation, as it is squeezed by the load above it.
What is compression?
300
This type of bridge must have abutments or buttresses in place in order to support the load.
What is an arch bridge?
300
Vertical cylinders often form this type of support.
What is a column?
300
Steel beams, concrete walls, balconies, and windows are all part of this type of load.
What is dead load?
300
All buildings must have this component in order to be stable and strong.
What is a strong foundation?
400
This type of force is common in earthquakes, as the ground or materials slide away from each other.
What is shear?
400
The length of a bridge, from one side to the other, is known as its...
What is span?
400
When a different material is used to stick other materials together, it's known as this.
What is fastening?
400
Changing temperatures causing materials to expand or shrink are known as this type of load.
What is thermal load?
400
If a building wobbles or tilts, it's considered this.
What is unstable?
500
This type of force happens in the cable of suspension bridges (or to your arms when your hang from the monkey bars!)
What is tension?
500
This type of bridge can only span very short distances. It is the simplest kind of bridge.
What is a beam bridge?
500
When 2 pieces of a material are fitted together so they don't move, it's known as this.
What is a joint?
500
This type of load is always moving or changing in a structure.
What is live load?
500
This type of structure or shape was used to build an indoor baseball field, because it provides wide open spaces with no need for columns.
What is a dome?
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