Classifying Structures
Forces
Structural Strength and Stability
Structural Failure
Form, Function and Beauty
100
Anything made of parts that are put together for a particular purpose.
What is a structure?
100
A push or a pull
What is a force?
100
The ability of a structure to maintain, or regain, a stable position when external forces act on it.
What is stability?
100
Occurs when all or part of a structure loses its ability to support a load.
What is structural failure?
100
A line that divides an object in half.
What is a line of symmetry.
200

A dense structure 

What is a solid structure?

200

Gravity is considered this type of force

What is an external force?

200
What changes in the human body every time you move or bend your body into different shapes?
What is centre of gravity?
200
Many structural failures can be linked to this.
What is human error?
200
The concept of how visually attractive or beautiful something is.
What is aesthetics?
300
A hollow structure with a curved shape providing high strength and rigidity.
What is a shell structure?
300
A force acting on an object or structure from the outside
What is an external force?
300
A horizontal structure designed to support a load.
What is a beam?
300
Failure to account for load, using incorrect materials, or not considering important factors and stresses.
What is bad design?
300

List three design factors companies take into consideration when manufacturing new products.

What are individual users, society, the economy, the environment, safety and health, and legal aspects.

400
A structure containing various solid, frame, and shell components, for example, the human body.
What is a combination structure?
400
A force acting in an object as a result of pushing and/or pulling in opposite directions, usually resulting in rips or tears in an object.
What is a shear force?
400

When the center of gravity falls outside of this, the structure will fall. 

What is the base? 

400
What are two reasons structures fail?
What is bad design, faulty construction, extraordinary loads, and foundational failure?
400
The science of using knowledge of human characteristics to design structures and systems that are comfortable, safe and efficient.
What is ergonomics?
500

Made of a skeleton 

What is a frame structure? 
500
Any load on a structure that is not caused by gravity; for example, wind or rushing water.
What is a dynamic load?
500
A curved structure used to span a space while supporting a load.
What is an arch?
500
Why is it important to prevent structural failures?
What is safety?
500
Principles that help make structures accessible to all people of all abilities.
What is universal design?
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