Civil Eng Basics
This branch of engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment
What is Civil Engineering?
Built around 2700-2500 BCE, this structure is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Statics deals with forces on physical systems in this state
What is equilibrium?
These structures distribute loads through axial forces and are used widely for their efficiency
What are trusses?
This property describes a material's resistance to bending deformation under stress
What is stiffness?
This sub-discipline focuses on the design and analysis of load-bearing structures
What is Structural Engineering?
This Roman temple, built in 126 CE, is famous for its large dome and oculus
What is the Pantheon?
The sum of forces and the sum of moments in a system at rest are equal to this
What is zero?
In this failure mode, a structural member bends due to excessive load
What is bending failure?
The relationship between stress and strain in one dimension is governed by this law
What is Hooke’s Law?
Involves the planning, design, and operation of transportation systems (eg roads and railways)
What is Transportation Engineering?
This engineering marvel, completed in 1914, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
This type of arch shape ensures pure compression under uniform load along its span
What is a parabola?
In three dimensions, stress can be represented by this mathematical object
What is a tensor?
Applies engineering principles to protect human health and improve environmental quality
What is Environmental Engineering?
Completed in 2022, this is the longest suspension bridge in the world, located in Turkey
What is the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge?
This shape is known to be the most efficient for a free-standing arch in pure compression
What is a catenary?
This is the term for the tendency of a column to suddenly bend under compressive load
What is buckling?
These materials are known for their electrical conductivity and use in electronics
What are semiconductors
Involves the management and sustainable use of water resources
What is Water Resources Engineering?
This formula checks the 'statical determinacy' of a truss structure
What is m+r=2j?
What are the main factors to consider in the design of an arch for structural stability?
What are ensuring the 'thrust line' remains within the arch thickness?
This modulus describes a material’s resistance to shear deformation
What is the shear modulus (G)?