Types of structures
They are not made by humans.
What are natural structures?
The force acting on a structure.
What is a load?
Effect in a force that can deform a body.
What is a static effect?
Is the ability to be changed or adapted.
What is rigidity?
It’s a bell tower.
What kind of tower is the Tower of Pisa?
They are made by humans.
What are man-made structures?
A pulling force that will try to strech something.
What is tension?
A force that makes somethig to move o stop.
What is a dynamic effect?
The average location of the weight of an object.
What is the center of gravity?
The only thing that pushes the coaster to the rest of the track in a roller coaster.
What is gravity?
They are usually made from one solid piece of a strong material.
What are mass structures?
Sliding forces that act in opposite directions.
What is shearing?
Forces that vary over time.
What are variable loads?
It is the use of triangular shapes to give stability to a structures.
What is triangulation?
It was constructed in 1889.
When the Eiffel Tower was contructed?
They are made up of many rigid parts joined together.
What are frame structures?
A pushing force that will try to squash something.
What is compression?
Forces that don't vary over time.
What are permanent loads?
It is the capacity of a structure to remain upright and not fall over.
What is stability?
Morrs Koechlin.
Who desidned the Eiffel Tower?
They have an outside layer of that holds the whole object together.
What are shell structures?
Force that causes twisting.
What is torsion?
What is bending?
The capacity of a structure to bear stresses without breaking.
What is resistance?
The lifting mechanism.
What the most important mechanism in a roller cosater?