Definition of Terms Structural Engineering and Construction

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Structural Engineering Mastery Quiz

Test your knowledge and understanding of structural engineering and construction terms with this comprehensive quiz. Designed for students, professionals, and enthusiasts, it covers essential concepts in materials science, mechanics, and engineering principles.

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Material properties
Stress and strain behaviors
Structural mechanics
Seismic forces and responses

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Branch of mechanics which studies the effects and distribution of forces of rigid bodies which are and remain at rest

Equilibrium

Statics

Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

Dynamics

A contact resistance by one body when the second body moves or tends to move past the first body

Friction

Force

Shear

Motion

it indicates the maximum amount of strain-energy the material can absorb just before it fractures (ability to absorb energy in plastic range)

Modulus of toughness

Modulus of Resilience

Modulus of Elasticity

Modulus of Rupture

Represents the largest amount of internal strain energy per unit volume the material can absorb without causing any permanent damage to the material (ability to absorb energy in the elastic range)

Modulus of toughness

Modulus of Resilience

Modulus of Elasticity

Modulus of Rupture

Refers to the property of a material which makes it return to its original dimension when the load is removed.

Ductility

Stiffness

Elasticity

Hardness

Refers to the ability of a material to deform in the plastic range without breaking

Ductility

Elasticity

Hardness

Stiffness

Ability to resist a deformation within the linear range. Inverse of this is flexibility

Stiffness

Ductility

Toughness

Ductile Materials

Any material that can be subjected to large strains before it fractures is called ______

Ductile Materials

Brittle Materials

Homogeneous material

Isotropic material

- Materials that exhibit little or no yielding before failure are referred to?

Ductile Materials

Brittle Materials

Homogeneous material

Isotropic material

has the same physical and mechanical properties throughout its volume or material has the same composition at any point.

Isotropic material

Homogeneous material

Orthotropic material

Prismatic

Has same physical and mechanical properties in all directions.

Isotropic material

Orthotropic material

Homogeneous material

Prismatic

All cross sections are the same throughout its length.

Homogeneous material

Prismatic

Isotropic material

Orthotropic material

When a material has to support a load for a very long period of time, it may continue to deform until a sudden fracture occurs or its usefulness is impaired. This time dependent permanent deformation is known as _____

Yielding

Buckling

Creep

Fatigue

When a material is subjected to repeated cycles of stress or strain, it causes its structure to breakdown, ultimately leading to fracture. This behavior is called

Yielding

Buckling

Creep

Fatigue

lateral deflection that occurs when long slender members are subjected to an axial compressive force.

Yielding

Buckling

Creep

Fatigue

-A slight increase in stress above the elastic limit will result in a breakdown of the material and causes it to deform permanently

Yielding

Buckling

Creep

Strain Hardening

When yielding has ended, an increase in load can be supported by the specimen, until it reaches a maximum stress referred to as the ultimate stress

Necking

Strain Hardening

Yielding

Just after the ultimate stress, the cross sectional area will begin to decrease in a localized region of the specimen, until the specimen breaks at the fracture stress.

Necking

Strain Hardening

Yielding

Strain Hardening

It is the point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied lateral force acts

Center of rigidity

Center of gravity

Center of mass

Center of stiffness

Is the point where the object “suffers” no torque by the effect of the gravitational force acted upon it

Center of rigidity

Center of gravity

Center of mass

Center of stiffness

It is the point through which the applied seismic force acts

Center of rigidity

Center of gravity

Center of mass

Center of stiffness

The point through which the resultant of the restoring forces of a system acts.

Center of rigidity

Center of gravity

Center of mass

Center of stiffness

Ructural member ha the ratio of its unsupported height to its least lateral dimension of not less than 3 and is used primarily support axial load

Beam

Column

Slab

Footing

The addition of energy – absorbing components into a structural building frame to reduce lateral deflections and lessen the stresses imparted into the frame when subjected to high wind or seismic forces

Circular Rubber

Damping

Dumping

Seismograph

It is the total design lateral force at the base of a structure

Lateral Shear

Design Seismic Base Shear

Seismic base

Seismic Capacity

The geographical point on the surface of earth vertically above the focus of the earthquake.

Focus

Epicenter

Center

Fault line

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