STRUCTURAL

Question 1

In order for a building to be considered a work of architecture it must possess all of these

Answer 1

FUNCTION
STRENGTH
BEAUTY

Question 2

Ability to withstand an applied load without failure or plastic deformation

Answer 2

Strength

Question 3

Rigidity of an object - the extent to which it resists deformation in response to an applied force

Answer 3

Stiffness

Question 4

The more flexible an object, the ____ stiff it is

Answer 4

Less

Question 5

Resistance to sudden change, dislodgement, or overthrow

Answer 5

Stability

Question 6

Types of Stability

Answer 6

STABLE
UNSTABLE
NEUTRAL

Question 7

We build structures for

Answer 7

Longevity
Functions
Concerns to Human Life
Manifestation of technology

Question 8

Main factors that affected the Development of Structures

Answer 8

The reason why man build

Methods of Construction and Building Techniques

Question 9

Series of piled up stones built with or without mortar

Answer 9

Mass Structures

Question 10

Binding agent spread in between masonry units

Answer 10

Mortar

Question 11

To create opening into the masonry by offsetting bricks from that below them and putting out counterweights

Answer 11

Corbel

Question 12

Early form of beam and column construction

Answer 12

Post and Linterl

Question 13

Basis of Egyptian and Greek Architecture

Answer 13

Post and Lintel

Question 14

Pure compression form

Answer 14

Arch

Question 15

As the forces in the arch are carried to the ground, the arch will push outward at the base called _____

Answer 15

Thrust

Question 16

Extended arch

Answer 16

Vault

Question 17

Architectural element that resemble the hollow upper half of a sphere

Answer 17

Dome

Question 18

Arched structure that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass

Answer 18

Flying Buttress

Question 19

Parts of Structure

Answer 19

Foundation
Floor
Column
Beam
Overhead Cover

Question 20

A structural member which spans horizontally between supports and carries load which act at right angles

Answer 20

Beam

Question 21

Supported freely at the two ends on walls or columns

Answer 21

Simply Supported Beam

Question 22

Its end extends beyond the walls or column support; Unsupported portion of the beam

Answer 22

Overhanging Beam

Question 23

Fixed in a wall or column at one end and the other end is free

Answer 23

Cantilever Beam

Question 24

Evaluation of stress, moments and forces plotting them for that structural component

Answer 24

Analysis

Question 25

Determination of Dimension for components of stresses and proportioning

Answer 25

Design

Question 26

Analyzed just by the use of basic equilibrium equations

Answer 26

Statically Determinate

Question 27

Not capable of being analyzed by mere use of basic equilibrium equations and some extra conditions are required to be used

Answer 27

Statically Indeterminate

Question 28

Types of Support

Answer 28

Roller Hinge Fixed End

Question 29

Types of Load

Answer 29

Dead Load | Live Load

Question 30

Self weight of the various components of a building

Answer 30

Dead Load

Question 31

External superimposed load on a structure

Answer 31

Live Load

Question 32

Internal Resistance created in beam cross sections in order to balance transverse external load acting on beam

Answer 32

Shear Force

Question 33

Possibility of beam rotation

Answer 33

Bending Moment

Question 34

Area of the shear diagram to the left or right of the section is ____ to the moment at that section

Answer 34

equal

Question 35

The slope of the moment diagram at a given point is the ___ at that point

Answer 35

Shear

Question 36

The slope of the shear diagram at a given point is ___ the load at that point

Answer 36

Equals

Question 37

The maximum moment occurs at the point of ____

Answer 37

Zero shears

Question 38

When the shear diagram is increasing, the moment diagram is ______.

Answer 38

Concave Upward

Question 39

When the shear diagram is decreasing, the moment diagram is ______.

Answer 39

Concave Downward

Question 40

Relates the internal moments in a continuous beam at three points of support to the loads acting between the supports

Answer 40

Three moment equation

Question 41

Developed Three Moment Equation

Answer 41

French Engineer Clapeyron

Question 42

A structural analysis method for statically indeterminate beams and frames developed by Hardy Cross

Answer 42

Moment Distribution Method

Question 43

This method only accounts flexural effects and ignores axial and shear effects

Answer 43

Moment Distribution Method

Question 44

Resembles the skeleton of vertebrate that intends to occupy more volume without increasing density

Answer 44

Framed Structure

Question 45

Envelope is largely non load bearing because all loads are applied on the building framework and slabs

Answer 45

Curtain Wall

Question 46

Basically straight arches.

Answer 46

Portal Frames

Question 47

Decorated structures or structured decorations because of their free and flowing forms

Answer 47

Shell Structures

Question 48

Support load much like beams but for longer span

Answer 48

Trusses

Question 49

Replace bulk by triangulation to reduce dead weight

Answer 49

Trusses

Question 50

Acts in similar manner to the triangulated plane frame except for the fact that the space frame acts in three dimensional manner

Answer 50

Space Frames

Question 51

Space version of a rigid frame

Answer 51

Folded Plates

Question 52

Braced dome due to the fact that there are bracing members present so that the dome keeps its shape

Answer 52

Geodesic Domes

Question 53

Made up of network of triangles

Answer 53

Geodesic domes

Question 54

Roof membrane sag as it kind of resembles a large tent

Answer 54

Suspension Roof

Question 55

Highly geometrical shapes that exemplify the kind of technology today's designer

Answer 55

Hyperbolic Paraboloid

Question 56

Best described and visualized with cables or chains

Answer 56

Furnicular Structures

Question 57

Transfer the load of horizontal systems from roof to foundation

Answer 57

Vertical Structures

Question 58

Resist lateral load in shear

Answer 58

Shear wall

Question 59

Resist lateral load primarily in bending

Answer 59

Cantilevers

Question 60

Resist gravity and lateral load in bending and compression

Answer 60

Moment Frames

Question 61

Resist gravity load in bending and axial compression and lateral load in axial compression and tension by triangulation

Answer 61

Braced Frame

Question 62

Action on a body that tends to change shape, move object and change the motion of an object

Answer 62

Force

Question 63

Force acting about a point at a distance

Answer 63

Moment

Question 64

Diagonals takes the place of the column

Answer 64

Diagrid System