Structures: Tower Research Final

The individual parts of a tower are called...

• beams

• trusses

• superstructures

• substructures

The force you feel when being squeezed.

• tension

• torsion

• shear

• compression

The weight that causes a structure to fail.

• load

• critical load

• beam

• rigid

The place where beams meet.

• rigid

• joint

• void

• truss

When something is not easily bent.

• frail

• flimsy

• rigid

• melty

The force you feel when being stretched.

• tension

• torsion

• compression

• sheer

This beam is...

• flimsy

• melty

• rigid

• polished

Stretch Armstrong is feeling...

• compression

• tension

• torsion

• sheer

These snakes are feeling...

• tension

• compression

• tension

• sheer

These dummies are walking on...

• joints

• beams

• trusses

• air