Civil Engineering

The field of engineering focused on structures and buildings of all kinds.

• Industrial Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

A stationary framework of interconnecting materials that can endure forces such as gravity, wind, mass, and pressure is called a _________.

• structure

• vehicle

• computer program

Wind, earthquakes, heat, impacts, rain, and snow are all examples of ___________.

• External Forces

• Internal Forces

• Weather

Parts of a structure that cannot be removed (fixtures, walls, flooring, etc) is referred to as a ___________ load.

• static or dead

• dynamic or live

• physical

External forces on a structure that change is referred to as a ___________ load.

• static or dead

• dynamic or live

• physical

Force that squeezes a material together.

• Compression

• Tension

• Torsion

Force that stretches a material apart.

• Compression

• Tension

• Torsion

Force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions.

• Compression

• Shear

• Torsion

Twisting Force

• Compression

• Tension

• Torsion

Force that causes a material to curve, with compression on one side and tension on the other.

• Bending

• Shear

• Torsion