Towers

Slender straight pieces of a truss connected by joints.

• Arches

• Members

• Braces

• Girders

Deformation (change) of materials in response to stress.

• Tension

• Compression

• Racking

• Strain

A closed figure consisting of three line segments linked end-to-end.

• Truss

• Structure

• Triangle

• Column

A load that never seems to change in a building, such as the weight of the structure itself..

• Engineer

• Live Load

• Truss

• Dead Load

Stress due to twisting forces exerted on a structure.

• Torsion

• Tension

• Compression

• Bending

Vertical blocks of a tower.

• Girders

• Arches

• Braces

• Columns

A structure made of short, straight members organized into triangles.

• Arch

• Truss

• Tower

• Triangle

A force that pushes on or squeezes a material.

• Compression

• Tension

• Torsion

• Shearing

A diagonal piece used to distribute weight and strengthen the structure.

• Girder

• Beam

• Brace

• Column

A combination of tension and compression.

• Strain

• Bending

• Torsion

• Twisting