Tower Structure Tech Terms

When a column fails by bending at some point in the height of the column, usually towards the midpoint and caused by a vertical force. This is called?

• collapsing

• buckling

• slipping

• compression

This field of engineering pertaining to non-moving structures such as roads, sewers, towers, buildings and bridges.

• Architect

• Chemical Engineer

• Civil Engineering

• Mechanical Engineer

The amount a structure bends or moves from its "at rest" position.

• deflection

• buckling

• melting

• sliding

A force that impacts a structure horizontally, such as winds and earthquakes.

• brute force

• sheer force

• space force

• lateral force

 A ratio of the amount of weight a structure can hold to the mass of the structure itself.

• sturdy ratio

• efficiency ratio

• strength-to-weight ratio

• turnover ratio