Tower Vocab 1

This is the weight a structure can support before failing.

• compression

• critical load

• weight

• force

(a)   is a place where two or more things come together and are united.

This is the act of layer a structure.

• Corner

• Overlap

• Lamination

• Joint

Forward grain is the grain of wood as seen from the side of the wood strip.

• True

• False

This is the measure of the distance between supports.

• Length

• Distance

• Span

• None of the Above

This term is also known as lumber

• stud

• timber

• log

• All of the Above

What is a rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure such as a bridge called?

• Tower

• Brace

• Truss

• Structure