3 Civil Engineering - Bridge Vocabulary & Concepts

Many projects that civil engineers design are used to control natural resources.

• True

• False

Tension is a crushing force down the axis of a material that presses it together, resulting in shortening the material.

• True

• False

The three most common types of bridges are _____, arch, and suspension.

• movable

• pier

• beam

• cantilever

Suspension bridges utilize _____ forces rather than compression forces.

The only type of the other force is in the towers.

• torsion

• tension

• bending

• compression

_____ is the process of taking and using measurements to determine the exact size and shape of a piece of land.

• Troubleshooting

• Land surveying

• Shape dimensioning

• Ultrasonic testing

Main vertical columns that transfer the load of the bridge into the ground.

• cantilever bridge

• dynamic load

• suspension bridge

• piers

Analysis focused on ensuring the structure is as efficient as possible.

• structural analysis

• ties

• equilibrium analysis

• free body diagram

Structural element used in a number of civil engineering structures, as supports for roofs and floors to bridges.

• truss

• piers

• land surveying

• static load

Type of beam bridge that can span greater distances than a simple beam bridge and often includes trusses in the framework.

• cantilever bridge

• structural analysis

• load

• truss

Structural components that connect the bridge to the ground at the ends of the bridge.

• compression

• structural anlysis

• abutments

• tension