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Tensegrity Structure

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the vital part of most structures that utilize the tensegrity concept?

a)

Base

b)

Suspension

c)

Both of the above

d)

None of the above

2.

Why tensegrity concept is considered impractical in normal structure construction? (Choose 2 answers)

a)

Difficult to build

b)

Not much research has been done

c)

Can be very expensive

d)

Little public knowledge of such concept

3.

Aside from engineering, this concept is also used in...

a)

arts

b)

biology

c)

both of the above

4.

Which one in these pictures is not tensegrity structure

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

How does tensegrity structure work?

a)

Gains strength from size

b)

Gains strength from design

c)

Gains strength from the chords under tension

d)

Gains strength from the area of the design

6.

Where is tensegrity used?

a)

Roofs of the stadium

b)

House

c)

Buildings

d)

School

7.

Where did the word tensegrity come from?

a)

From its unique structure

b)

From the words “Tensional integrity”

c)

From how it works

8.

When is tensegrity structure invented?

a)

1929

b)

1940

c)

1949

d)

1955

9.

Which of the following picture is categorized as a tensegrity structure?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

The benefits of applying tensegrity as a structural system offer many advantages including ………….


I. Improved fire resistance.

II. Stabilization of the structure through tension

III. Safety and security

IV. Easily Tunable

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

II and IV

d)

All above

11.

The design of double grid systems has resulted in an interest in the application of Tensegrity to ___________.

a)

Lava lamp creation

b)

Bridge construction

c)

Aircraft industry

d)

Construction of hydroelectric power stations

12.

a closed skeletal structural system composed of a set of three or more discontinuous compressive struts within a network of tensile tendons;

a)

tensegrity structure

b)

form-active structure

c)

linear structure

d)

surface structure

13.

Tensegrity involves which 2 forces

a)

compression and tension

b)

bending and torsion

c)

tension and bending

d)

shear and compression

14.

The human body can be considered as a tensegrity structure. What provides the compression structures in the human body?

a)

Organs

b)

Bony skeleton

c)

Muscles

d)

Skin

15.

The human body can be considered as a tensegrity structure. What is one of the tensional elements of the human body?

a)

Nerves

b)

Organs

c)

Bony skeleton

d)

Muscles

16.

What are suspension structures vulnerable to without complete tensile structures?

a)

Tension force

b)

Bending force

c)

Shear force

d)

Rotational force

17.

Which of these words are the same meaning with tensegrity. (choose 2 answers)

a)

Tensional integrity

b)

Compression integrity

c)

Floating compression

18.

Which of these ones is not Tensegrity Structure.

a)

Needle Tower

b)

Munich Olympic Stadium

c)

Montreal Biosphere

d)

Penang Bridge

19.

Who are the first inventor of Tensegrity Structure?

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Kārlis Johansons

c)

Aristoteles

d)

Socrates

20.

How can the tensegrity table hold weight?


I. String in the middle create tension

II. Three strings were added to each corner to add stability

III. Size of the table.

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

III and I

d)

All of the above