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Understanding Structural Forces and Mechanics

The document outlines various concepts related to structural engineering, including the effects of forces on rigid bodies, types of beams, and properties of materials under stress. It covers definitions and principles such as external forces, internal resistance, and structural systems. Additionally, it addresses specific conditions and requirements for concrete and reinforcement in construction.
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Understanding Structural Forces and Mechanics

The document outlines various concepts related to structural engineering, including the effects of forces on rigid bodies, types of beams, and properties of materials under stress. It covers definitions and principles such as external forces, internal resistance, and structural systems. Additionally, it addresses specific conditions and requirements for concrete and reinforcement in construction.
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_________ deals with the study of the external

effects of forces on rigid bodies that are at


rest and remain at rest before and after the
application of forces.

1
__________ is the study of External Forces
applied on a body inducing any motion.

2
____________ is a set of forces having all its
directions converge at a common point.

3
____________ is the reactive force developed
by a body on which a force or system of
force acts.

4
______________ is the branch of Engineering
that deals with the internal effects of forces
on the body.

5
When a beam is in its elastic limit, which
among the situation below would most likely
happen?

6
_____________is the point at which the
material will have an appreciable elongation
or yielding without any increase in load.

7
_______is a pair of forces, equal in magnitude,
oppositely directed, and displaced by
perpendicular distances.

8
From the Figures, identify the Continuous
Beam.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4

9
From the Figures, identify the Overhanging
Beam.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4

10
___________a reinforced concrete slab
supported directly by concrete columns
without the use of beams

11
___________is supported on two opposite side
only thus structural action is only at one
direction.

12
____________Ribbed floors consisting of
equally spaced ribs are usually supported
directly by columns.

13
Why should rebars have concrete cover?

14
The usable capacity of a structure or its
members to resist loads within the
deformation limits prescribed in this
document

15
The lower rigid portion of a structure having
a vertical combination of structural system

16
Horizontal truss system that serves the same
function as a diaphragm

17
An assemblage of framing members
designed to support gravity loads and resist
lateral forces

18
A structural system without complete vertical
load carrying space frame. This system
provides support for gravity loads.
Resistance to lateral load is provided by
shear walls or braced frames

19
It is a beam, usually made of structural steel,
with two horizontal flanges connected by a
vertical web at the middle of the flanges.

20
Material other than water aggregate or
hydraulic cement used as an ingredient of
concrete and added to concrete before or
during its mixing to modify its properties

21
Concrete that doesn’t not conform to
definition of reinforced concrete

22
Ratio of normal stress to corresponding
strain for tensile or compressive stresses
below proportional limit of material
-in the formula e=PL/AE, E stands for ___

23
Concrete containing lightweight aggregate

24
True or False, bar larger than 32mm in
diameter shall not be bundled in beams

25
A type of concrete floor which has no beam

26
A quantity which measures the resistance of
the mass to being revolved about a line

27
The tendency for one part of a beam to move
vertically with respect to an adjacent part

28
A change in shape of a material when
subjected to the action of force

29
The maximum value of tension, compression,
or shear respectively the material sustain
without failure

30
It means that by which a body develops
internal resistance to stress. Intensity of
force per unit area

31
The greatest stress which a material is
capable of developing without permanent
deformation remaining upon the complete
release of stress

32
Loop of reinforcing bar or wire enclosing
longitudinal reinforcement

33
The deformation of a structural member as a
result of loads acting on it

34
The sum of forces in the orthogonal
directions and the sum of all moments about
any points are zero

35
It refers to the occupancy load which is
either partially or fully in place or may not
be present at all

36
The amount of space measured in cubic units

37
A structural member spanning from truss to
truss or supporting a rafter

38
The force per unit area of cross section which
tend to produce shear

39
The law that relates the linear relationship
between stresses and strain

40
Minimum spacing of bolts in timber
connection measured from center of bolts
parallel for parallel to grain loading is equal
to ___

41
According to the provision of the NSCP on
timber connection and fastening the loaded
edge distance for perpendicular to grain
loading shall be at least

42
Concrete cover for pipes, conduits, and
fittings shall not be less than ___ for concrete
exposed to earth or weather

43
Concrete cover for pipes, conduits, and
fittings shall not be less than ___ for concrete
not exposed to earth or weather

44
If concrete in structure will dry under service
conditions, cores shall be air-dried for ___
days before test and shall be tested dry.

45
Minimum concrete cover provided for
reinforcement of cast in place against
permanently exposed earth or weather using
bars larger than 36 mm

46
Standard hooks used in reinforced concrete
beam shall mean

47
Standard hooks for stirrups and tie hooks
16mm bar and smaller

48
Standard hooks for stirrups and thie hooks
20-25 mm bar

49
Allowable tensile stress of structural steel
based on effective area

50
the bowing of an elastic body as an external
force is applied transversely to its length.
Bending is the structural mechanism that
enables a load to be mechanism that enables
a load to be channeled in a direction
perpendicular to its application.

51
a force applied perpendicular to the length of
a structural member,
producing bending and shear

52
a series of uniform concentrated loads, but
for 5 or more uniformly spaced concentrated
loads.

53
the act of stretching or state of being pulled
apart, resulting in the elongation of an
elastic body

54
the act of shortening or state of being
pushed together, resulting in the reduction in
size or volume of an elastic body

55
an applied force producing or tending to
produce compression in an elastic body

56
the deformation of a body under the action
of an applied force. Strain is a dimensionless
quantity, equal to the ratio of the change
in size and shape to the original size and
shape of a stressed element.

57
the internal resistance or reaction of an
elastic body to external forces applied to it.
Equal to the ratio of force to area and
expressed in units of force per unit of cross-
sectional area. Also called UNIT STRESS.

58
the elongation of a unit length of material
produces by a tensile stress

59
the axial stress that develops at the cross
section of an elastic body to resist the
collinear tensile forces tending to
elongate it.

60
an instrument for measuring minute
deformation in a test specimen caused by
tension, compression, bending or twisting.
Also called EXTENSOMETER

61
the adhesive for per unit area of contact
between reinforcing bar and the surrounding
concrete developed at any section of a
flexural member

62
any of various means, as embedment length
or hooked bars, for developing tension or
compression in a reinforcing bar on each
side of critical section in order to prevent
bond failure or splitting

63
a concrete section in which the concrete in
compression reaches its assumed ultimate
strain before the tension reinforcement
reaches its specified yield strength. This is a
dangerous condition since failure of the
section could occur instantaneously without
warning

64
a concrete section in which the tension
reinforcement reaches its specified yield
strength before the concrete in
compression reaches its assumed ultimate strain.
This is desirable condition since failure of the
section would be preceded by large
deformations giving prior warning of
impending collapse

65
the shearing stress developed along cross
section of a beam to resist transverse shear,
having a maximum value at the neutral
axis and decreasing nonlinearly toward the
outer faces

66
the shearing stress developed to prevent
slippage along longitudinal planes of a beam
under transverse loading, equal to any
point to the vertical shearing stress at that
point. Also called LONGITUDINAL SHEARING
STRESS

67
produce bending moments which vary
linearly between loads

68
a simple beam supported by the cantilevers
of two adjoining spans with pinned
construction joints at points of zero
moment. Also called hung span

69
a beam extending over more than 2 supports in
order to develop greater rigidity and smaller
moments than a series of simple beams having
similar spans and loading. Both fixed end and
continuous beams are indeterminate structures for
which the values of all reactions, shears and
moments are dependent not only on span and
loading but also on cross sectional shape and
material

70
a round, steel bolt embedded in concrete or
masonry used to hold down machinery,
steel columns or beam casting, shock
beam plates and engine heads

71
a joint designed to take expansion and
contraction the designed break in a structure
to allow for the drying and temperature
shrinkage of concrete, brickwork of similar
material, thereby preventing the formation of
harmful cracks

72
a concrete beam placed directly on the
ground to provide foundation for the
superstructure

73
consist of rough stones of various placed
compactly or irregularly to prevent scour by
water and protect material which maybe
washed out by the water

74
is the cohesive force in a body, which resists
the tendency of an external force to
change the shape of the body

75
a continuous type of spread footing the
supports vertical load, the weight of the wall
itself and the weight of the footing

76
granular material such as sand gravel stone
and iron blast furnace slag used with a
cementing medium to form a hydraulic
cement concrete or mortar

77
is in-place solid rock

78
is a deposit of earth material placed by
artificial means

79
member with a ratio to least lateral
dimension of 3 or greater used primarily to
support axial compressive load

80
designed on the assumption that two
materials act together in resisting forces

81
dead weight supported by a member.
Loads of constant magnitude that
remains in one position.

82
specified minimum yield strength or yield
point or reinforcing in Mpa

83
maximum stress below which the material
does not return to its original length but has
incurred a permanent deformation we call
permanent set

84
stress at which material specimen breaks

85
the property of material that causes it to
rupture suddenly under stress with little
evident deformation. Since brittle materials
lack the plastic behavior of ductile materials,
they can give no warning of impending
material

86
the property of a material that enables it to
undergo plastic deformation after being stressed
beyond the elastic limit and before rupturing.
Ductility is a desirable property of a structural
material since plastic behavior is an indicator of
reserve strength and can serve as a visual
warning of impending failure.

87
the extent of space between two supports of
a structure

88
an external moment tending to cause part a
structure to rotate or bend, equal to the
algebraic sum of the moments about the
neutral axis of the section under
consideration

89
an internal moment equal and opposite to a
bending moment, generated by a force
couple to maintain equilibrium of the section
being considered

90
produce parabolically varying moments

91
a projecting beam supported at only one
fixed end

92
a simple beam extending beyond one of its
supports. The overhanging reduces the
positive moment at midspan while
developing a negative moment at the base
of the cantilever over the support

93
the sudden lateral or torsional instability of a
slender structural member induced by the
action of a compressive load. Buckling can
occur well before the yield stress of the
material is reached

94
a method for determining member forces in
a truss by considering the equilibrium of the
various joints idealized as points in free body
diagrams

95
the distance between the points at which a
structural member is braced against buckling
in a direction normal to its length.

96
a short steel bar extending from one
concrete element to another as for instance
a concrete foundation to a concrete column.
It may or may not transfer direct stress

97
is a vertical member between two portions of
window sash usually designed to resist wind
load and not vertical load. It is different from
muntin, which is smaller member which
separates the panels of glass within the
whole sash.

98
is a beam from column to column, carrying
an exterior wall in a skeleton building

99
is an oscillating power operated machine
used to agitate fresh concrete so as to
eliminate gross voids including entrapped air
and to produce intimate contact with form
surfaces and embedded materials

100

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