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loads that include people and most movable objects. an example is
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snow even though it is usually handled as a separate type of load. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-live loads
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loads that include the structure itself and most immovable objects. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dead loads
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pulling apart
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this type of stress is usually evenly distributed across the structural
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element, making the resisting of this type of stress very efficient. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tension|




crushing or smashing together
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this type of stress is usually evenly distributed across the structural
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element, making the resisting of this type of stress very efficient. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-compression
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, causing layers of a material to tend to slide relative to each other -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-shearing |




a combination of thee other types of stress, but important enough to be
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treated as a type of its own.
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stress is distributed non-uniformly across the member - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-bending


what is the most important stress in the design of beams, but the least
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efficient to resist structurally? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-bending
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when long slender elements in compression "bows" or moves out of
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line it is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-buckling
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____ resist tension only. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cables
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____ resist bending but to a lesser degree than shear. they are also
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referred to as girders, joists, and purlins. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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beams


_____ resist compression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-posts or columns
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_____ resist tension and compression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-trusses
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