Civil Engineering
Questions and answers
what is considered to be the oldest field in engineering? - ANS-civil engineering
what is the mission of civil engineering? - ANS-to build safe facilities that meet needs of
society
in what type of projects are civil engineers involved in? - ANS-public works projects
what are designs used to control? - ANS-natural resources
What are 6 sub fields of civil engineering? - ANS-structural engineering
environmental engineering
water resources engineering
transportation engineering
construction engineering
geomatics engineering
What is the oldest and largest civil engineering society ? - ANS-ASCE (American
Society of Civil Engineers)
What must all areas of civil engineering have a good understanding of? - ANS-
structures
define structural loads - ANS-the force a structure must withstand
what are the 2 main types of loads? - ANS-static and dynamic loads
structures in a state of equilibrium can do what? - ANS-oppose external force and
transfer load throughout the stuctrue
What are different types of structural forces? - ANS-compression
tension
shear force
torsion
bending force
what do beams do - ANS-used to resist bending
transmit loads to columns
what do columns do - ANS-vertical structural members
transmit load from above
Questions and answers
what is considered to be the oldest field in engineering? - ANS-civil engineering
what is the mission of civil engineering? - ANS-to build safe facilities that meet needs of
society
in what type of projects are civil engineers involved in? - ANS-public works projects
what are designs used to control? - ANS-natural resources
What are 6 sub fields of civil engineering? - ANS-structural engineering
environmental engineering
water resources engineering
transportation engineering
construction engineering
geomatics engineering
What is the oldest and largest civil engineering society ? - ANS-ASCE (American
Society of Civil Engineers)
What must all areas of civil engineering have a good understanding of? - ANS-
structures
define structural loads - ANS-the force a structure must withstand
what are the 2 main types of loads? - ANS-static and dynamic loads
structures in a state of equilibrium can do what? - ANS-oppose external force and
transfer load throughout the stuctrue
What are different types of structural forces? - ANS-compression
tension
shear force
torsion
bending force
what do beams do - ANS-used to resist bending
transmit loads to columns
what do columns do - ANS-vertical structural members
transmit load from above
