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Science - Unit 4
Structures and Forces
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Mathematics
7th Grade
04/24/2017

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What is shell structure
Definition
A rounded structure that is empty and strong. It looks like a dome (egg)
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What is frame structure
Definition
A skeleton holds up other parts of the structure.
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What is mass structure
Definition
A structure made by piling materials up.
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What is a backpacking tent, and soda can.
Definition
frame, shell
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What structure would fail : the material is was built from has small cracks or weaknesses, the weight of the structure caused the ground underneath it to shift, the outside walls were tilted slightly by an earthquake.
Definition
shell, mass, frame
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composite
Definition
Many materials
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welding
Definition
heating up and melting together
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soldering
Definition
melting pieces on to stay together
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dead load / live load
Definition
DL- The weight of something that stays the the same

LL- The forces that act on a structure. that can change
Term
gravitational force
Definition
The force used by gravity
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deformation
Definition
The change when a force is on a structure
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tension force
Definition
Pulls material apart
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shear force
Definition
Bends things opposite ways
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torsion force
Definition
Twisting things opposite ways
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compression force
Definition
Squeezes things together
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Dead or live load? wind blowing against a tree, the weight of the tree, the weight of a bird in the tree
Definition
live, dead, live
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3 ways materials fail
Definition
Bend or buckle, shear, compressive
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Which is more stable? wet soil/dry soil, bedrock/loose soil, unbalanced forces/balanced forces, arch without a tie beam/arch with a tie beam or “bow string arch”
Definition
dry soil, bedrock, balanced forces, arch with a tie beam or “bow string arch”
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