It is the displacement of one level relative to the level above or below.

Occurs when the center of mass and rigidity do not coincide.

If the structure is subjected to a cycle of stresses and ____, it causes the beam to have sudden ultimate structure.

If a structure is subjected to a load for a long period of time, it will continue to deform until a sudden fracture occurs.

A condition that when there is already a permanent deformation, it continues to deform when a minimal load is applied beyond the elastic range.

Refers to the large amplitude vibration of an object or system when a given impulses at its natural frequency.

It is measured by the Richer Scale

It is measured by a Seismometer

Besides the epicentre, it describes the location of the earthquake

Identify the material property described by the following material: The composite material exhibits elastic properties in one direction different from that in the perpendicular direction.

Identify the material property described by the following material: The material has the same composition at every point but the elastic may not be the same in all directions.

Liquefaction is best described as

Which refers to the rigidity of a structure?

Identify the following: It is the point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied lateral force acts.

Identify the following: It is the point through which the applied seismic force acts

Identify the following: It refers to the flexibility of a structure

One in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70% of the stiffness of the story above is called

Which of the following is measured by a seismometer?

Identify the property of the material described by the following: The material deforms considerably even with a slight increase in stress.

Identify the property of the material described by the following: The material regains its original dimensions when the load is removed.

Identify the property of the material described by the following: The material deforms in the plastic range without breaking.

Which of the following refers to the flexibility of a structure?

Identify the following: It is the point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied lateral force acts.

Identify the following: It is the distance between the center of rigidity and center of mass.

Which material property is referred to by the following: The material has the ability to absorb energy in the plastic range

Which material property is referred to by the following: The material has the ability to absorb energy in the elastic range

Which material property is referred to by the following: The material has the ability to defuse the plastic range without breaking

Which material property is described by the following: The composite material exhibits elastic properties in one direction different from that in the perpendicular direction.

Which material property is described by the following: The material has the same composition at every point but the elastic properties may not be the same in all direction.

Which material property is described by the following: The material has the same elastic properties in all directions.

What behaviour of an engineering material is described by the following: The material returns to its original shape when the load is removed?

What behaviour of an engineering material is described by the following: The material deforms considerably even with a slight increase in stress.

Which material has the same compression at any point?

What is the term which refers to the ability of a material to deform in the plastic range without breaking?

What do you call the ability of a material to absorb energy in the plastic range?

Which terms refers to the property of a material which makes it return to its original dimension when the load is removed?

Which terms refers to the property of a material to absorb energy in the elastic range?

Which of the following term is described herein? Stressing high strength steel wires before concrete hardens.

Which of the following terms is described herein? Stressing high strength steel after the concrete has been cast and has attained sufficient strength.

Which of the following terms is described herein? Loss of stress that takes place with the passage of time as concrete is held at a constant strain.

Which terms refers to the force generated by a body in motion?

What is the term for the value beyond which the stress is no longer proportional to the strain?

Materials which have the same composition at any point re described as

Which property of a material enables it to under large permanent strains before failure?

What do you call the retarding force acting opposite a body in motion?

Which structural member has the ratio of its unsupported height to its least lateral dimension of not less than 3 and is primarily to support Axia Load?

What do you call the force which determines whether the body will be in equilibrium or will have a varying state of motion?

Identify the principle used in equations related to the deformation of axially loaded materials: That the stress is proportional to the strain within the elastic region.

Identify the principle used in equations related to the deformation of axially loaded materials: That in the deformation of axially loaded members, the ratio of the lateral to the longitudinal strain is constant.

Identify the principle used in equations related to the deformation of axially loaded materials: That within the elastic range, it is the constant of proportionality that defines the linear relationship between stress and strain.

Which terms refers to the force generated by a body at rest?

What will develop if the center of mass and center of gravity of a structure does not coincide?

A building which has a floor which is less than 70% as stiff as the floor immediately above it, or less than 80% as stiff as the average stiffness of the three floors above it.

Refers to the lateral displacement of one level relative to the other level above or below.