Structural Assessment Part 4 Answer Key

1. Indication of columns resistance 1. Radius of Gyration

against buckling 2. Slenderness Ratio
2. Effective length divided by 3. Section Modulus
radius of gyration 4. Parallel Axis Transfer Formula
3. Measure of resistance for flexural 5. Couple
or bending stress 6. Beam
4. Moment of Inertia about the new 7. Vertical Shearing Force or
reference line Simply Shear (V)
5. A pair of oppositely directed 8. Bending Moment or Simply
forces of equal magnitude @ a Moment (M)
distance apart, producing a pure 9. Varignon’s Theorem
rotational effect. 10. Young’s Modulus by
6. Structural member subjected to 11. Thomas Young
transverse loads
7. Algebraic sum of unbalance
transverse forces acting to the left
side (right side) of cut section.
8. Algebraic summation of the
moment of all loads acting to the
left side (right side) of the cut
section.
9. The moment of force about a
given point = the algebraic sum
of the moments of its
components about the same point
10. Modulus of elasticity or_____,
11. Named after_____