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objective questions for PSAD

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energy stored in a material due to its deformation   Strain energy  
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it indicates the maximum amount of strain-energy the material can absorb just before it fractures (ability to absorb energy in plastic range)   Modulus of toughness  
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represents the largest amount of internal strain energy per unit volume the material can absorb without causing any permanent damage to the material (ability to absorb energy in the elastic range)   Modulus of Resilience  
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refers to the property of a material which makes it return to its original dimension when the load is removed   Elasticity  
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refers to the ability of a material to deform in the plastic range without breaking   Ductility  
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ability to resist a deformation within the linear range   Stiffness  
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Inverse of stiffness   flexibility  
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material’s resistance to fracture   Toughness  
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material’s resistance to indentation   Hardness  
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Any material that can be subjected to large strains before it fractures   Ductile Materials  
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Materials that exhibit little or no yielding before failure are referred to as _______ ________.   Brittle Materials  
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has the same physical and mechanical properties throughout its volume or material has the same composition at any point   Homogeneous material  
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has same physical and mechanical properties in all directions   Isotropic material  
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has material properties at a particular point, which differ along three mutually orthogonal axes   Orthotropic material  
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all cross sections are the same throughout its length   Prismatic  
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When a material has to support a load for a very long period of time, it may continue to deform until a sudden fracture occurs or its usefulness is impaired. This time dependent permanent deformation is known as _____.   Creep  
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When a material is subjected to repeated cycles of stress or strain, it causes its structure to break down, ultimately leading to fracture. This behavior is called _______.   Fatigue  
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lateral deflection that occurs when long slender members are subjected to an axial compressive force   Buckling  
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A slight increase in stress above the elastic limit will result in a breakdown of the material and causes it to deform permanently. This behavior is called ________ and the deformation that occurs is called ______ __________.   yielding, plastic deformation  
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When yielding has ended, an increase in load can be supported by the specimen, until it reaches a maximum stress referred to as the ultimate stress   Strain Hardening  
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Just after the ultimate stress, the cross-sectional area will begin to decrease in a localized region of the specimen, until the specimen breaks at the fracture stress   Necking  
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It is the space between two adjacent floors   Story  
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rigid horizontal planes used to transfer lateral forces to vertical resisting elements   Diaphragms  
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wall designed to resist lateral forces acting in its own plane, typically wind and seismic loads   Shear wall  
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stiffened wall that is capable of transferring lateral forces from floors and roofs to the foundation   Shear wall  
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is the point where the object “suffers” no torque by the effect of the gravitational force acted upon it   Center of gravity  
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center of resistance of a floor or diaphragm against lateral forces   Center of rigidity  
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It is the point through which the resultant of the resistance to the applied lateral force acts.   Center of rigidity  
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point through which the resultant of the masses of a system acts   Center of mass  
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It is the point through which the applied lateral force acts.   Center of mass  
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The point through which the resultant of the restoring forces of a system acts   Center of stiffness  
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distance between the center of rigidity and the center of mass   Eccentricity  
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It is the total design lateral force at the base of a structure   Design seismic base shear  
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is the lateral displacement of one level relative to the level above or below   Story drift  
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is the lateral displacement of the story relative to the base   Story displacement  
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Discontinuities in a lateral force path   Out-of-plane offsets  
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occurs when the structure’s center of mass does not coincide with its center of rigidity   Torsional shear stress  
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It occurs when a building period coincides with the earthquake period   Resonance  
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time period of undamped free vibration of a structure   Natural period  
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rate at which natural vibration is absorbed   Damping  
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The effect of internal friction, imperfect elasticity of material, slipping, sliding, etc in reducing the amplitude of vibration   Damping  
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The geographical point on the surface of earth vertically above the focus of the earthquake   Epicenter  
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The originating earthquake source of the elastic waves inside the earth which cause shaking of ground due to earthquake   Focus  
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the focus is also called the   hypocenter  
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the capacity to undergo large inelastic deformations without significant loss of strength or stiffness   Ductility  
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is a state in saturated cohesionless soil wherein the effective shear strength is reduced to negligible value   Liquefaction  
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condition when soil tends to behave like a fluid mass   Liquefaction  
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a measure of the strength of shaking during the earthquake   Intensity  
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a measure of energy released in an earthquake   Magnitude  
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instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake   Seismographs  
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It is one in which the lateral stiffness is less than 70 percent of that in the storey above or less than 80 percent of the average lateral stiffness of the three storeys above   Soft Storey  
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It is one in which the storey lateral strength is less than 80 percent of that in the storey above   Weak Storey  
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