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Question 1

You have been asked to assess the safety of a tall structure. What data will you need to collect?

Answer 1

Weight of components
Stiffness of components
Dimensions
Damping

Question 2

You have been asked to assess the safety of a tall structure. What assumptions can you make?

Answer 2

Single degree of freedom
Beam assumption
Simplification of structure

Question 3

What forms of analysis can be used to assess the safety of a structure?

Answer 3

Static buckling
Free vibration
Forced vibration
Excitation load
Base motion

Question 4

What kinds of loading should be considered for a free standing structure?

Answer 4

Wind loads
Earthquake loads
Regular live load
Dead load

Question 5

What are the small angle assumptions?

Answer 5

sin ϴ ≈ ϴ
cos ϴ ≈ 1