Year 12 · HSC / Engineering Studies
Flashcards and recall.
Make a short deck from material you need to recall without notes.
Try this with Engineering Studies
- Write one prompt per card. Use definitions, explanations or examples from your current topic.
- Answer aloud before turning the card. Split a card if it asks for several unrelated facts.
- Set aside missed cards and revisit them in a later session.
Recall topics
- What is the main engineering difference between a Roman masonry arch bridge and a modern steel truss bridge?
- Why did the development of Portland cement and reinforced concrete change building design in the late 1800s?
- Give two environmental impacts of producing cement for civil structures.
- How can concrete from a demolished structure be recycled?
- State the three conditions of static equilibrium for a coplanar force system.
- What reactions can a pin support provide, compared with a roller support?
- What assumptions are made when analysing a simple pin-jointed truss?
- Describe the method of joints.
- When is the method of sections preferred to the method of joints?
- How do you identify a zero-force member at an unloaded joint?
- How does a graphical (force polygon) truss solution find member forces?
- In a force diagram, how do you tell whether a member is in tension or compression?
- What is shear force at a section of a beam?
- What is bending moment at a section of a beam?
- Where on a simply supported beam does the maximum bending moment occur?
- What does the shear force diagram look like for a beam carrying only point loads?
- How does a uniformly distributed load change the SF and BM diagrams?
- What is the maximum bending moment of a cantilever with a point load P at its free end?
- What is the neutral axis of a beam?
- What is the second moment of area (I), and why does it matter?
- State the bending stress formula and define each term.
- Why is an I-section beam more efficient than a solid rectangular beam of the same mass?
- Define tensile stress and give its units.
- Define strain.
- What is shear stress, and how is it calculated for a pin in double shear?
- What is the difference between engineering stress and true stress?
- On a stress–strain diagram, what is the limit of proportionality?
- What is the yield point on a stress–strain curve?
- What is ultimate tensile strength (UTS)?
- How is toughness shown on a stress–strain graph?
- State Hooke's law and the formula for Young's modulus.
- Steel has E ≈ 200 GPa and aluminium E ≈ 70 GPa. What does this mean in practice?
- What is a factor of safety?
- How is allowable working stress calculated?
- How is X-ray (radiographic) testing used on civil structures?
- Describe the slump test for fresh concrete.
- How is the compressive strength of concrete tested?
- How do cracks form and grow in a structure, and how can a crack stopper work?
- What are the main ingredients of soda-lime glass, and what is its structure?
- Why is clay brick suitable for load-bearing walls?
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