Mechanical Comprehension Loads Flash Card Set 952174

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Structural Loads

A concentrated load acts on a relatively small area of a structure, a static uniformly distributed load doesn't create specific stress points or vary with time, a dynamic load varies with time or affects a structure that experiences a high degree of movement, an impact load is sudden and for a relatively short duration and a non-uniformly distributed load creates different stresses at different locations on a structure.

dynamic

In defining structural loads, a __________ load varies with time or affects a structure that experiences a high degree of movement.