Types of Forces

Name: _________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Instructions: Please read each questions and provide an answer in the space provided
1. Please identify each picture as a compression, tension, torsion, or bending
force.

2. Please identify each picture as a live or dead load

3. A bridge weighs 950,000 lbs. On a Saturday afternoon in the summer there are 350
cars on the bridge that each weigh 2000 lbs. Identify and calculate the Live Load,
Dead Load, and the Total Load.
Live Load
Dead Load
Total Load
Describe what the
load is.
What is the value?
4. The following winter a snowstorm drops 30,000 lbs of snow onto the 950,000 lb bridge.
There are 400 cars that each weigh 2000 lbs on the bridge when the snowstorm hits.
Identify and calculate the Live Load, Dead Load, and the Total Load.
Live Load
Dead Load
Total Load
Describe what the
load is.
What is the value?
5. During spring a thunderstorm the 950,000 lbs bridge experiences a 75 mph gust of
wind that applies a 45,000 lb load on the bridge. During the storm there were on 50
cars on the bridge that each weigh 2000 lbs. Identify and calculate the Live Load,
Dead Load, and the Total Load.
Live Load
Dead Load
Total Load
Describe what the
load is.
What is the value?