Engineering 81A Quiz Answers

What was most serious problem at the Kansai airport?

Parts of terminal building sinking at different times

The Burj Khaleefa stands on what type of foundations (due to poor bearing strength of soil)

Pile foundations

During Burj Khaleefa construction, formwork kept moving up, anchoring itself on concrete that had set below. This kind of construction is called

Jumpform construction

The idea invented for Flat Iron Building in New York

Curtain Walls on Steel frame

How did they increase construction speed at World Trade Center Towers

Kangaroo Cranes from Australia

Which are cities in Kansai region to offshore Kansai airport

Kobe and Osaka

What was the big problem solved before the Equitable Life Building in NY

Spring stop design for elevator safety

What caused problem that engineers had to solve at Glen Canyon damage overflow chute

Cavitation

What is the name of the pipes that carry water down to the turbines at a hydroelectric dam

Penstocks

What was the unusual thing that the Colorado River created in early 20th century

The Salton Sea

What is the scientific name of the big heavy pendulum ball inside of the top of Taipei 101

Tuned mass damper

What is name of lake formed behind Hoover Dam

Lake Mead

What was the red-hot item you saw being thrown and caught by the guys building the steel bridge next to Glen Canyon dam

Rivets

Name of temporary embankment built to divert the river water, before actual damage is built

Coffer Dam

Which dam was constructed downstream of Hoover, to take water to LA using Colorado aqueduct

Parker Dam

Which was famous suspension bridge that failed due to wind-induced vibrations

Tacoma Narrows

What you see in the picture with on-street right-of-way

LRT (Light Rail Vehicle)

Which is famous Building in picture?

Falling Watersby Frank Lloyd Wright

Gothard tunnel is in which country

Switzerland

What do we call 3pnt perspective seen from below looking up at tall building

Worm's eye view

What is an MPO in transportation area

Metropolitan Planning Organization

For beach house for Kelly in Laguna Beach, which of following comes close to "form follows function"

Beach front expensive, so a long narrow shape was needed

What is shotcrete

Concrete sprayed upwards/sideways into steel rebar cages

What did the Penn DOT have to do in Philadelphia to get Vine Expressway built

Do extensive community outreach program

When can we remove the scaffolding (framework) supporting the circular rings segments in tunnel boring

After key segment is in place

What is MSW associated with landfills and waste treatment plants

Municipal Solid Waste

When an aluminum can is recycled make more aluminum cans, what kind of recycling is this

Closed Loop Recycling

Whatevent caused environmental concerns and badly affected the momentum for more nuclear energy

Tsunami in Japan

Avg number of people found in normal 5 seater private car moving on road in US

1 to 1.75

Where was "green" example of living in proximity that Stewart Brand showed its a rail track retail example

Bangkok

What did former vice president Al Gor say

Artic soil is releasing carbon into atmosphere

What statement did Floiran Lennert make

90% of cars are idle 90% of time

What is CFC in environmental scienc

ChloroFluoroCarbon

Which of the following is normally NOT part of Smart City discussions

Political Systems

Who paid for Citicorp retrofit

Engineer's insurance company

What are the sheet-pile enclosure to make a temporary island for bridge support construction called

Cofferdams

Why didn't the Citicorp Tower NY have support columns at the corners

An old church in three land had to be moved to a new church in one corner

The structural system used for CitiCorp Tower was

Diagonal chevron members of steel connected to 4 supports

Where was the Hyatt Regency with Walkway collapse

Kansas City, Missouri

The Hyatt Regency walkway collapse happen because

Oversight in bolt connection design change for easy fabrication

The architect listened to the engineer on one matter, and it helped speed up the retrofitting of Citicorp Tower. What?

He agreed to have chevron frames inside building

The rope analogy that Wayne Lischka for the Walkway connection problem

Man hanging by a rope and another hanging on to his legs

What are bridges with cables coming directly to from the pylons (support towers) called

Cable-stayed bridges

Which of the following is NOT a stop of the 4 stop transportation planning process

Traffic Control

What is the number of vehicles per unit distance called in traffic flow theory

Traffic density