miércoles, 29 de marzo de 2017

vocabulary unit 5

VOCABULARY

   



miércoles, 22 de marzo de 2017

Structures

Structures

A structure is a collection of elements arranged in an optimun way to support a body or an object.

Types of structures:

Mass structures.
These are solid,heavy and very sturdy structures

Frame structures.
These structures are formed by columns and beams that act as supporting elements.

Truss structures.
These are composed of bars that form triangles. they are lightweyand sturdy.

Suspended stuctures.
These are helded in place by cabels and suspenders attached to sturdy supports.

exercises unit 5 and vocabulry

    Exercises unit 5

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1.- Copy and complete the following table in your nootebook.


              Types of structures
                         Examples
Mass
Walls,dams…
Frame
Schools,houses …
Truss
Cranes,electricity pylons…
Suspended
Tents,maerquees…



2.-Have you ever seen a structure that uses cables?Write down the names of the ones that you can remember or the ones that you can see and draw them in your notebook.    Electricity pylons  

3.- when a person sits on a chair,the stress that the chair has to withstand is due to the weighth of the person whereas the strength is the chair´s ability to withstand the load with out breaking.Indicate wich is the sterngth and which is the stress in the examples:

a) A wardrobe hanging from a rope :stress
b) A twisting telephone cord: sterngth

6.- Describe the estructure of a turtle´s shell .Why do you think it has this shape?what material do you think its made from?
is it strongenough for the stesses it has to withstand?
The shell of a turtleis form by an hexagon structures.
I think it has that shape to resist big forces.

7.- Which types of stress do the folowing elements and activities have to support :a rope with a weight hanging of it( tension )
man pushing a cabinet(compression)thightening a screw(tension) cuting our fingernails(shear).

9.- Write a short description of three objets using one of the follwing adjetives for each objects: rigid,elastic and plastic.

Wood table :rigid  Elastic band :elastic   Plastic bottle:plastic

11.- Copy and complete the following table in your notebook with objects that have the properties shown in the right-hand column.

objects
properties
brick
Rigid
Clay
Deformable
Rubber
Elastic
Chewing gum
Plastic

12.-Think about the following objects and state whether they are rigid ,plastic or elastic:
  • empty drink can(plastic)
  •  ballon(elastic)
  • window frame(rigid)
  • clay(plastic)
  • catapult(elastic/rigid) 
  • door(rigid)
 VOCABULARY

Driver element: elemento conductor
Driven element:elemento conducido: elemento de conversion y/o transmision
Linear motion: movimiento linear
Rotary 
   


miércoles, 1 de marzo de 2017

vocabulary unit 4

auxiliary dimension line : any of the lines used to accurately delimit dimensions lines .
cavalier perspective :perspective that allows us to view objets in 3d with one 90º angle and two 135º angles.
dimension: to indicate on the drawing of a figure the actual measurements that are neededto define it.
dimension line: any of the lines used to indicate measirements;these lines are draw parallelto the line that they measure.
exturder: the part in a 3D printer that picks up the plastic filament and deposits the exact amount on the printer bed.
front elevation: main view of an object;it is always the most representative part of the figure.
isometric perspective:perspective that allows us to view in 3D with three 120º angles.
left or right elevation: view from the left -or rigth -hand side of the figure .
plan: view of the figure from overhead.
slicing: procedure in which slicing software determines how many layers of plastic are required for 3D printer.
standardisation:set of standars that regulates every  element of technical drawings. 

3d design