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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






2. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






3. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






4. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






5. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






6. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






7. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






8. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






9. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






10. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






11. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






12. The energy of motion






13. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






14. The three types of arches are...






15. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






16. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






17. Compression is best described as...






18. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






19. The five types of stress are...






20. Tension is best described as...






21. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






22. Energy of position






23. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






24. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






25. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?






26. The weight of the obect being moved






27. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






28. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






29. The scientific formula for work is...






30. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge






31. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...






32. Stress can be lowered by






33. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






34. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






35. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






36. An arch will support the load equally well at...






37. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






38. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?






39. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






40. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






41. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






42. Ways of overcoming difficulties






43. The dead load of a structure is






44. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






45. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






46. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities






47. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






48. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






49. Protective barriers along the desk which keep things from falling off the bridge






50. Robots fit into two categories: