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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






2. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






3. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






4. Tension is best described as...






5. The I- beam is very strong because...






6. The three types of arches are...






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






8. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires






9. Strain is a measure of...






10. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






11. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






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






13. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






14. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...






15. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






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






17. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?






18. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge






19. 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






20. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






21. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






22. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






23. What are I/O devices?






24. The English unit of measuring work






25. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






26. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?






27. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






28. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:






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






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






31. What is a touchstone?






32. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






33. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






34. The turning point of a lever






35. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






36. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






37. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






38. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






39. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






40. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






41. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






42. The difficulties we must overcome






43. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






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






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






46. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






47. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






48. The study of how human beings best interact with technology






49. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






50. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built







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