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Introduction To Mechanical Engineering Design

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A box that list the various inputs and outputs to a system.






2. Start with one function - expand each branch until it is no longer practical






3. List functions as they come to you






4. Clarify objectives - establish metrics for objectives - identify constraints - revise clients problem statement






5. Written ideas are replaced with sketches






6. What should it be?






7. What if I were to do the opposite?






8. Things that the design must NOT be or do






9. Presentation - report






10. Absolute limits - what the design MUST do






11. Presentation - report






12. Generaly vague - possibly biased toward a particular solution - will need to be revised






13. Understanding of manufacturing processes - Design for manufacturing process






14. Team is called together






15. Actual work






16. If this were a sci- fi scenario






17. The task that the object has to perform






18. Settling into place






19. Those who create the desired design






20. Project finished






21. Take apart a similar item asking - 'How does it do that?'






22. ALL parts must function for system to work






23. Specific units in yeild specific units out






24. Drawings of individual parts with every detail filled in






25. How an attribute or behavioral will be calculated






26. A way to measure achievement of an objective






27. Drawings showing how individual parts should fit together






28. Size is proportional to how many designs there are






29. Establish funcions - establish requirements - establish means for functions - generate design alternatives - refine and apply metrics to design alternatives - choose a design






30. In a design with multiple systems the points where systems could interact with each other are known as boundaries.






31. Refine and optimize chosen design - assign and fix design details






32. Model and analyze the chosen design - test and evaluate the chosen design






33. Something is physically like something else






34. Those who want the product






35. Engineering economics






36. Probablility that a system will not fail






37. Something related that serves a different purpose






38. Everyone comments on the sketches






39. Describe successful functional behavior






40. Who will lead






41. 'If I were the object...'






42. Those who will use the final product






43. Values for attributes






44. # of group members - # of ideas - (# of group members -1)






45. Working drawings showing major parts - without tolerances






46. Using metaphors and similies






47. ANY part must function for the system to work