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Principles Of Engineering
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1. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Nondestructive Testing
Free Fall
Data
Check Valve
2. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities
Statistics
Inclined Plane
Gay-Lussac's Law
Ohm
3. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0.
Digital Signal
Piston
Reliability
Velocity
4. A series of usually metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another and used to transmit motion and power within a sprocket system.
Microprocessor
Problem Statement
Chain
Electricity
5. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended
Reservoir
Inexhaustible Energy
Power
Elastic Limit
6. A truss that lies in a single plane often used to support roofs and bridges
Deviation
Planar Truss
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Electromagnetic Energy
7. The sense of a vector is the direction of the vector relative to its path and indicated by the location of the arrow.
Design Statement
Boyle's Law
Sense
Convection
8. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Composite
Flowchart
Magnitude
Destructive Testing
9. Middle value of a set of values arranged in order of magnitude.
Compression
Median
Pump
Ampere
10. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Reed Switch
Pressure Releif Valve
Screw
Modulus of Elasticity
11. A specialized heavy- duty computer system used for process control in factories - chemical plants - and warehouses
Static Equilibrium
Pinned Support
Fatigue
Programmable Logic Controller
12. A group technique for solving problems - generating ideas - stimulating creative thinking - etc. - by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion
Efficiency
Pneumatics
Brainstorming
Photocell
13. A statsitical measurement of variability
Standar Deviation
Efficiency
Photocell
Pressure
14. The probability of satisfactory operation of the product in a given environment over a specified time interval.
Ohm
Tension
Method of Joints
Reliability
15. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Moment of Inertia
Electromagnetic Induction
Newton's Second Law
Design Statement
16. The total pressure exerted on a system - including atmospheric pressure.
R- value
U-Value
Absolute Pressure
Resultant Force
17. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Designer
Rotor
Planar Truss
R- value
18. Used to control which path fluid takes in a circuit.
Directional-Control Valve
Output
Pneumatics
Normal Distribution
19. A device that responds to a physical stimulus
Distance
Breaking Stress
Algorithm
Sensor
20. A measure of how easily a material can be twisted
Wheel and Axle
Shear Stress
Lubricator
Magnitude
21. The ability to get answers to questions through a conscious - organized process. The answers are usually - but not necessarily - quantitative
Quantitative Data
Thermodynamic System
Additive Process
Problem Solving
22. A broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting at a right angle from the edge of a structural shape in order to strengthen or stiffen it.
Gay-Lussac's Law
Flange
Belt
NTC Resistor
23. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Problem Statement
Tolerance
Solid Modeling
Radiation
24. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Transmission Lines
Event
Closed Loop System
Metal
25. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Solid Modeling
Efficiency
Atmospheric Pressure
Renewable Energy
26. A systemized body of laws; a set of principles - as of ethics
Magnitude
Problem Statement
Codes
Actual Mechanical Advantage
27. Operational techniques necessary to satisfy all quality requirements; includes process monitoring and the elimination of root causes of unsatisfactory product or service quality performance
Quality Control
Boyle's Law
Elastic Limit
Compressor
28. Nominal stress developed in a material at rupture. Not necessarily equal to ultimate strength. Since necking is not taken into account in determining rupture strength - seldom indicates true stress at rupture
Rupture Strength
Synthetic
Transmission Lines
Voltage
29. The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it
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30. A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Energy
Normally Closed
Idler Gear
Decision Making
31. The law that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body then the first two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with each other
Statically Indeterminate
Effort Force
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Accuracy
32. Categorical data graph
Toughness
Piston
Torque
Bar Chart
33. Frequency distribution graph
Statistics
Directional-Control Valve
Frequency Polygons
Potential Energy
34. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Gusset
Reliability
Volt
Flowchart
35. A general agreement
Pie Chart
Pinned Support
Consensus
Potentiometer
36. The difference between samples
Variance
Fuel Cell Stack
Speed
Polarity
37. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Ultimate Stress
Team
Torque
Electromagnetic Induction
38. A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast- moving flow of water - steam - gas - or air
Turbine
Algorithm
Pinned Support
Additive Process
39. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Voltage
Normally Closed
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Static Equilibrium
40. A systematic problem- solving strategy - with criteria and constraints - used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem
First Law of Thermodynamics
Design Process
Cross -Sectional Area
Transmission Lines
41. The tank that holds the fluid in a hydraulic system.
Data Variation
Single-Acting Cylinder
Inexhaustible Energy
Reservoir
42. A device used to convert fluid power into mechanical power in the form of linear motion.
Hydraulics
First Law of Thermodynamics
Free Fall
Cylinder
43. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Torque
Composite
Boyle's Law
44. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Recycling
Qualitative Data
Compression Force
Friction
45. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible
Liability
Pressure Regulator
Strain
Subroutine
46. The turning effect of a force about a point equal to the magnitude of the force times the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action from the force.
Turbine
Moment
Scalar
Transmission Lines
47. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Absolute Pressure
Line of Best Fit
Product Development Lifecycle
48. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Finishing
Switch
Method of Joints
Active Solar Energy Collection
49. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Temperature
Feedback
Sprocket
Hooke's Law
50. The process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction - such as the decomposition of water
Accuracy
Synthetic
Electrolysis...
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics