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Principles Of Engineering
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1. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Tolerance
Concurrent Force Systems
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Flowchart
2. The condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field.
Free Fall
Pressure Releif Valve
Sketch
Statistics
3. Categorical data graph
Normal Distribution
Toughness
Bar Chart
Actual Mechanical Advantage
4. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Bayes' Therom
Entropy
Reservoir
Transmission Lines
5. The amount or quantity of something
Atmospheric Pressure
Product Development Lifecycle
Volume
Qualitative Data
6. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Tension Force
U-Value
Reservoir
Temperature
7. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0.
Recycling
Ampere
Planar Truss
Digital Signal
8. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body
Induction
Thermodynamic System
Electromagnet
Velocity
9. Every body or particle continues at a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line - unless it is compelled to change that state by forces acting upon it.
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10. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Check Valve
Crank
Breaking Stress
Factor of Safety
11. A solid- state switching device.
Volume
Transistor
Career
Data Variation
12. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets
Additive Process
Check Valve
Sensor
Electromagnetic Induction
13. 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
Solid Modeling
Algorithm
Velocity
Rupture Strength
14. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Kinetic Energy
Manufacturing
Kelvin
Quality Assurance
15. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Reservoir
Compression Force
Generator
16. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans
Physical Properties
Structure
Geothermal Energy
Static Equilibrium
17. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Method of Joints
Velocity
Kinetic Energy
Open - ended
18. The ability to get answers to questions through a conscious - organized process. The answers are usually - but not necessarily - quantitative
Single-Acting Cylinder
Accuracy
Problem Solving
Variance
19. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Microprocessor
Ultimate Stress
Technical Communication
Sprocket
20. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Effort Force
Method of Joints
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Electrolysis...
21. The ratio of the increment of some specified form of stress to the increment of some specified form of strain - such as Young's modulus - the bulk modulus - or the shear modulus. Also known as coefficient of elasticity - elasticity modulus - elastic
Experiment
Modulus of Elasticity
Series Circuit
Deviation
22. The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.
Normally Closed
Work
NTC Resistor
Flow Velocity
23. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Newton's Third Law
Cylinder
Acceleration
Belt
24. A statsitical measurement of variability
Standar Deviation
Inexhaustible Energy
Shear Stress
Efficiency
25. Any alteration of shape or dimensions of a body caused by stresses - thermal expansion or contraction - chemical or metallurgical transformations - or shrinkage and expansions due to moisture change
Deformation
Stress -Strain Curve
Histogram
Normally Open
26. A support that prevents translation in any direction
Constraint
Potentiometer
Pinned Support
Mean Deviation
27. The absolute pressure of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its volume stays constant
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28. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Fuel Cell Stack
Quality Assurance
Recycling
Team
29. Crude or processed material that can be converted by manufacture - processing - or combination into a new and useful product; something with a potential for improvement - development - or elaboration
Codes
Speed
Raw Material
Transistor
30. A vector quantity giving the straight- line distance and direction from an initial position to a final position.
Data
Displacement
Product Life Cycle
Stress -Strain Curve
31. The value that occurs most frequently
Mode
Sample Space
Designer
U-Value
32. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Factor of Safety
Failure Point
Flowchart
Magnitude
33. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Ampere
Data
Power Converter
Resultant Force
34. The collection - evaluation - and interpretation of data
Statistics
Cross -Sectional Area
Design Brief
Valve
35. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.
Geothermal Energy
Deviation
Electrolysis...
Codes
36. The geometric center of an area.
Electrical Energy
Pressure
Centroid
Nondestructive Testing
37. Arithmetic average
Team
Pie Chart
Frequency Polygons
Mean
38. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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39. Bell- shaped probability distribution
Forming
Normal Distribution
Factor of Safety
Microprocessor
40. The condition or quality of being true - correct - or exact; precision; exactness.
Accuracy
Boyle's Law
Newton's Second Law
Output
41. A process that changes the size and shape of a material by a combination of force and a shaped form
Direction
Forming
Directional-Control Valve
Method of Joints
42. Sometimes referred to as tensile strength; determined by measuring the maximum load a material specimen can carry when in the shape of a rectangular bar or cylindrical can
R- value
Resisitance
Ultimate Stress
Mean Deviation
43. 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
Resisitance
Line of Best Fit
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Pressure Releif Valve
44. The probability of satisfactory operation of the product in a given environment over a specified time interval.
Codes
Stress -Strain Curve
Metal
Reliability
45. Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Electrical Energy
Qualitative Data
Mode
Electrolysis...
46. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Wedge
Electrolysis...
Axial Stress
Actual Mechanical Advantage
47. If one object exerts a force on another object - then the second object exerts a force of equal streangth in the opposite direction on the first object.
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48. A device used to spray an oil mist into the stream of a pneumatic system.
Planar Truss
NTC Resistor
Filter
Lubricator
49. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Compressor
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Decision Matrix
Reed Switch
50. Absolute temperature scale
Kelvin
Chain
Centroid
Fixed Support