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Principles Of Engineering
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1. The value that occurs most frequently
Series Circuit
Kinetic Energy
Mode
Passive Solar Energy Collection
2. A form of energy that travels through space as waves.
Pressure Regulator
Electromagnetic Energy
Toughness
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
3. Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.
Subtractive
Target Consumer
Absolute Pressure
Fuel Cell Stack
4. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Belt
Compression Force
Algorithm
Torque
5. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Decision Matrix
Digital Signal
Shear Stress
Compressor
6. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities
Statistics
Check Valve
Event
Centroid
7. A support that prevents translation and rotation in a beam.
Fixed Support
R- value
Inclined Plane
Mechanism
8. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Histogram
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Mean Deviation
Nondestructive Testing
9. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current
Resistance
Electromagnetic Energy
Design Brief
Power Converter
10. To make into a product suitable for use; to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery; to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor
Filter
Problem Statement
Design Modification
Manufacturing
11. A conductor wrapped around an iron core. The two ends of the conductor are attached to a power source. When current passes through the conductor - the iron core becomes magnetized.
Conduction
Energy
Electromagnet
Fuel Cell Stack
12. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Elongation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Mode
Flow-Control Valve
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
Rupture Strength
Event
Biomass
Ampere
14. The potential difference measured in volts. The amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit
Pictorial Sketch
Resisitance
Voltage
Closed Loop System
15. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Crank
Volt
Tension
Absolute Pressure
16. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Ampere
Ohm
Pressure Releif Valve
Transmission Lines
17. A vector quantity giving the straight- line distance and direction from an initial position to a final position.
Displacement
Power Grid
Reliability
Codes
18. The fixed point around which a lever rotates.
Newton's First Law
Fuel Cell Stack
Technical Communication
Fulcrum
19. A support that prevents translation in any direction
Pinned Support
Nonrenewable Energy
Closed Loop System
Wedge
20. Solid material which is composed of two or more substances having different physical characteristics and in which each substance retains its identity while contributing desirable properties to the whole; especially - a structural material made of pla
Mean Deviation
Fatigue
Metal
Composite
21. A rigid bar used to exert a pressure or sustain a weight at one point of its length by the application of a force at a second and turning at a third on a fulcrum.
Frequency Distribution
Charles' Law
Lever
Wheel and Axle
22. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Cross -Sectional Area
Forming
Generator
Compression
23. A toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain.
Quality Assurance
Resistance
Sprocket
Breaking Stress
24. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets
Static Equilibrium
Torque
Electromagnetic Induction
Design Modification
25. Frequency distibution graph
Compression
Mechanical Properties
Histogram
Filter
26. Two different sized circular objects that are attached together and turn as one.
Crank
Decision Matrix
Boyle's Law
Wheel and Axle
27. Values that represent a measurable quantity
Quantitative Data
Work
Joint
Compression Force
28. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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29. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Input
Cross -Sectional Area
Open - ended
Volume
30. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
Toughness
Quality Assurance
Work
Elastic Limit
31. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance - funding - space - materials - and human capabilities
Toughness
Quality Assurance
Design Statement
Constraint
32. The pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere above the point of measurement.
Sketch
Fossil Fuel
Outcome
Atmospheric Pressure
33. A device used to create flow in a hydraulic system.
Input
Pump
Problem Solving
Histogram
34. The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it
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35. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Feedback
Static Equilibrium
Input
Direction
36. A systematic problem- solving strategy - with criteria and constraints - used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem
Quantitative Data
Design Process
Double-Acting Cylinder
Static Equilibrium
37. Arithmetic average
Fulcrum
Normally Closed
Destructive Testing
Mean
38. A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Normally Closed
Method of Joints
Idler Gear
Single-Acting Cylinder
39. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Newton's Second Law
Process Control
Problem Solving
40. The total length of path over which the particle travels.
Reservoir
Cable
Stress -Strain Curve
Distance
41. Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as binary.
Analog to Digital
Material
Deformation
Event
42. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Pitch
Temperature
Sense
Moment
43. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Torque
Hooke's Law
Factor of Safety
Acceleration
44. The difference between samples
Reed Switch
Potential Energy
Variance
Pulley
45. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Forming
Tolerance
Check Valve
Passive Solar Energy Collection
46. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Microprocessor
Ultimate Stress
Constraint
Efficiency
47. A statsitical measurement of variability
Generator
Standar Deviation
Axial Stress
Elastic Limit
48. A rough drawing representing the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Quality Assurance
Normal Distribution
Quality Control
Sketch
49. The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface
Vector Quanitity
Pressure
U-Value
Problem Solving
50. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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