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Principles Of Engineering
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1. The elements - constituents - or substances of which something is composed or can be made; matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized
Directional-Control Valve
Magnitude
Material
Target Consumer
2. A body subjected to pull.
Assembly
Tension Force
Problem Solving
Joint
3. The information produced by a computer
Normally Closed
Screw
Fossil Fuel
Output
4. A body subjected to a push.
Constraint
Flow Rate
Qualitative Data
Compression Force
5. Information encoded in a digital form - which is usually stored in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the processor.
Double-Acting Cylinder
Receiver Tank
Free Fall
Data
6. A solid- state switching device.
Transistor
Compressor
Receiver Tank
Kelvin
7. Produced by the combining of parts or elements to form a whole - rather than of natural origin; not real - artificial
Career
Fulcrum
Axial Stress
Moment
8. The resultant of a system of force is the vector sum of all forces.
Resultant Force
Axial Stress
Tolerance
Pressure Releif Valve
9. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
Temperature
Hydraulics
Microprocessor
Toughness
10. A sliding piece moved by or moving against fluid pressure which usually consists of a short cylindrical body fitting within a cylindrical chamber or vessel along which it moves back and forth.
Piston
Electrolysis...
Nondestructive Testing
Double-Acting Cylinder
11. Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as binary.
Product Life Cycle
Roller Support
Analog to Digital
Polarity
12. The stress required to fracture a material whether by compression - tension - or shear
Breaking Stress
Assembly
Mode
Direction
13. The fractional increase in a material's length due to stress in tension or thermal expansion
Power Grid
Pressure
Elongation
Direction
14. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Structure
Liability
Generator
Kelvin
15. Categorical data graph percentage
Induction
Power
Pie Chart
Magnitude
16. A force system where all of the forces are applied at a common point on the body or having their lines of action with a common intersection point.
Pump
Check Valve
Normally Open
Concurrent Force Systems
17. A device for making - breaking - or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
Voltage
Switch
Microprocessor
Cable
18. A law that states that the internal energy in a system remains constant and the change in thermal energy of a system is equal to the work done on the system.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy
Accuracy
Mode
19. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Convection
Factor of Safety
Transistor
Simple Machine
20. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Electromagnet
Physical Properties
Design Modification
Finishing
21. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
ABET
Mode
Microprocessor
Tolerance
22. A subordinate routine; specifically - a sequence of computer instructions for performing a specified task that can be used repeatedly.
Subroutine
Resistance
Variance
Cylinder
23. A device used to convert fluid power into mechanical power in the form of linear motion.
Fixed Support
Cylinder
Volt
Data Variation
24. A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work
Static Equilibrium
Planar Truss
Statistics
Energy
25. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible
Liability
Frequency Distribution
Normal Distribution
Concurrent Force Systems
26. A resource that cannot be replaced once used
Process Control
Nonrenewable Energy
Active Solar Energy Collection
Event
27. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Fixed Support
Stress -Strain Curve
Subroutine
Renewable Energy
28. Slender straight pieces of a truss connected by joints.
Member
Method of Joints
Breaking Stress
Concurrent Force Systems
29. A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object - not just its lines and surfaces
Additive Process
Newton's Third Law
Current
Solid Modeling
30. Those properties of a material that reveal the elastic and inelastic reaction when force is applied - or that involve the relationship between stress and strain; for example - the modulus of elasticity - tensile strength - and fatigue limit
Pressure Releif Valve
Constraint
Mechanical Properties
Fixed Support
31. A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Entropy
Double-Acting Cylinder
Flow Meter
Shear Stress
32. The result of an experiment
Torque
Outcome
Speed
Probability
33. When a material is reduced in volume by the application of pressure; the reciprocal of the bulk modulus
Decision Matrix
Frequency Polygons
Fuel Cell Stack
Compression
34. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Recycling
Variance
R- value
Lever
35. A truss composed of triangles - which will retain its shape even when removed from supports.
Physical Properties
Electromagnetic Induction
Simple Truss
Vector Quanitity
36. A substance that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting - raising heavy bodies - or for tightening by being driven into something.
Mechanism
Power Converter
Wedge
Magnitude
37. Arithmetic average
Turbine
Tension Force
Renewable Energy
Mean
38. The probability that a component part - equipment - or system will satisfactorily perform its intended function under given circumstances - such as environmental conditions - limitations as to operating time - and frequency and thoroughness of mainte
Deviation
NTC Resistor
Design Statement
Reliability
39. A group technique for solving problems - generating ideas - stimulating creative thinking - etc. - by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion
Brainstorming
Flow Meter
Frequency Polygons
Probability
40. 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.
Simple Truss
Lever
Data Variation
Compressor
41. 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
Statistical Process Control
Mean Deviation
Design Modification
Raw Material
42. A toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain.
Hooke's Law
Thermodynamic System
Sprocket
First Law of Thermodynamics
43. 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
Accuracy
Elastic Limit
Efficiency
44. Conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent - such as a voltage.
Feedback
Digital to Analog
Induction
Compression
45. A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Standard Deviation
Compression Force
Deviation
Idler Gear
46. A negative temperature coefficient - also known as a thermistor - is a sensitive resistor whose primary function is to exhibit a change in electric resistance with a change in temperature.
Induction
Finishing
Cylinder
NTC Resistor
47. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity; Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another
Tension
Destructive Testing
Statically Indeterminate
Conduction
48. The structure of or the relationship of the parts in a machine - or in a construction or process comparable to a machine.
Pie Chart
Forming
Data Variation
Mechanism
49. The energy that a piece of matter has because of its position or nature or because of the arrangement of parts
Renewable Energy
Potential Energy
Biomass
Fuel Cell Stack
50. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
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