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Principles Of Engineering
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1. Machining a surface to size with a fine feed produced in a lathe - milling machine - or grinder
Energy
Finishing
Power
Solid Modeling
2. A device used to remove contamination from a fluid
Mean
Statically Indeterminate
Normal Distribution
Filter
3. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose
Active Solar Energy Collection
Destructive Testing
Failure Point
Inexhaustible Energy
4. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Bayes' Therom
Volume
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Transmission Lines
5. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology.
ABET
Closed Loop System
Volt
Voltage
6. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Analog Signal
Polarity
Feedback
Ohm's Law
7. Values that represent a measurable quantity
Roller Support
Quantitative Data
Mean Deviation
Sketch
8. An air pump that compresses air into a receiver tank.
Energy
Entropy
Compressor
Synthetic
9. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0.
Geothermal Energy
Analog Signal
Consensus
Digital Signal
10. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the marketplace
Ceramic
Vector Quanitity
Component
Product Life Cycle
11. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
Toughness
Purpose
Pressure Regulator
Potentiometer
12. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Electromagnetic Energy
Check Valve
Mechanical Properties
Experiment
13. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Process Control
Deformation
Gear
Lubricator
14. A statsitical measurement of variability
Median
Standar Deviation
Shear Stress
Tolerance
15. Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units - each a relatively light and simple molecule
Pulley
Polymers
Reliability
Renewable Energy
16. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Concurrent Force Systems
Variance
Crank
Fossil Fuel
17. A part or element of a larger whole
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Design Process
Open - ended
Component
18. 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
Mean
Raw Material
Ceramic
Conduction
19. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Fulcrum
U-Value
Decision Making
Digital to Analog
20. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Metal
Resisitance
Induction
Member
21. A vector quantity that includes the speed and direction of an object.
Friction
Velocity
Reliability
Temperature
22. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Belt
Pictorial Sketch
Electricity
Process Control
23. A solid- state switching device.
Transistor
Frequency Distribution
Fossil Fuel
Actual Mechanical Advantage
24. An external force applied to an object.
Failure Point
Effort Force
R- value
Belt
25. Any of various elementary mechanisms including the lever - the wheel and axle - the pulley - the inclined plane - the wedge - and the screw.
Digital to Analog
Closed Loop System
Simple Machine
Mean
26. Slender straight pieces of a truss connected by joints.
Shear Stress
Decision Making
Normally Closed
Member
27. A surface or shape exposed by making a straight cut through something at right angles to the axis.
Tension
Power Grid
Cross -Sectional Area
Check Valve
28. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity; Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Design Modification
Biomass
Conduction
29. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Closed Loop System
Rupture Strength
Pascal's Law
Turbine
30. A truss composed of triangles - which will retain its shape even when removed from supports.
Normally Closed
Check Valve
Polarity
Simple Truss
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
Breaking Stress
Frequency Distribution
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Reliability
32. Measure of variation equal to the sum of the deviations of each value from the mean.
Mean Deviation
Acceleration
Radiation
Newton's Second Law
33. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
Belt
Toughness
Flow Rate
Metal
34. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
Torque
Shear Stress
Inclined Plane
Normally Closed
35. The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface
Ohm
Frequency Distribution
Pressure
Lubricator
36. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Ohm
Valve
Active Solar Energy Collection
Line of Best Fit
37. The amount or quantity of something
Volume
Moment
Resisitance
Material
38. A device used to convert fluid power into mechanical power in the form of linear motion.
Cylinder
Mode
Qualitative Data
Frequency Distribution
39. 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
Frequency Polygons
Sense
Environmental Protection Agency
Deformation
40. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Torque
Method of Joints
Gay-Lussac's Law
Flowchart
41. A condition where there are no net external forces acting upon a particle or rigid body and the body remains at rest or continues at a constant velocity.
Rotor
Mode
Crank
Static Equilibrium
42. The change of motion of the body is proportional to the net force imposed on the body and is in the direction of the net force.
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43. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Switch
Mechanism
Radiation
Transmission Lines
44. Operational techniques necessary to satisfy all quality requirements; includes process monitoring and the elimination of root causes of unsatisfactory product or service quality performance
Electrical Energy
Raw Material
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Quality Control
45. An energy source that will never run out
Microprocessor
Variance
Codes
Inexhaustible Energy
46. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control
Opeen Loop System
Additive Process
Compressor
Mode
47. The ability to get answers to questions through a conscious - organized process. The answers are usually - but not necessarily - quantitative
Problem Solving
Resultant Force
Wheel and Axle
Direction
48. A type of lever that is a wheel with a groove in its rim - which is used to change the direction or multiply a force exerted by a rope or cable.
Deviation
Flow-Control Valve
Pulley
Viscosity
49. Returning to an original condition. The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials
Elastic Limit
Recycling
Resultant Force
Inclined Plane
50. A general agreement
Fulcrum
Roller Support
U-Value
Consensus