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Principles Of Engineering
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1. 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.
Effort Force
Statistical Process Control
Flange
Resisitance
2. 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
Newton's Third Law
Volt
Designer
3. SPC is a method of monitoring - controlling - and ideally improving a process through statistical analysis. Its four basic steps include measuring the process - eliminating variances in the process to make it consistent - monitoring the process - and
Statistical Process Control
Additive Process
Piston
Breaking Stress
4. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Potential Energy
Physical Properties
Material
Cylinder
5. The energy that a piece of matter has because of its position or nature or because of the arrangement of parts
Deformation
Viscosity
Tension Force
Potential Energy
6. A mathematical property of a cross section that is concerned with a surface area and how that area is distributed about a centroidal axis.
Moment of Inertia
Line of Best Fit
Compressor
Lubricator
7. A process that changes the size and shape of a material by a combination of force and a shaped form
Stress -Strain Curve
Centroid
Forming
Sketch
8. Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as binary.
Analog to Digital
Viscosity
Metal
Reed Switch
9. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity; Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another
Transistor
Conduction
Design Process
Quality Assurance
10. A circular toothed object used to transfer rotary motion and torque through interlocking teeth
Wedge
Gear
Manufacturing
Second Law of Thermodynamics
11. 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
Lubricator
Voltage
Composite
Standard Deviation
12. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology.
ABET
Decision Making
Planar Truss
Finishing
13. A method of analysis of trusses which constructs free body diagrams of each joint and determines the forces acting in that joint by considering equilibrium of the joint pin.
Statistics
Decision Making
Flow Rate
Method of Joints
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
Voltage
Ohm's Law
Tolerance
Work
15. The rotating member of an electrical machine
Absolute Pressure
Frequency Polygons
Rotor
Radiation
16. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Sensor
Wheel and Axle
Generator
Decision Matrix
17. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Belt
Nondestructive Testing
Concurrent Force Systems
Transmission Lines
18. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Programmable Logic Controller
Power
Normally Closed
Volt
19. A set of all possible outcomes or events in an experiment that cannot be further broken down.
Elongation
Closed Loop System
Sample Space
Quantitative Data
20. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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21. The probability of an event occurring based upon other event probabilities
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22. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Flow Velocity
Algorithm
Electricity
Flow Rate
23. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Flowchart
Wheel and Axle
Pascal's Law
Product Development Lifecycle
24. A systemized body of laws; a set of principles - as of ethics
Renewable Energy
Data Variation
Target Consumer
Codes
25. Graphical representation of a material's mechanical properties
Stress -Strain Curve
Absolute Pressure
Acceleration
Voltage
26. Middle value of a set of values arranged in order of magnitude.
Vector Quanitity
Raw Material
Quality Assurance
Median
27. A group technique for solving problems - generating ideas - stimulating creative thinking - etc. - by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion
Heat
Mode
Brainstorming
Quality Control
28. 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
Flow-Control Valve
Tolerance
Wedge
Material
29. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
Modulus of Elasticity
Flow Rate
Composite
Voltage
30. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Roller Support
Decision Making
Sprocket
Crank
31. A truss composed of triangles - which will retain its shape even when removed from supports.
Simple Truss
Mechanical Properties
Moment of Inertia
Free Body Diagram
32. A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Solenoid
Belt
Fatigue
Entropy
33. 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
Metal
Rupture Strength
Fixed Support
Subroutine
34. Returning to an original condition. The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials
Heat
Manufacturing
Recycling
Composite
35. The reason for which something is done or for which something exists.
Purpose
Sprocket
Design Brief
NTC Resistor
36. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Ampere
Statistical Process Control
Resultant Force
Generator
37. The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface
Pressure
Accuracy
Reed Switch
Photocell
38. An external force applied to an object.
Pressure Releif Valve
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Effort Force
Output
39. Conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent - such as a voltage.
Composite
Hooke's Law
Idler Gear
Digital to Analog
40. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Effort Force
Series Circuit
Tolerance
Member
41. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Data
Polymers
Statically Indeterminate
Process Control
42. The geometric center of an area.
Quality Control
Quality Assurance
Centroid
Histogram
43. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Scalar
Microprocessor
Receiver Tank
Flow Velocity
44. Bell- shaped probability distribution
Histogram
Switch
Piston
Normal Distribution
45. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Screw
Experiment
Designer
Recycling
46. A sketch that shows an object's height - width - and depth in a single view.
Displacement
Radiation
Decision Matrix
Pictorial Sketch
47. Information encoded in a digital form - which is usually stored in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the processor.
Data
Idler Gear
Vector Quanitity
Process Control
48. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Compression
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Axial Stress
Bayes' Therom
49. A part or element of a larger whole
Component
Kelvin
Technical Communication
Elastic Limit
50. Impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.
Axial Stress
Forming
Decision Matrix
Resistance Force