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Principles Of Engineering
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1. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Newton's Second Law
Proportional Limit
Idler Gear
Kinetic Energy
2. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.
Fulcrum
Hydraulics
Deviation
Direction
3. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
NTC Resistor
Sketch
Energy Conservation
Toughness
4. A cylinder that can act under pressure in both directions (extend and retract) to move a load.
Bar Chart
Normal Distribution
Flow Rate
Double-Acting Cylinder
5. A photo- sensitive resistor whose resistance decreases as the light striking the unit increases.
Direction
Fatigue
Photocell
Power Converter
6. The unit of electric resistance in the meter- kilogram- second system of units. Symbolized as O
Frequency Polygons
Ohm
Centroid
Double-Acting Cylinder
7. Machining a surface to size with a fine feed produced in a lathe - milling machine - or grinder
Raw Material
Outcome
Resisitance
Finishing
8. A cylinder that acts under pressure in one direction only and returns automatically when the pressure is released.
Feedback
Flow-Control Valve
Single-Acting Cylinder
Mechanism
9. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets
Pump
Statistics
Newton's Third Law
Electromagnetic Induction
10. A quantity that has both a magnitude and direction.
Distance
Vector Quanitity
Newton's Second Law
Feedback
11. The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
Newton's Second Law
Displacement
Subtractive
Hydraulics
12. Graphical representation of a material's mechanical properties
Statistics
Stress -Strain Curve
Scalar
Effort Force
13. 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.
Power
Pulley
Ultimate Stress
Acceleration
14. Conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent - such as a voltage.
Forming
Belt
Standard Deviation
Digital to Analog
15. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Potentiometer
Direction
Simple Truss
Normally Open
16. 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.
Raw Material
Statistics
Flange
Microprocessor
17. The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it
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18. Produced by the combining of parts or elements to form a whole - rather than of natural origin; not real - artificial
Moment
Axial Stress
Thermodynamic System
Renewable Energy
19. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Assembly
Process Control
Shear Stress
20. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance
Absolute Pressure
Pressure Releif Valve
Variance
Work
21. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Power Grid
Decision Making
Efficiency
Normally Open
22. 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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23. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Purpose
Technical Communication
Qualitative Data
Resilience
24. The connection points of members of a truss
Receiver Tank
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Joint
Manufacturing
25. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose
Compression Force
Failure Point
Composite
Qualitative Data
26. Changing one form of energy to another
Elastic Limit
Energy Conservation
Analog Signal
First Law of Thermodynamics
27. Measure of data scatter
Deformation
Pulley
Data Variation
Moment
28. An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress
Design Modification
Environmental Protection Agency
Static Equilibrium
Programmable Logic Controller
29. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Cylinder
Feedback
Technical Communication
Electromagnetic Induction
30. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Quality Control
Crank
Recycling
Thermodynamic System
31. 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.
Statistics
Static Equilibrium
Normally Closed
Component
32. The difference between samples
Variance
ABET
Mean Deviation
Thermodynamic System
33. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Analog to Digital
Newton's Third Law
Chain
Open - ended
34. 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
Design Process
Deformation
Fixed Support
Tension
35. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Screw
Electromagnetic Induction
Design Process
Product Development Lifecycle
36. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Transmission Lines
Qualitative Data
Biomass
R- value
37. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Pitch
Check Valve
Analog Signal
Metal
38. Distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Microprocessor
Pitch
Charles' Law
Electrical Energy
39. A body subjected to a push.
Compression Force
Compression
Standar Deviation
Valve
40. A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object - not just its lines and surfaces
Pictorial Sketch
Work
Solid Modeling
Series Circuit
41. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Frequency Distribution
Data
Reed Switch
ABET
42. Arithmetic average
Pascal's Law
Pressure
Mean
Pump
43. A part or element of a larger whole
Simple Machine
Component
Photocell
Gusset
44. The absolute pressure of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its volume stays constant
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45. The absolute value of a number
Static Equilibrium
Magnitude
Atmospheric Pressure
Elastic Limit
46. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Flowchart
Flow Rate
Design Process
Frequency Polygons
47. A straight line that comes closest to the points on a scatter plot
Consensus
Line of Best Fit
Programmable Logic Controller
Wedge
48. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Qualitative Data
Reed Switch
Normally Open
Pump
49. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Idler Gear
Normally Closed
Deviation
Data
50. The resultant of a system of force is the vector sum of all forces.
Destructive Testing
Resultant Force
Structure
Standard Deviation
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