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Principles Of Engineering
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1. Produced by the combining of parts or elements to form a whole - rather than of natural origin; not real - artificial
Alternative Energy
Axial Stress
Gusset
Event
2. A general agreement
Consensus
Mode
Standard Deviation
Codes
3. The amount or quantity of something
Volume
Consensus
Single-Acting Cylinder
Nonrenewable Energy
4. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Process Control
Mean Deviation
Closed Loop System
Free Fall
5. Listing of a data values along with their corresoponding frequencies.
Effort Force
Compression
Distance
Frequency Distribution
6. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Convection
Temperature
Friction
Frequency Polygons
7. A strong rope - usually made of metal - designed to have great tensile strength and to be used in structures.
Moment of Inertia
Receiver Tank
Fulcrum
Cable
8. 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
Recycling
Reliability
Ampere
Nonrenewable Energy
9. An air pump that compresses air into a receiver tank.
Parallel Circuit
Normally Closed
Compressor
Pinned Support
10. A physical quantity that has magnitude only.
Pressure
Work
Scalar
Algorithm
11. A solid- state switching device.
Transistor
Decision Matrix
Sense
Power Grid
12. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Screw
Directional-Control Valve
Variance
Simple Truss
13. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria
Newton's Third Law
Metal
Decision Making
Proportional Limit
14. Energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
Statically Indeterminate
Resistance
Kinetic Energy
Alternative Energy
15. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Active Solar Energy Collection
Resultant Force
Breaking Stress
Experiment
16. A type of pneumatic pressure control valve that controls the maximum pressure in a branch of a circuit.
NTC Resistor
Reservoir
Pressure Regulator
Power
17. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Statistics
Check Valve
Input
Algorithm
18. A body subjected to pull.
Tension Force
Product Life Cycle
Work
Nondestructive Testing
19. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Pascal's Law
Codes
Resilience
Normally Closed
20. A process that changes the size and shape of a material by a combination of force and a shaped form
Manufacturing
Switch
Interface
Forming
21. The total length of path over which the particle travels.
Mechanical Properties
Distance
Liability
Kelvin
22. The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
Simple Truss
Hydraulics
Pressure Releif Valve
Environmental Protection Agency
23. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Median
Electricity
Quality Control
Modulus of Elasticity
24. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Parallel Circuit
Outcome
Physical Properties
Environmental Protection Agency
25. If one object exerts a force on another object - then the second object exerts a force of equal streangth in the opposite direction on the first object.
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26. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Polymers
Metal
Factor of Safety
Rupture Strength
27. Of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware - porcelain - or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature
Velocity
Ceramic
Friction
Axial Stress
28. A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self- contained unit.
Cylinder
Problem Statement
Assembly
Method of Joints
29. A law that states all natural processes proceed in a preferred direction
Hydraulics
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Pie Chart
Simple Machine
30. A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Idler Gear
Volume
Subroutine
Mode
31. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Flange
Sketch
Mean
Factor of Safety
32. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Microprocessor
Deformation
Reed Switch
Pitch
33. A major or minor change in the design of an item - effected in order to correct a deficiency - to facilitate production - or to improve operational effectiveness.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Design Modification
Structure
Deviation
34. Energy in transit due to a temperature difference between the source from which the energy is coming and a sink toward which the energy is going
Data
Transmission Lines
Scalar
Heat
35. A device used to measure flow rate.
Pie Chart
Digital Signal
Magnitude
Flow Meter
36. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control
Axial Stress
Lubricator
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Opeen Loop System
37. 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
Data Variation
Tension Force
Design Process
Mechanical Properties
38. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Polymers
Fluid Power
Flow-Control Valve
Output
39. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
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40. The probability of an event occurring based upon other event probabilities
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41. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Inexhaustible Energy
Resilience
Moment
Radiation
42. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans
Flow Velocity
Geothermal Energy
Experiment
Velocity
43. The calculated likelihood that a given event will occur
Lubricator
Concurrent Force Systems
Probability
Recycling
44. Processes that remove material to change the size - shape - or surface of a part. There are two groups of separating processes: machining and shearing
Liability
Design Brief
Potentiometer
Subtractive
45. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Data Variation
Bar Chart
Data
Gravitational Energy
46. The measure of resistance to heat flow
R- value
Ceramic
Pictorial Sketch
Recycling
47. The place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
Rupture Strength
Interface
Cross -Sectional Area
Metal
48. 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
Friction
Analog Signal
Polymers
R- value
49. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Feedback
Product Development Lifecycle
Newton's Second Law
Mean Deviation
50. A truss that lies in a single plane often used to support roofs and bridges
Free Fall
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Lever
Planar Truss
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