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Principles Of Engineering
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1. The connection points of members of a truss
Electromagnet
Reliability
Joint
Power Converter
2. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Volt
Parallel Circuit
Variance
Passive Solar Energy Collection
3. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Codes
Analog to Digital
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Histogram
4. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Recycling
Crank
Nondestructive Testing
Speed
5. The geometric center of an area.
Frequency Polygons
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Centroid
Energy
6. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Temperature
Switch
Acceleration
Radiation
7. A structure or body which is over- constrained such that there are more unknown supports than there are equations of static equilibrium.
Statically Indeterminate
Reed Switch
Double-Acting Cylinder
Sketch
8. The rotating member of an electrical machine
Rotor
Statistics
Electricity
Strain
9. A person or group for which product or service design efforts are intended.
Target Consumer
Tolerance
Moment
Raw Material
10. 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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11. When a material is reduced in volume by the application of pressure; the reciprocal of the bulk modulus
Compression
Scalar
Median
Codes
12. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities
Fulcrum
Statistics
Data Variation
Efficiency
13. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Newton's First Law
Static Equilibrium
Line of Best Fit
Tolerance
14. The result of an experiment
Outcome
Data
Mechanism
Joint
15. A device that holds the compressed air in a pneumatic system.
Moment
Receiver Tank
Biomass
Ampere
16. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Potentiometer
Transmission Lines
Mechanism
Reed Switch
17. An energy source that will never run out
Reliability
Inexhaustible Energy
Open - ended
Component
18. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system causing permanent damage to its usefulness
Data Variation
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Destructive Testing
Heat
19. The information produced by a computer
Fuel Cell Stack
Output
Flow-Control Valve
Resultant Force
20. 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
Reliability
Structure
Flow Velocity
Gay-Lussac's Law
21. The value that occurs most frequently
Decision Making
Static Equilibrium
Mode
Nonrenewable Energy
22. 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
Flow Rate
Interface
Proportional Limit
23. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
NTC Resistor
Proportional Limit
Compressor
Statistical Process Control
24. The collection - evaluation - and interpretation of data
Wheel and Axle
Statistics
Sketch
Directional-Control Valve
25. Returning to an original condition. The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials
Recycling
Subroutine
Quality Control
Transmission Lines
26. 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
Temperature
Cross -Sectional Area
Raw Material
Reservoir
27. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Product Development Lifecycle
Simple Truss
Alternative Energy
Electromagnetic Induction
28. Sometimes referred to as tensile strength; determined by measuring the maximum load a material specimen can carry when in the shape of a rectangular bar or cylindrical can
Ultimate Stress
Moment of Inertia
Ampere
Career
29. Processes that remove material to change the size - shape - or surface of a part. There are two groups of separating processes: machining and shearing
Designer
Resistance Force
Subtractive
Toughness
30. A toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain.
Direction
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Pulley
Sprocket
31. A support that prevents translation in any direction
Pinned Support
Joint
Tension Force
Belt
32. The ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input - or the percentage of the work input that is converted to work output.
Resilience
Resistance
Efficiency
Idler Gear
33. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.
Belt
Design Brief
Subtractive
Deviation
34. The condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field.
Axial Stress
Data
Free Fall
Newton's Second Law
35. Frequency distibution graph
Histogram
Gay-Lussac's Law
Flowchart
Resilience
36. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Electromagnetic Energy
Crank
Hooke's Law
Open - ended
37. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Variance
Charles' Law
Quality Assurance
Passive Solar Energy Collection
38. 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.
NTC Resistor
Displacement
Charles' Law
Joint
39. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Opeen Loop System
Inclined Plane
Fatigue
Valve
40. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Biomass
Voltage
Resultant Force
Efficiency
41. Graphical representation of a material's mechanical properties
Stress -Strain Curve
Analog Signal
Newton's Third Law
Effort Force
42. The measure of resistance to heat flow
R- value
Heat
Algorithm
Opeen Loop System
43. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance - funding - space - materials - and human capabilities
Bayes' Therom
Variance
Proportional Limit
Constraint
44. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Charles' Law
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Additive Process
Flow-Control Valve
45. 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.
Data
Method of Joints
Electromagnetic Induction
Normal Distribution
46. A device that responds to a physical stimulus
Axial Stress
Design Process
Free Fall
Sensor
47. A system that links electricity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed
Electromagnetic Induction
Reliability
Stress -Strain Curve
Power Grid
48. 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
Ceramic
Compressor
Gear
Velocity
49. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
Interface
Active Solar Energy Collection
Torque
Resistance Force
50. A body subjected to a push.
Lubricator
Voltage
Compression Force
Lever
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