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Principles Of Engineering
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1. A device for making - breaking - or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
Switch
Concurrent Force Systems
Proportional Limit
Analog Signal
2. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.
Purpose
Problem Statement
Factor of Safety
Subtractive
3. The sense of a vector is the direction of the vector relative to its path and indicated by the location of the arrow.
Nondestructive Testing
Simple Machine
Sense
Gear
4. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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5. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Normally Closed
Tension Force
Screw
Energy
6. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Flow Velocity
Input
Compression
Data Variation
7. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans
Geothermal Energy
Power
Opeen Loop System
Raw Material
8. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose
Design Modification
Flow-Control Valve
Failure Point
Atmospheric Pressure
9. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Hooke's Law
Ampere
Belt
Radiation
10. A specialized heavy- duty computer system used for process control in factories - chemical plants - and warehouses
Normally Open
Polarity
Programmable Logic Controller
Electromagnetic Induction
11. A rigid bar used to exert a pressure or sustain a weight at one point of its length by the application of a force at a second and turning at a third on a fulcrum.
Simple Machine
Lever
Thermodynamic System
Reservoir
12. A truss that lies in a single plane often used to support roofs and bridges
Turbine
Hooke's Law
Generator
Planar Truss
13. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Centroid
Hydraulics
Proportional Limit
Charles' Law
14. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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15. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Data
Directional-Control Valve
Resistance Force
Rupture Strength
16. Frequency distibution graph
Product Development Lifecycle
Histogram
Material
Transistor
17. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Data
Valve
Factor of Safety
Reliability
18. The resultant of a system of force is the vector sum of all forces.
Interface
Resultant Force
Current
Member
19. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Finishing
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Flow-Control Valve
Normally Open
20. Values that possess names or labels
Variance
Digital Signal
Qualitative Data
Environmental Protection Agency
21. A process that changes the size and shape of a material by a combination of force and a shaped form
Screw
Forming
Moment
Geothermal Energy
22. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Newton's First Law
Reliability
Feedback
23. A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work
Potentiometer
Gusset
Energy
Microprocessor
24. The structure of or the relationship of the parts in a machine - or in a construction or process comparable to a machine.
Closed Loop System
Nonrenewable Energy
Mechanism
Pump
25. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended
Compressor
Wedge
Power
Assembly
26. A part or element of a larger whole
Wedge
Mechanism
Nondestructive Testing
Component
27. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
Parallel Circuit
Torque
Structure
Nondestructive Testing
28. A strong rope - usually made of metal - designed to have great tensile strength and to be used in structures.
U-Value
Cable
Alternative Energy
Resilience
29. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology.
ABET
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Fuel Cell Stack
Composite
30. 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
NTC Resistor
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Variance
Sprocket
31. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
Moment of Inertia
Forming
Factor of Safety
Flow Rate
32. Changing one form of energy to another
Planar Truss
Destructive Testing
Line of Best Fit
Energy Conservation
33. The result of an experiment
Ultimate Stress
Outcome
Static Equilibrium
Problem Solving
34. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control
Compression Force
Opeen Loop System
Polarity
Concurrent Force Systems
35. 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
Composite
Free Fall
Purpose
Probability
36. 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.
Static Equilibrium
Reservoir
Recycling
Gusset
37. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Resisitance
Energy
Quality Assurance
Kelvin
38. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.
Lever
Nondestructive Testing
Planar Truss
Roller Support
39. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Acceleration
Electromagnetic Energy
Statistics
Newton's Second Law
40. The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface
Sketch
Pressure
Potential Energy
Concurrent Force Systems
41. A system that links electricity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed
Method of Joints
Product Development Lifecycle
Power Grid
Volume
42. Two different sized circular objects that are attached together and turn as one.
Wheel and Axle
Accuracy
Decision Making
Free Fall
43. A systemized body of laws; a set of principles - as of ethics
Gravitational Energy
Codes
Gay-Lussac's Law
Mechanical Properties
44. A resource that cannot be replaced once used
Mean
Crank
Destructive Testing
Nonrenewable Energy
45. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Resultant Force
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Static Equilibrium
46. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Pressure Releif Valve
Decision Making
Resistance Force
Ampere
47. Something made up of interdependent parts in a definite pattern of organization - such as trusses - frames - or machines.
Normally Closed
Structure
Mean
Valve
48. A circuit in which all parts are connected end to end to provide a single path of current
Series Circuit
Mode
Flowchart
Stress -Strain Curve
49. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Check Valve
Variance
Gravitational Energy
Analog to Digital
50. 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
Decision Matrix
Magnitude
Statistics
Heat
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