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Principles Of Engineering
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1. A device used to spray an oil mist into the stream of a pneumatic system.
Planar Truss
Lubricator
Analog to Digital
Breaking Stress
2. A person or group for which product or service design efforts are intended.
Solid Modeling
Decision Matrix
Elastic Limit
Target Consumer
3. The geometric center of an area.
Decision Matrix
Joint
First Law of Thermodynamics
Centroid
4. The magnitude of the total distance traveled divided by the time elapsed.
Microprocessor
Cable
Thermodynamic System
Speed
5. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Displacement
Metal
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Viscosity
6. 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.
Cable
Flange
Assembly
Ampere
7. The change of motion of the body is proportional to the net force imposed on the body and is in the direction of the net force.
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8. The use of quality control techniques associated with a process.
Data
Quality Assurance
Efficiency
Elongation
9. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Planar Truss
Receiver Tank
Codes
Resilience
10. A force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.
Torque
Piston
Atmospheric Pressure
Boyle's Law
11. 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.
Digital Signal
Volt
Mean Deviation
Static Equilibrium
12. A statsitical measurement of variability
Standar Deviation
Flow Velocity
Temperature
Output
13. Impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.
Open - ended
Quantitative Data
Resistance Force
Charles' Law
14. Maximum stress that a material will withstand without permanent deformation
Digital to Analog
Elastic Limit
Cable
Newton's First Law
15. 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
Sensor
Single-Acting Cylinder
Ultimate Stress
Analog Signal
16. A set of all possible outcomes or events in an experiment that cannot be further broken down.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Sample Space
Photocell
Outcome
17. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Hooke's Law
Outcome
Qualitative Data
Kinetic Energy
18. 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
Rotor
Gay-Lussac's Law
Tolerance
Deformation
19. A closed electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths and then returns via a common path to complete the circuit
Mean
Newton's Third Law
Parallel Circuit
Compression
20. 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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21. A cylinder that can act under pressure in both directions (extend and retract) to move a load.
Bayes' Therom
Double-Acting Cylinder
Analog to Digital
Data Variation
22. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets
Gusset
Electromagnetic Induction
Forming
Career
23. The sense of a vector is the direction of the vector relative to its path and indicated by the location of the arrow.
Gear
Mechanical Properties
Interface
Sense
24. Energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
Open - ended
Physical Properties
Alternative Energy
Algorithm
25. Any of various elementary mechanisms including the lever - the wheel and axle - the pulley - the inclined plane - the wedge - and the screw.
Output
Variance
Simple Machine
Closed Loop System
26. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Deviation
Tolerance
Work
Pressure Regulator
27. Information encoded in a digital form - which is usually stored in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the processor.
Pitch
Data
Reed Switch
Elongation
28. The process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction - such as the decomposition of water
Component
Electrolysis...
Failure Point
Statistical Process Control
29. 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
Pascal's Law
Codes
Material
Manufacturing
30. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Efficiency
Proportional Limit
Inclined Plane
Power
31. A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
Absolute Pressure
Career
Alternative Energy
Modulus of Elasticity
32. A sketch that shows an object's height - width - and depth in a single view.
Pictorial Sketch
Sketch
Electrolysis...
Qualitative Data
33. Something made up of interdependent parts in a definite pattern of organization - such as trusses - frames - or machines.
Geothermal Energy
Standard Deviation
Digital to Analog
Structure
34. A device used to measure flow rate.
Tolerance
Wedge
Mechanism
Flow Meter
35. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Fuel Cell Stack
Electrical Energy
Reed Switch
Recycling
36. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Generator
Compression Force
Input
Efficiency
37. 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.
Lever
Flow-Control Valve
Absolute Pressure
Compression
38. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Lubricator
Failure Point
Codes
Design Statement
39. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Normally Open
Solid Modeling
Analog Signal
40. The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.
Pneumatics
Voltage
Flow Velocity
Physical Properties
41. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Moment of Inertia
Compression
Pneumatics
Nondestructive Testing
42. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Voltage
Temperature
Filter
Pulley
43. 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.
Stress -Strain Curve
Charles' Law
Pulley
Displacement
44. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Tension
Flow Velocity
Deviation
Electricity
45. 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
Qualitative Data
Frequency Distribution
Ceramic
Generator
46. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Design Statement
Belt
Simple Truss
Thermodynamic System
47. Used to control which path fluid takes in a circuit.
Wedge
Nonrenewable Energy
Energy Conservation
Directional-Control Valve
48. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Decision Matrix
Method of Joints
U-Value
Physical Properties
49. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Algorithm
Kinetic Energy
Probability
Team
50. An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress
Closed Loop System
Electricity
Environmental Protection Agency
Design Brief