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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: Mechanical Engineers study |
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Statics .................................... How are forces transmitted to and throughout a structure?
Dynamics .............................. What are the velocities,accelerations and resulting forces for a system in motion?
Kinematics ............................ How does a mechanism behave as it moves through its range of motion?
Strength of Materials ....... Is the component strong enough to support the loads? Is it stiff enough?
Materials Science ............. Which material has the optimum properties?
Thermodynamics ............... How does energy get converted to useful power? What are the losses?
Fluid Mechanics ................ What is the pressure drop due to the fluid flow? What are the aerodynamic drag forces?
Heat Transfer ...................... How do you calculate heat tansfer rates from temperature data? How do you predict the temperature distributions?
Manufacturing ..................... What manufacturing processes do you select?
Machine Design ................. How do you synthesize all of the above?
Electrical Circuits ............... How do you integrate electronic controls into your design?
Laboratory Methods .......... How do you make and interpret both thermal and mechanical measurements?
Vibrations .............................. How do you predict and control vibrations?
Engineering Economics ... How do you estimate manufacturing costs? |
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