Flashcards: Mechanical engineering

Applied mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences and the practical application of mechanics.

A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice versa.

A gear or cogwheel is a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part to transmit torque.

Machine element refers to an elementary component of a machine.

A bimetallic strip is used to convert a temperature change into mechanical displacement.

A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid via a vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycle.

A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft.

Power engineering, also called power systems engineering, is a subfield of energy engineering and electrical engineering that deals with the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electric power and the electrical devices connected to such systems including generators, motors and transformers.

In electric power generation a combined cycle is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy, which in turn usually drives electrical generators.

Photoelasticity is a method to determine the stress distribution in a material experimentally.

Heating or cooling of processes, equipment, or enclosed environments are within the purview of thermal engineering.

Surface roughness often shortened to roughness, is a component of surface texture.

In manufacturing, an undercut is a special type of recessed surface.

Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering which deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed load (weight, force, etc...) without breaking, tearing apart, or collapsing, and includes the study of breakage that has previously occurred in order to prevent failures in future designs.

Precision engineering is a subdiscipline of electrical engineering, software engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, and optical engineering concerned with designing machines, fixtures, and other structures that have exceptionally low tolerances, are repeatable, and are stable over time.

A circulating water plant or circulating water system is an arrangement of flow of water in fossil-fuel power station, chemical plants and in oil refineries.

Fluid power is the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power.

A gib or gib-arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support.

An automaton clock or automata clock is a type of striking clock featuring automatons.