Engineering design
Requirements, design decisions, prototyping and verification.
Areas within Engineering design
Mechanical engineering
Machines, movement, forces, heat and manufacturing.
143 wordsCivil engineering
Structures, transport, water and the built environment.
658 wordsElectrical engineering
Electricity, electronics, control and power systems.
141 wordsSystems engineering
Complex systems, requirements, interfaces and lifecycle design.
7 wordsEngineering design
Requirements, design decisions, prototyping and verification.
9 wordsMaterials engineering
The properties, selection and performance of engineering materials.
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the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Safety factornounthe ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Trade-offnounan exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"
Tradeoffnounan exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"
Specnouna detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
Specificationnouna detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
design tolerancenounThe acceptable amount by which a manufactured part may differ from its target.
factor of safetynounA margin added so a design can withstand more than its expected load.
Computer architecturenounthe art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system
Neural networknouncomputer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and error