Mechanical Engineering 1.1 Introduction

Mechanical Engineers are concerned with which principles?

• Force

• Energy

• All of the above

• Motion

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Mechanical engineering is the most diverse type of engineering disciplines since there's a broad range of skills needed. You do not need to type a response.

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Mechanical engineers play a central role in many industries. The following questions concern said industries. A response is not required here.

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What is the automotive industry?

• Implants, prosthetic devices, fluidic systems for pharmaceutical industries.

• Robots, data and image acquisition, recognition, control.

• From the car chassis to its every subsystem-engine, transmission, sensors.

• (MEMS) Sensors, actuators, micropower generation.

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The aerospace industry includes..

• Airplanes, Aircraft engines, control systems for airplanes and spacecraft.

• Disk drives, printers, cooling systems, semiconductor tools.

• HVAC, air-conditioning, refrigeration, compressors.

• Machining, machine tools, prototyping, micro fabrication.

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Biotechnology could be..

• From the car chassis to its every subsystem-engine, transmission, sensors.

• Implants, prosthetic devices, fluidic systems for pharmaceutical industries.

• (MEMS) Sensors, actuators, micropower generation.

• Robots, data and image acquisition, recognition, control.

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The rest of the industries would be computers and electronics, microelectromechanical systems, energy conversion, environmental control, automation, and manufacturing.

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The main areas of study in mechanical engineering is materials, solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control and instrumentation, and specialized mechanical engineering subjects.

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That covers the first section of the course, (1.1 Introduction). Did you get all the answers correct?

• Yes

• Mostly

• No

Mechanical engineers design and manufacture everything from small individual parts to large systems.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

They design everything from microscale sensors and inkjet printer nozzles to spacecraft and machine tools.

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