Vocabulary
Engineering Design Process
Name that Disaster
Scientific Method
Miscellaneous
100
Iterative
What is a process that is continuously repeated (responses will vary)
100
First step of the Engineering Design Process
What is Identify the Problem?
100
Engineers did not account for the wind load which led to uncontrollable oscillations
What is Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse?
100
First step in the scientific method?
What is "Ask a question"
100
Engineering Disasters, the only course where __________ is required.
What is FAILURE?
200
A process or project not performing as designed.
What is an engineering failure?
200
Shape of the typical EDP diagram.
What is round or circular?
200
Icy conditions led to O-ring failure
What is the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion?
200
Next step after "Ask a question" in the scientific method.
What is "Research the topic"?
200
An initiating cause that leads to an outcome of interest.
What is a root cause?
300
Anticipated outcome that is tested with scientific experimentation.
What is a hypothesis?
300
According to the EDP, before you construct your final product, it is wise to build what?
What is a model or prototype?
300
Flammable hydrogen, static electricity and a thunderstorm contributed to this disaster
What is the Hindenburg explosion?
300
The step that comes immediately after "Research the topic" in the scientific method
What is "Formulate a hypothesis"?
300
Root causes should be causes for which "management" has __________.
What is control?
400
Optimal solution
What is the best alternative, taking into consideration all constraints and requirements.
400
The steps of the EDP repeat as you work through a project. This is known as a ______________ process.
What is iterative?
400
Other than 9/11, the worst commercial aviation disaster in history.
What is Tenerife?
400
Step that comes immediately after "Formulate a hypothesis" in the scientific method
What is "Test the hypothesis"?
400
Root causes MUST be ______________. *(yes, I realize this is vague... but what have we talked about A LOT?)
What is SPECIFIC?
500
The detailed coordination of a complex operation.
What is logistics?
500
The step of the EDP that addresses the need to create a solution that solves a particular problem within specific parameters
What is "Identify criteria and constraints"?
500
Progressive collapse due to uncontrolled fire weakening steel support.
What is the World Trade Center collapse?
500
Final step in the Scientific Method
What is "Draw a conclusion"?
500
Identification of root cause(s) leads to
What is recommendations to prevent recurrence?
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