Simple Machines
Does a screw have multiple inclined planes wrapped around it?
Yes
How many types of bridges are there? (counting cable bridges)
8
Are catapults the same as trebuchets? (True or False)
False
How many types of tunnels are there?
3
Name one thing a chemical engineer might make?
Ex. athletic shoes, baseball and football equipment, etc.
How many simple machines are there?
6
What is the easiest bridge to build?
A beam bridge
Do both catapults and trebuchets use an arm as a lever?
Yes
Name the three types of tunnels?
Soft ground, Rock Tunnel, Underwater
The goal for biomedical engineers is to?
Enhance health care
How many types of levers are there?
3
What force is squeezing a material?
Compression
Does a trebuchet use tension or torsion?
None
A tunnel needs 3 things to make it stable
excavation, support, lining
What does HVR&AC stand for?
Heating, Ventilating, Refrigerator, and Air Conditioning.
What does IMA mean?
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
What is this load - A load that is exerted by any natural phenomenon?
Environmental Load
Is torsion bending and stretching or twisting
Twisting
What were tunnels used for before cars, trains, etc?
Water
Materials engineers design?
fabricate and test materials
A pulley can be set up 3 different ways. Name all the ways a pulley can be set up?
Single fixed pulley, Block and tackle, and Movable pulley.
What bridge is this- A bridge that can move their deck allowing ships to pass.
Bascule Bridge
What is a ballista catapult
Similar to a bow and arrow.
Name two cross-section tunnels
Immersed and cut and cover
How do Manufacturing engineers and Mechanical engineers relate?