Fluids
a substance that has no fixed shape
What is a fluid?
the place that originated gunpowder
What is China?
a person who design, construct, and maintain transportation systems
Who is a transportation engineer?
the individuals who flew the first plane
Who are the Wright brothers?
the most used solid material in the world
What is concrete?
the amount of matter in a given space
What is density?
the first mass used chemical element in warfare
What is chlorine?
the tallest building in the world
What is Burj al-Khalifa?
343m/s
What is the speed of sound at 20 degrees Celsius?
a highly sought after material during the Middle Ages, named after a country
What is china?
the study of the behavior of a fluid as a moving object moves through it
What is fluid dynamics?
a vital detection system that the Britains used to defend themselves from German bombers
What is a radar?
the degree to which a part of a structural element is displaced under a load
What is deflection?
the oldest discipline of engineering
What is military engineering?
materials that do not conduct electricity
What are insulators?
the observation that the buoyant force on an object immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by that object (hint: the gold crown)
What is the Archimedes' Principle?
the first nuclear aircraft carrier
What is the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) ?
the analysis of physical systems that are in static equilibrium with their environment
What is statics?
the 2nd oldest type of engineering
What is civil engineering?
materials that contain iron
What are ferrous materials?
the phenomenon that pressure reduces as a body of fluid flows from a wider section into a narrower section
What is the Venturi effect?
a type of portable bridge extensively used by armed forces of all nations
What is a pontoon bridge?
the longest bridge in the world
What is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge?
the first country to launch people into the space
What is the Soviet Union?
first commercial airliner to be made of composite materials
What is the Boeing 787?