Electrical Engineering
This unit measures electric potential difference and electromotive force.
A Volt
This law states that for every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.
Newton's Third Law
These four physical forces—thrust, weight, drag, and this upward force—must be balanced for an airplane to maintain level flight.
Lift
This curved structural element, perfected by the Romans, converts all tensile forces into compression to bridge wide gaps.
An Arch
This project brought together the world's greatest scientists in New Mexico.
Manhattan project
This device passively restricts the flow of electrons in a circuit
Resistor
This physical quantity measures an object’s resistance to changes in motion.
Inertia
Named for an Austrian physicist, this "Number" represents the ratio of an object's speed to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.
Mach's Number
Civil engineers use this 8-letter term for a material’s ability to resist being squeezed, a property where concrete excels but steel is "average."
Compression
This Austrian scientist was well known for his popular thought experiment about quantum superposition.
Erwin Schrödinger
Most American homes receive power derived from how many AC phases?
3 Phases
To prevent bridges from cracking in the summer, engineers install gaps to allow for this physical expansion.
Thermal Expansion
To leave Earth's gravity entirely, a spacecraft must reach this specific speed, which is approximately 25,000 miles per hour.
Escape Velocity
The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous example of this bridge type, which uses massive cables to "hang" the roadway.
Suspension Bridge
The British scientist best known for his cryptography work in World War II.
Alan Turing
Connecting components in this way (end-to-end) adds up their resistances.
In Series
This rotating machine component stores energy and helps stabilize speed in engines and power systems.
Flywheel
Located on the trailing edge of a wing, these hinged panels are moved in opposite directions to control an airplane's "roll."
Ailerons
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This 7-letter term describes a material's "memory" of stress; it’s why a metal paperclip will eventually snap if you bend it back and forth too many times, even if you don't use much force.
Fatigue
What is the color of a black box on airplanes
Orange
This set of four equations unifies electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
Maxwell's Equations
This Swiss scientist’s namesake principle states that as a fluid’s velocity increases, its pressure decreases—explaining both the curve of a baseball and the lift of an airplane wing.
Bernoulli's Principle
When a plane breaks the sound barrier, it creates this "pile-up" of air pressure that results in a loud "boom" heard on the ground.
Shock Wave
Usually made of wood or steel, these triangular frameworks are used in roof designs because their shape cannot be deformed.
A Truss
Calculate the average value of the instantaneous current i(t)=I(peak)sin(ωt+ϕ) over exactly one full period T in an ideal AC circuit.
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