Engineering Fundamentals
In mechanics, this term describes resistance to sliding between two surfaces
What is Friction?
This structure notorious for its 3.97 degree tilt is the freestanding bell tower of a cathedral in its namesake Italian town
What is the leaning tower of Pisa?
Software development method named after the opening of a rugby game.
What is SCRUM?
This software tool is commonly used to create 3D models and engineering drawings.
What is CAD?
This is the SI base unit for length
What is meter?
Binary numbers are made up of only these two digits.
What are 0 and 1
This space shuttle disaster in 1986 was caused by O‑ring failure in cold temperatures.
What is the Challenger disaster?
This manufacturing process permanently joins materials by melting and fusing them together.
What is welding?
This acronym refers to the detailed list of components used to build a product.
What is a BOM?
This man-made structure is large enough that it is visible from space.
What is the Great Wall of China
In electrical systems, this term describes opposition to alternating current due to both resistance and reactance.
What is Impedence?
The first Danfoss product was this mechanical component, which helped regulate temperature.
What is a valve?
At Danfoss, this milestone confirms the design is mature enough to establish the supply chain and launch plans
What is M3?
This tool is commonly used to simulate mechanical stresses and deformation.
What is FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
This simple machine is an inclined plane rotated about an axis, and transforms rotational motion into linear motion.
What is a screw?
This statistical term measures how spread out a set of values is around the mean.
What is standard deviation?
Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin invented the revolutionary V-type three-point version of this safety object in 1959
What is the seatbelt?
This manufacturing process forms parts by forcing material into a shaped cavity under high pressure.
What is injection molding?
This process identifies potential manufacturing failures before production starts.
What is a PFMEA?
The first-ever Indy 500 was held in 1911, and won by this racer who was also well-known for his automobile engineering work
Who is Ray Harroun?
This law states that the algebraic sum of currents at a node in an electrical circuit is zero.
What is Kirchhoff’s Current Law?
This elevator system has been operating continuously at Danfoss headquarters since 1962.
What is a paternoster elevator?
This is a standardized quality assurance procedure used to ensure that suppliers can consistently produce parts meeting all engineering and quality specifications before mass production begins.
What is PPAP?
This acronym describes the probability‑based measure of a process’s ability to meet specifications.
What is Cpk?
Known as the Galloping Gertie, the failure of this bridge would inspire many engineers to look into the aerodynamics of structures
What is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?