Engineering Fundamentals
Kg*m/s2
Newton
The flight control system that most Boeing planes use to maneuver the aircraft. (Different than Airbus)
Yoke
The valve type commonly used to start or stop flow, named after the spherical component inside.
Ball Valve
The fluid that lubricates a cars engine that should be checked regularly.
Engine Oil
The numeric value that systems would interpret the year 2000 as, due to the Y2K bug.
1900
An Object in motion stays in motion. An object at rest stays at rest.
Newton's First Law of Motion
The type of part that caused the failure of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger.
O-ring
The valve that automatically prevents backflow in a piping system.
Check Valve
The racing series that Lightning McQueen competes in in the movie 'Cars'.
The Piston Cup
The Beatle that died in 2001.
George Harrison
A ratio that compares a material's strength or a structures capacity to the expected load or stress it will endure.
Factor of Safety
The year the Wright brothers made their first powered flight.
1903
The type of valve that is commonly used for outdoor garden hose spigots through the use of linear-motion that opens and closes the flow of fluid.
Gate Valve
The most popular American open-wheel racing series that is known for its mix of oval, road, and street courses.
IndyCar
The music sharing service that launched in 1999 and changed how people accessed music online.
Napster
Energy cannot be created, or destroyed, only transformed.
First Law of Thermodynamics
The type of plane that the Blue Angels fly for air acrobatics.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The valve that controls pressure by releasing excess fluid when pressure exceeds a set limit.
Pressure Relief Valve
Ralph Teetor invented cruise control despite living with this condition.
Complete Blindness
The online payment company founded in 1998 that became widely popular for enabling secure online transactions.
PayPal
The internal force per unit area within a material caused by an external load.
Stress
The plane nicknamed "BUFF" (Big Ugly Fat Fella) that is famous for its pop culture influences in the 1960's.
B-52 Bomber
The ancient civilization that is credited with creating some of the earliest valve-like devices for controlling water flow in aqueducts and irrigation systems.
The Roman Empire
The best-selling car of all time, with over 50 million units sold.
Toyota Corolla
The girl group that Beyonce was a part of before going solo that was most popular from 1999-2001.
Destiney's Child