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  2. Stress (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Even if the material is stressed in the same way throughout the volume of the body, the stress across any imaginary surface will depend on the orientation of that surface, in a non-trivial way. Cauchy observed that the stress vector T {\displaystyle T} across a surface will always be a linear function of the surface's normal vector n ...

  3. Glossary of mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    American Society of Mechanical Engineers – The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and ...

  4. Glossary of civil engineering - Wikipedia

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    Also Abrams' water-cement ratio law. A law which states that the strength of a concrete mix is inversely related to the mass ratio of water to cement. As the water content increases, the strength of the concrete decreases. abrasion The process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away a substance or substrate. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using ...

  5. Glossary of engineering: A–L - Wikipedia

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    Computer engineering is a discipline that integrates several fields of computer science and electronics engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. [132] Computer science is the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers.

  6. Engineering - Wikipedia

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    The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD, the predecessor of ABET) [4] has defined "engineering" as: . The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to ...

  7. Intrinsic and extrinsic properties - Wikipedia

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    In science and engineering, an intrinsic property is a property of a specified subject that exists itself or within the subject. An extrinsic property is not essential or inherent to the subject that is being characterized.

  8. Tempering (metallurgy) - Wikipedia

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    Tempering at even higher temperatures, between 540 and 600 °C (1,004 and 1,112 °F), will produce excellent toughness, but at a serious reduction in strength and hardness. At 600 °C (1,112 °F), the steel may experience another stage of embrittlement, called "temper embrittlement" (TE), which occurs if the steel is held within the temperature ...

  9. Branches of science - Wikipedia

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    The science of matter is also addressed by physics, but while physics takes a more general and fundamental approach, chemistry is more specialized, being concerned by the composition, behavior (or reaction), structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions.