26 Best Engineering Questions and Answers (Q&A) - ProProfs Discuss

What engineering method uses a logical sequence of steps that begins with a specific problem, or perceived need, and results in a solution?

William.oakley
Answered: Jan 22, 2021

Design Process

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Which type of requirement best describes the behavior and information that the solution will manage, including a specific system action or response?

Umarsingh
Answered: Jan 22, 2021

Functional Requirements.

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Which simple machine to turn a bolt is used by a wrench?

C. Marcus, Content Developer
Answered: Oct 11, 2018

A wrench uses wheel and axle as simple machine to turn a bolt. The wrench and bolt act as wheel and axle. As the wrench spins around the bolt, it turns the bolt just like other spinning wheels...Read More

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What is the system of rules established by authority, society, or custom called?

Drakeknapp
Answered: Jan 22, 2021

Law

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Is a sharp chisel safer to use than a blunt chisel?

A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Jan 25, 2019

This is very much the case. The reason is because a sharp chisel is going to take less time to use. It’s like a knife. When a knife gets blunt, it doesn’t cut. It rips and tears....Read More

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What is the purpose of testing a material?

John Adney
Answered: Jun 17, 2017

Tensile strength s a more accurate term for testing of material.

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What causes the service defect called fatigue crack?

John Smith
Answered: Jan 22, 2021

Cyclic loading of the part below the yield strength of the material.

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Which controls may or may not use a datum reference?

Curt Pawloski
Answered: Oct 04, 2017

A position tolerance applied to coaxial diameters located to each other might not call out a datum.

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How is Gentiles Two-Dimension Taxonomy different to the One-Dimension Classification System?

Answered: Jan 22, 2021

Gentiles Two-Dimension Taxonomy is organised according to relationships among the component characteristics of what is being classified. It takes the Environmental Context into account...Read More

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