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101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School
Black water has come into contact with fecal matter. It is not suitable for reuse without extensive treatment, typically via a municipal purification system.
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Crack propagation in a material increases with the sharpness of the tip of the crack. Drilling a hole at the tip makes a crack less sharp and distributes stresses over a larger area and in more directions, discouraging the crack from lengthening. Rounding of corners in building products, machine parts, furniture, and even the windows of ships and a
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thoroughly. Thinking systemically means thinking about systems and connections—the web of relationships within a system, the relationship of the system to other systems, and the larger system that contains all the systems.
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“Inventing is the mixing of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need.”
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A force, often called a “load,” exists external to and acts upon a body, and can cause it to change speed, direction, or shape. Examples of forces include water pressure on a submarine hull, snow loads on a bridge, and wind loads on the sides of a skyscraper. Stress is the “experience” of a body—its internal resistance to an external force acting o
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Stiffness/elasticity concerns the lengthening or shortening of a material under loading. Stiffness is resistance to change in length; elasticity is the ability to return to original size and shape.
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Don’t get distracted by all the other possibilities such that you forget to do the one thing you must do. But don’t become so focused on the one thing that you don’t do as much as you can.
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Accuracy is the absence of error; precision is the level of detail. Effective problem solving requires always being accurate, but being only as precise as is helpful at a given stage of problem solving.
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A brilliantly conceived alternative-fuel vehicle will not succeed without the design and implementation of a refueling infrastructure over a large geographic area.
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