Principles of Engineering
Projectile Motion
- Speed: Distance traveled per unit of time.
- Velocity: Object's speed and direction of motion.
- Acceleration: Change in velocity over a certain period of time.
- Gravity tends to pull all objects toward the center of the earth.
- Gravitational Acceleration: Constant describing the acceleration of any object falling toward the earth.
- Projectile: Any moving object upon which the only active force is gravity.
- Gravity pulls all projectiles toward the center of the earth at the same rate.
- Firing Angle (): Angle at which the projectile left the cannon, measured in degrees.
- Initial Velocity (): Angular speed of a projectile at the start of its flight.
- Calculating Initial Velocity:
- Where:
- = Initial Velocity
- g = Gravitational Acceleration
- x = Horizontal Distance Traveled
- = Firing Angle
- Where:
- Calculating Horizontal Distance:
- Where:
- = Initial Velocity
- g = Gravitational Acceleration
- x = Horizontal Distance Traveled
- = Firing Angle
- Where:
- Calculating Firing Angle:
- Where:
- = Initial Velocity
- g = Gravitational Acceleration
- x = Horizontal Distance Traveled
- = Firing Angle
- Where:
Statistics
- Statistics: The collection, evaluation, and interpretation of data.
- Descriptive Statistics: Describe collected data.
- Inferential Statistics: Generalize and evaluate a population based on sample data.
- Categorical or Qualitative Data: Values that possess names or labels (e.g., color of M&M's, breed of dog).
- Numerical or Quantitative Data: Values that represent a measurable quantity (e.g., population, number of M&M's).
- Data Collection Sampling:
- Random
- Systematic
- Stratified
- Cluster
- Convenience
- Graphic Data Representation:
- Histogram: Frequency distribution graph.
- Frequency Polygons: Frequency distribution graph.
- Bar Chart: Categorical data graph.
- Pie Chart: Categorical data graph.
- Measures of Central Tendency:
- Mean:
- Arithmetic average.
- Sum of all data values divided by the number of data values within the array.
- Most frequently used measure of central tendency.
- Strongly influenced by outliers—very large or very small values.
- Median:
- Data value that divides a data array into two equal groups.
- Data values must be ordered from lowest to highest.
- Useful in situations with skewed data and outliers (e.g., wealth management).
- Mode:
- Most frequently occurring response within a data array.
- May not be typical.
- May not exist at all.
- Modal, bimodal, and multimodal.
- Mean:
- Data Variation:
- Range: Difference between the lowest and highest data value.
- Standard Deviation: Square root of the variance.
- Standard Deviation – Sample vs. Population:
- Population Standard Deviation:
- Represents a parameter, not a statistic.
- Gives researchers an amount of dispersion of data for an entire population of survey respondents.
- Sample Standard Deviation:
- Estimates the standard deviation of a population based on a random sample.
- A statistic that measures the dispersion of the data around the sample mean.
- Population Standard Deviation:
- Sample Standard Deviation Calculation:
- Calculate the mean.
- Subtract the mean from each value and then square it.
- Sum all squared differences.
- Divide the summation by the number of values in the array minus 1.
- Calculate the square root of the product.
- Population Standard Deviation Calculation:
- Calculate the mean.
- Subtract the mean from each data value and square each difference.
- Sum all squared differences.
- Divide the summation by the number of data values.
- Calculate the square root of the result.
- Graphing Frequency Distribution:
- Numerical assignment of each outcome of a chance experiment.
- The calculated likelihood that an outcome variable will occur within an experiment.
Probability
- Probability: The calculated likelihood that a given event will occur.
- Methods of Determining Probability:
- Empirical: Experimental observation.
- Theoretical: Uses known elements (e.g., coin toss, die rolling).
- Subjective: Assumptions (e.g., I think that . . .).
- Probability Components:
- Experiment: An activity with observable results.
- Sample Space: A set of all possible outcomes.
- Event: A subset of a sample space.
- Outcome / Sample Point: The result of an experiment.
- Probability:
- A way of communicating the belief that an event will occur.
- Expressed as a number between 0 and 1 (fraction, percent, decimal, odds).
- Total probability of all possible events totals 1.
- Relative Frequency:
- The number of times an event will occur divided by the number of opportunities.
- Expressed as a number between 0 and 1 (fraction, percent, decimal, odds).
- Total frequency of all possible events totals 1.
- Binomial Process:
- Each trial has only two possible outcomes (yes-no, on-off, right-wrong).
- Trial outcomes are independent.
- Bernoulli Process:
- P = Probability
- x = Number of times for a specific outcome within n trials
- n = Number of trials
- p = Probability of success on a single trial
- q = Probability of failure on a single trial
- ! = factorial—product of all integers less than or equal
- Probability Distribution What is the probability of tossing a coin three times and it landing heads up two times?
- Law of Large Numbers:
- The more trials that are conducted, the closer the results become to the theoretical probability.
- Independent events occurring simultaneously:
- Product of individual probabilities.
- If events A and B are independent, then the probability of A and B occurring is:
- Independent events occurring individually:
- Sum of individual probabilities.
- If events A and B are mutually exclusive, then the probability of A or B occurring is:
- Independent event not occurring:
- 1 minus the probability of occurrence
- Conditional Probability:
- = Probability of event E, given A
- Conditional Probability:
- Probability of two events A and B both occurring =
- If A and B are independent, then
- Probability of two events A and B both occurring =
- Bayes’ Theorem:
- Calculates a conditional probability, based on all the ways the condition might have occurred.
- = probability of A, given we already know the condition E
- Expected Value:
- = expected value
- = the value of an element in a list
- = Probability of element i
Hydraulic Power
- Hydraulic Power: The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.
- Liquid in a hydraulic system behaves like a solid since it compresses very little.
- Benefits of Hydraulic Systems:
- Use a relatively incompressible liquid
- Have a slower, smoother motion
- Are generally more precise
- Lubricate naturally
- Are not as clean as pneumatics when leakage occurs
- Often operate at pressures of 500–5000 psi
- Generally produce more power
- Early Hydraulic Uses:
- Water Wheels: Create rotational motion.
- Roman Aqueducts: Delivered water to buildings, agricultural fields, and fountains.
- Hydrodynamic Systems:
- Fluid is in motion
- Force and energy are transmitted by flow
- Hydrostatic Systems:
- Fluid does not flow quickly or continuously
- Fluid is pressurized
- Force and energy transmitted by pressure.
- Most common in industrial settings.
- Pascal’s Law: Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions.
- Liquid Flow:
- Flow Rate: The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
- Flow Velocity: The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.
- Where:
- Q = Flow Rate
- v = Flow Velocity
- A = Area
- Where:
- Mechanical Advantage:
- Where:
- = Force at the output
- = Force at the input
- Where:
- Bernoulli’s Principle: An increase in velocity results in a decrease in pressure. Likewise, a decrease in velocity results in an increase in pressure.
- Viscosity:
- The measure of a fluid’s thickness or resistance to flow.
- Crucial for lubricating a system.
- Decreases as temperature increases.
- Common Hydraulic System Components:
- Reservoir
- Pump
- Cylinder
- Valve
- Transmission Lines
- Directional Control Valve
- Filter
Pneumatic Power
Pneumatics: The use of a gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.
- Gas in a pneumatic system behaves like a spring since it is compressible.
Pneumatic Systems:
- Use a compressible gas
- Possess a quicker, jumpier motion
- Are not as precise
- Require a lubricant
- Are generally cleaner
- Often operate at pressures around 100 psi
- Generally produce less power
Early Pneumatic Uses:
- Bellows: Tool used by blacksmiths and smelters for working iron and other metals.
- Otto von Guericke: Showed that a vacuum can be created.
- America’s First Subway: Designed by Alfred Beach.
Properties of Gases:
- Gases are affected by 3 variables:
- Temperature (T)
- Pressure (p)
- Volume (V)
- Gases have no definite volume
- Gases are highly compressible
- Gases are lighter than liquids
- Gases are affected by 3 variables:
Absolute Pressure:
- Gauge Pressure + Atmospheric Pressure = Absolute Pressure
Absolute Temperature:
Pascal’s Law:
Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions.
Pressure: The force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface
- Where:
- P = Pressure
- F = Force
- A = Area
- Where:
Perfect Gas Laws:
- The perfect gas laws describe the behavior of pneumatic systems
- Boyle’s Law
- Charles’ Law
- Gay-Lussac’s Law
- The perfect gas laws describe the behavior of pneumatic systems
Boyle’s Law:
- The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
- The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
Charles’ Law:
- Volume of gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and pressure remain constant.
- Note: T1 and T2 refer to absolute temperature.
- Volume of gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and pressure remain constant.
Gay-Lussac’s Law:
- Absolute pressure of a gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and the volume remain constant.
- Note: T1 and T2 refer to absolute temperature. p1 and p2 refer to absolute pressure.
- Absolute pressure of a gas increases or decreases as the temperature increases or decreases, provided the amount of gas and the volume remain constant.
Common Pneumatic System Components:
- Receiver Tank
- Compressor
- Transmission Lines
- Cylinder
- Pressure Relief Valve
- Directional Control Valve
- Filter
- Regulator
- Drain
Fluid Power Introduction
- Fluid Power: The use of a fluid to transmit power from one location to another
- Hydraulics: The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
- Pneumatics: The use of a gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
- Why Use Fluid Power?
- Multiplication and variation of force
- Easy, accurate control
- One power source controls many operations
- High power / low weight ratio
- Low-speed torque
- Constant force and torque
- Safe in hazardous environments
- Basic Fluid Power Components
- Reservoir / Receiver – Stores fluid
- Fluid Conductors – Pipe, tube, or hose that allows for flow between components
- Pump / Compressor – Converts mechanical power to fluid power
- Valve – Controls direction and amount of flow
- Actuators – Converts fluid power to mechanical power
- Fluid Power Physics
- Energy The ability to do work
- Energy Transfer From prime mover, or input source, to an actuator, or output device
- Energy The ability to do work
- Fluid Power Physics
- Work
- Force multiplied by distance
- Measured in foot-pounds (ft-lb)
- Work
- Fluid Power Physics:
- Power
- The rate of doing work
- Work over time in seconds
- Power
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Horsepower
- Hydraulic power is given by:
- Power = flow x pressure drop,
- Horsepower is a common unit for power
- Hydraulic power is given by:
- Horsepower
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Heat:
- Law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, although it can change forms.
- Energy not transferred to work takes the form of heat energy.
- Heat:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Torque:
- Twisting force
- force x distance
- Measured in foot-pounds
- Twisting force
- Torque:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Torque:
- The twisting force applied by a hydraulic or pneumatic motor
- Motor rpm at a given torque specifies power usage or horsepower requirement
- Torque:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Flow:
- Makes actuator operation possible
- To extend the cylinder, flow must be directed into port B.
- To retract the cylinder, flow must be directed into what port?
- The cylinder retracts when flow is directed into Port A.
- Flow:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Rate of Flow:
- Determines actuator speed
- Measured in gallons per minute (gpm)
- Generated by a pump
- Rate of Flow:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- With a Given Flow Rate
- Actuator volume displacement directly affects actuator speed
- The less volume to displace, the faster the actuator
- With a Given Flow Rate
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Pressure:
- Overcomes the resistance to flow
- Pumps produce flow by pressurizing the fluid
- A pump can create greater pressure at lower flow rate, so if you restrict the flow from the pump, greater pressure will result.
- All points of resistance in series within a system contribute to total system resistance, including long runs of pipe, elbows, etc.
- Pressure:
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Definition of pressure
- Relationship between force, pressure, and area
- Blaise Pascal developed concepts about pressure in the 1640’s.
- The SI unit for pressure is the pascal (Pa).
- Definition of pressure
- Fluid Power Principles:
- Pascal’s Law
- Pressure applied on a confined fluid at rest is transmitted undiminished in all directions and acts with equal force on equal areas and at right angles to them.
- Pascal’s Law
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Schematics
- Line drawing made up of a series of symbols and connections that represent the actual components in a hydraulic system
- Schematics
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Symbols
- Critical for technical communication
- Not language-dependent
- Emphasize function and methods of operation
- Symbols
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Lines
- Continuous lines indicate working, pilot supply, return or electrical lines
- Dashed lines indicate a pilot, drain, purge, or bleed line
- Flexible lines indicate a hose which usually connects moving parts
- Crossing lines use loops at cross over
- Lines joining may use a dot at the junction
- Components (like this filter) inserted into lines
- Lines
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Reservoirs
- Vented reservoirs are shown as rectangles without top lines
- Pressurized reservoirs are shown as capsules
- Reservoirs
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Pumps
- Rotary devices are shown as circles
- Pumps having a triangle indicating where the energy is leaving component
- Pumps
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Flow Control Valves
- An upper and lower arc symbolize a fixed orifice flow control valve.
- An arrow through the arcs indicate an adjustable orifice
- Flow Control Valves
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Directional Control Valves
- A three-position valve is shown with 3 envelopes
- Arrows indicate possible flow direction through valve
- Directional Control Valves
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Check Valves
- Check valves are drawn with small circles inside an open triangle
- Free flow is opposite the direction the triangle is pointed
- Check Valves
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Motors
- Energy triangle points into the circle indicating fluid energy entering
- Two energy triangles indicate a bi-directional or reversible motor
- Motors
- Fluid Power Schematics:
- Cylinders
- Single Acting (one line)
- Double acting (two lines)
- Cylinders
Properties of Materials
- Material Testing
- Reproducible evaluation of material properties
- Material response to varying loading conditions, including magnitude, cycling, and mode
- Dynamic Testing
- Material response to constant loading
- Static Testing
- Dynamic Testing
- Material response to varying loading conditions, including magnitude, cycling, and mode
- Reproducible evaluation of material properties
- Static Material Testing
- Strength
- Deformation
- Fracture
- Design requirement compliance
- Tensile test
- Compression test
- Hardness test
- Evaluation of Material
- Standardized Tests
- Tensile Test
- Uniaxial
- A straight line axial force is applied to a test sample (typically in the y-axis).
- Destructive
- Force is applied until sample fails
- Uniaxial
- Tensile Test
- Standard Test Sample (dog bone)
- Ensures meaningful and reproducible results
- Uniform cross section
- Standard Test Sample (dog bone)
- Tensile Test Procedure
- Dog bone is created to test specifications
- Dog bone is secured in tester
- Tensile Test Procedure
- A tension force (F) is applied to the dog bone until failure occurs.
- Simultaneously the applied tension force (F) and dog bone elongation (δ) are recorded.
- A plot is created from the stored load elongation data.
- Tensile Test Data
- Load-elongation results are dependent upon sample size.
- Tensile Test Data
- To eliminate test results based on sample size, calculate sample stress.
- Divide load (F) by the original test sample cross-sectional area (A0).
- Stress is load per unit area.
- To eliminate test results based on sample size, calculate sample stress.
- Tensile Test Data
- Manipulating Elongation Results
- To eliminate test results based on sample size, calculate sample strain.
- Strain () - the amount of stretch per unit length
- Elongation () under load divided by the original Length (L0)
- To eliminate test results based on sample size, calculate sample strain.
- Manipulating Elongation Results
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Initial response is linear.
- Stress and strain are proportional to one another.
- Elastic Range
- Proportional Limit (The stress at which proportionality ceases)
- Stress and strain are proportional to one another.
- Initial response is linear.
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Modulus of Elasticity (E)
- The proportional constant (ratio of stress and strain)
- A measure of stiffness—The ability of a material to resist stretching when loaded
- An inherent property of a given material
- If the load is removed, the test sample will return to its original length.
- The response is elastic or recoverable
- Modulus of Elasticity (E)
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Elastic Limit
- Uppermost stress of elastic behavior
- Elastic and proportional limit are almost identical, with the elastic limit being slightly higher.
- Elastic Limit
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Resilience
- The amount of energy per unit volume that a material can absorb while in the elastic range
- Area under the stress-strain curve
- Resilience
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Yield Point
- When the elastic limit is exceeded
- A very small increase in stress produces a much greater strain.
- Most materials do not have a well-defined yield point.
- Yield Point
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Offset Yield Strength
- Defines the stress required to produce a tolerable amount of permanent strain
- Common value is 0.2%
- Offset Yield Strength
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Plastic Deformation
- Unrecoverable elongation beyond the elastic limit
- When the load is removed, only the elastic deformation will be recovered.
- Plastic Deformation
- Tensile Test—Strength Properties
- Plastic deformation represents failure.
- Part dimensions will now be outside of allowable tolerances.
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Test sample elongation
- Cross-sectional area decreases
- Load bearing ability increases
- The material is getting stronger
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- New weakest point is stretched and becomes stronger, and so on
- This keeps occurring until the decrease in area overcomes the increase in strength
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Tensile Strength
- Load bearing ability peaks
- Force required to continue straining the test sample decreases
- Weakest location at the peak continues to decrease in area—Necking
- Tensile Strength
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Failure
- If continued force is applied, necking will continue until fracture occurs
- Ductility
- Amount of plasticity before fracture.
- The greater the ductility, the more a material can be deformed.
- Failure
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Brittleness
- Material failure with little or no ductility
- Lack of ductility, not lack of strength
- Brittleness
- Tensile Test—Stress-Strain Curve
- Toughness
- Work per unit volume required to fracture a material
- Total area under the stress-strain curve from test initiation to fracture (both strength and ductility)
- Toughness
- Compression Test
- Stress and strain relationships are similar to tension tests—elastic and plastic behavior
- Test samples must have large cross-sectional area to resist bending and buckling
- Material strengthens by stretching laterally and increasing its cross-sectional area
- Hardness Testing
- Resistance to permanent deformation
- Resistance to scratching, wear, cutting or drilling, and elastic rebound
- Hardness Testing
- Brinell Hardness Test
- A tungsten carbide ball is held with a 500 lb force for 15 sec into the material.
- The resulting crater is measured and compared
- Brinell Hardness Test
- Hardness Testing
- Rockwell Test
- A small diamond-tipped cone is forced into the test sample by a predetermined load.
- Depth of penetration is measured and compared.
- Rockwell Test
Forces in Trusses
- Forces:
- Compression: A body being squeezed.
- Tension: A body being stretched.
- Truss
- A truss is composed of slender members joined together at their end points.
- Simple Truss
- A simple truss is composed of triangles, which will retain their shape even when removed from supports.
- Pinned and Roller Supports
- A pinned support can support a structure in two dimensions.
- A roller support can support a structure in only one dimension.
- Solving Truss Forces
- Assumptions:
- All members are perfectly straight.
- All loads are applied at the joints.
- All joints are pinned and frictionless.
- Each member has no weight.
- Members can only experience tension or compression forces.
- Assumptions:
- Static Determinacy
- A statically determinate structure is one that can be mathematically solved.
- J = Number of Joints
- M = Number of Members
- R = Number of Reactions
- Statically Determinate
- A truss is considered statically determinate when the static equilibrium equations can be used to find the reactions on that structure.
- Equilibrium Equations
- The sum of the moments about a given point is zero.
- The sum of the forces in the x-direction is zero.
- The sum of the forces in the y-direction is zero.
- Using Moments to Find RCY
- A force that causes a clockwise moment is a negative moment.
- A force that causes a counterclockwise moment is positive moment.
- Method of Joints
- Use cosine and sine to determine x and y vector components.
- Assume all members to be in tension.
- Method of Joints
- Method of Joints
Moments
- Moment: The moment of a force is a measure of the tendency of the force to rotate the body upon which it acts.
- Terminology: The distance must be perpendicular to the force.
- Moments Formula:
- Units for Moments:
- English Customary: Pound force (lbf) x Foot (ft) = lbf-ft
- SI: Newton (N) x Meter (m) = N-m
- Rotation Direction:
- In order to add moments, it is important to know if the direction is clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW).
- CCW is positive
- CW is negative
- In order to add moments, it is important to know if the direction is clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW).
- Right-Hand Rule:
- Curl your fingers to match the direction of rotation.
- Thumb is pointing . . .
- Up = Positive
- Down = Negative
- Toward You = Positive
- Away from You = Negative
- What is Equilibrium?
- The state of a body or physical system with an unchanging rotational motion.
- Two cases for that condition:
- Object is not rotating OR
- Object is spinning at a constant speed
- In either case rotation forces are balanced: The sum of all moments about any point or axis is zero.
- The state of a body or physical system with an unchanging rotational motion.
Force Vectors
Vectors:
- Have both a magnitude and direction
- Examples: Position, force, moment
- Vector Quantities
- Have both a magnitude and direction
Illustrating Vectors:
- Vectors are represented by arrows
- Include magnitude, direction, and sense
- Vectors are represented by arrows
Sense:
- Indicated by the direction of the tip of the arrow
Trigonometry Review:
- Right Triangle
- A triangle with a 90° angle
- Sum of all interior angles = 180°
- Pythagorean Theorem:
- Right Triangle
Trigonometry Review:
Trigonometry Application:
- The hypotenuse is the Magnitude of the Force, F
- In the figure here, The adjacent side is the x-component, Fx
- The opposite side is the y-component, Fy
Trigonometry Application:
Resultant Force:
- Draw the resultant force (FR)