Index of mechanical engineering articles explained

This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to mechanical engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, please see List of engineering topics. For biographies please see List of engineers.

A

AccelerationAccuracy and precision –Actual mechanical advantage –AerodynamicsAgitator (device)Air handler –Air conditioner –Air preheaterAllowanceAmerican Machinists' HandbookAmerican Society of Mechanical EngineersAmpereApplied mechanics –Antifriction –Archimedes' screw –Artificial intelligence –Automaton clock –Automobile –Automotive engineeringAxleAir Compressor

B

Backlash –Balancing –Beale NumberBearingBelt (mechanical)BendingBiomechatronicsBogie –Brittle –BucklingBus--BushingBoilers & boiler systemsBIW--

C

CADCAMCAIDCalculatorCalculus –Car handling –Carbon fiber –Classical mechanics –Clean room design –ClockClutch –CNC –Coefficient of thermal expansion –Coil springCombustionComposite materialCompression ratioCompressive strengthComputational fluid dynamicsComputerComputer-aided designComputer-aided industrial design –Computer-numerically controlled –Conservation of massConstant-velocity joint –Constraint –Continuum mechanicsControl theoryCorrosionCotter pinCrankshaftCybernetics

D

Damping ratio –Deformation (engineering)DelaminationDesignDiesel Engine –Differential –Dimensionless number –Diode –Diode laser –DraftingDrifting –Driveshaft –Dynamics –Design for Manufacturability for CNC machining –

E

ElasticityElasticity tensor -Electric motorElectrical engineering –Electrical circuit –Electrical networkElectromagnetismElectronic circuitElectronicsEnergyEngineEngineeringEngineering cyberneticsEngineering drawingEngineering economicsEngineering ethicsEngineering management –Engineering society –Exploratory engineering

F

(Fits and tolerances)---Factor of safetyFalse precisionFast fractureFatigueFillet –Finite element analysis –Fluid mechanicsFlywheelForceForce density –Four-stroke cycle –Four wheel driveFriction –Front wheel drive –Fundamentals of Engineering examFusible plug –Fusion Deposition Modelling – forging

G

Gas compressor –Gauge –Gauge (engineering) –Gauge, rail –Gear –Gear coupling –Gear ratio –Granular material

H

Heat engineHeat transfer –Heating and cooling systems –HingeHooke's lawHotchkiss drive –HVAC –HydraulicsHydrostatics

I

Ideal machine –Ideal mechanical advantage –Imperial College LondonInclined planeIndependent suspensionInductorIndustrial engineeringInertiaInstitution of Mechanical EngineersInstrumentationIntegrated circuitInvention

J

Joule – Junction

K

KelvinKinematic determinacyKinematics

L

LaserLeaf springLeverLiability –Life cycle cost analysis –Limit state design –Live axle –Load transfer –LocomotiveLubrication

M

MachineMachine learningMagnetic circuitMargin of safetyMass transferMaterials –Materials engineering –Material selectionMechanical advantageMechanical Biological TreatmentMechanical efficiencyMechanical engineeringMechanical equilibrium –Mechanical work –MechanicsMechanochemistryMechanosynthesisMechatronicsMicromachineryMicroprocessorMicrotechnology –modulus of rigidity--Molecular assemblerMolecular nanotechnologyMomentMoment of inertiaMotorcycleMulti-link suspension

N

Nanotechnology –Normal stress –Nozzle

O

(orientation)--Overdrive –Oversteer –

P

Pascal (unit)PhysicsPinionPistonPitch drop experimentPlasma processingPlasticityPneumaticsPoisson's ratio –Position vector –Potential difference –Power –Power stroke –Pressure –Prime mover –Process control –Product Lifecycle Management –Professional Engineer –Project managementPulleyPump

Q

QualityQuality control--quality assurance

R

Rack and pinionRack railwayRailcar –Rail gauge –Railroad carRailroad switch –Rail tracks –Reaction kinetics –Rear wheel drive –RefrigerationReliability engineeringRelief valve –RepRap Project –Resistive forceResistorReverse engineeringRheologyRigid bodyRoboticsRoller chainRollingRotordynamics

S

Safety engineeringScrew theorySealSemiconductorSeries and parallel circuitsShear force diagrams –Shear pinShear strengthShear stressSimple machineSimulationSix-stroke engineSlide rule –Society of Automotive Engineers –Solid mechanicsSolid modelingSprung massStaticsSteeringSteam Systems –Stress–strain curve –Structural failure –Student Design CompetitionSurveying –Suspension –Switch

T

Technical drawingTechnology –Tensile strength –Tensile stress –Testing Adjusting Balancing –Theory of elasticity –ThermodynamicsToeTorque –Torsion beam suspension –Torsion springToughnessTramway track –Transmission –TruckTruck (railway)TurbineTribology –touch screen – tearTire manufacturing--

U

Understeer –Unibody –Unsprung weight –

V

Verification and ValidationValve –Vector –Vertical strength –ViscosityVoltVibration –Velocity diagrams –

W

Weapon -Wear –Wedge –Weight transferWheelWheel and axle –Wheelset –

X

x bar charts

Y

Yield (strength)Young's modulus

Z

Zeroth law of thermodynamics