Glossary of mechanical engineering

A

Accelerated life testing –

Acceleration –

Accelerometer –

Accuracy and precision –

Ackermann steering geometry –

Acoustic droplet ejection–

Actual mechanical advantage –

Aerodynamics –

Agitator (device) –

Air handler –

Air conditioner –

Air preheater –

Airflow –

Allowance –

American Machinists' Handbook –

American Society of Mechanical Engineers –

Ampere –

Applied mechanics –

Archimedes' screw –

Artificial intelligence –

Assembly drawing –

Automaton clock –

Automobile –

Automotive engineering –

Axle –

Air Compressor

B

Backlash –

Balancing machine –

Beale Number –

Bearing –

Bearing pressure –

Belt –

Belt friction –

Bending –

Biomechatronics –

Bogie –

Brittle –

Buckling –

Bus--

Bushing –

Boilers & boiler systems

BIW--

C

CAD –

CAM –

CAID –

Calculator –

Calculus –

Car handling –

Carbon fiber –

Classical mechanics –

Clean room design –

Clock –

Clutch –

CNC –

Coefficient of thermal expansion –

Coil spring –

Combustion –

Composite material –

Compression ratio –

Compressive strength –

Computational fluid dynamics –

Computer –

Computer-aided design –

Computer-aided industrial design –

Computer-numerically controlled –

Conservation of mass –

Constant-velocity joint –

Constraint –

Continuum mechanics –

Control theory –

Corrosion –

Cotter pin –

Crankshaft –

Cybernetics –

D

Damping –

Deformation (engineering) –

Delamination –

Design –

Design for manufacturability –

Diesel Engine –

Differential –

Dimensionless number –

Diode –

Diode laser –

Drafting –

Drifting –

Driveshaft –

Dynamics –

Dynamometer –

E

Elasticity –

Electric motor –

Electrical engineering –

Electrical circuit –

Electrical network –

Electromagnetism –

Electronic circuit –

Electronics –

Energy –

Engine –

Engineering –

Engineering cybernetics –

Engineering drawing –

Engineering economics –

Engineering ethics –

Engineering management –

Engineering society –

Exploratory engineering –

F

Fits and tolerances -

Factor of safety –

False precision –

Fast fracture –

Fatigue –

Fillet –

Finite element analysis –

Fluid mechanics –

Flywheel –

Force –

Force density –

Four-bar linkage –

Four-stroke cycle –

Four wheel drive –

Friction –

Front wheel drive –

Fundamentals of Engineering exam –

Fusible plug –

Fusion Deposition Modelling –

Forging--

Fluid mechanics--

G

Gas compressor –

Gauge –

Gear –

Gear coupling –

Gear ratio –

Granular material –

H

Heat engine –

Heat transfer –

Heating and cooling systems –

Hinge –

Hooke's law –

Hotchkiss drive –

HVAC –

Hydraulics –

Hydrostatics –

I

Ideal machine –

Ideal mechanical advantage –

Imperial College London –

Inclined plane –

Independent suspension –

Inductor –

Industrial engineering –

Inertia –

Institution of Mechanical Engineers –

Instrumentation –

Integrated circuit –

Invention –

J

Joule –

K

Kelvin –

Kinematic determinacy –

Kinematics –

L

Laser –

Leaf spring –

Lever –

Liability –

Life cycle cost analysis –

Limit state design –

Linkage –

Live axle –

Load transfer –

Locomotive –

Lubrication –

M

Machine –

Machine learning –

Magnetic circuit –

Margin of safety –

Mass transfer –

Materials –

Materials engineering –

Material selection –

Mechanical advantage –

Mechanical Biological Treatment –

Mechanical efficiency –

Mechanical engineering –

Mechanical equilibrium –

Mechanical work –

Mechanics –

Mechanochemistry –

Mechanosynthesis –

Mechatronics –

Microelectromechanical systems –

Micromachinery –

Microprocessor –

Microtechnology –

Modulus of rigidity--

Molecular assembler –

Molecular nanotechnology –

Moment –

Moment of inertia –

Motorcycle –

Multi-link suspension

N

Nanotechnology –

Normal stress –

Nozzle –

O

Orientation

Overdrive –

Oversteer –

P

Pascal (unit) –

Physics –

Pinion –

Piston –

Pitch drop experiment –

Plasma processing –

Plasticity –

Pneumatics –

Poisson's ratio –

Position vector –

Potential difference –

Power –

Power stroke –

Pressure –

Prime mover –

Process control –

Product Lifecycle Management –

Professional Engineer –

Project management –

Pulley –

Pump –

Q

Quality –

Quality control--

Quality assurance

R

Rack and pinion –

Rack railway –

Railcar –

Rail gauge –

Railroad car –

Railroad switch –

Rail tracks –

Reaction kinetics –

Rear wheel drive –

Refrigeration –

Reliability engineering –

Relief valve –

RepRap Project –

Resistive force –

Resistor –

Reverse engineering –

Rheology –

Rigid body –

Robotics –

Roller chain –

Rolling –

Rotordynamics –

S

Safety engineering –

Screw theory –

Seal –

Semiconductor –

Series and parallel circuits –

Shear force diagrams –

Shear pin –

Shear strength –

Shear stress –

Simple machine –

Simulation –

Slide rule –

Society of Automotive Engineers –

Solid mechanics –

Solid modeling –

Sprung mass –

Statics –

Steering –

Steam Systems –

Stress-strain curve –

Structural failure –

Student Design Competition –

Surveying –

Suspension –

Switch –

T

Technical drawing –

Technology –

Tensile strength –

Tensile stress –

Testing Adjusting Balancing –

Theory of elasticity –

Thermodynamics –

Toe –

Torque –

Torsion beam suspension –

Torsion spring –

Toughness –

Track gauge –

Transmission –

Truck –

Truck (railway) –

Turbine –

Tribology –

Touch screen –

tear –

Tire manufacturing--

U

Understeer –

Unibody –

Unsprung weight –

V

Verification and Validation –

Valve –

Vector –

Vertical strength –

Viscosity –

Volt –

Vibration –

Velocity diagrams –

W

Wear –

Wedge –

Weight transfer –

Wheel –

Wheel and axle –

Wheelset –

X

X bar charts

Y

Yield strength –

Young's modulus –

Z

Zero Defects

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics