Precast concrete, 565
Premultiplier matrix, 608
Present worth (PW), 663 – 664, 672 – 674
decisions based on analysis, 672 – 674
future amount, 663
series payment, 663 – 664
Presentation, design process, 46 – 48
Pressure, 269 – 281. See alsoVapor pressure
absolute, 275 – 276
atmospheric, 273 – 275
blood, 277
buoyancy, 271
fluids and, 270 – 273, 277– 280
force acting over an area, 269 – 281
gauge, 275 – 276
hydraulic systems, 277– 280
hydrostatics, 270
importance of in engineering, 270
Pascal’s law, 270 – 273
stress and, 280 – 281
units of, 269 – 270, 273 – 275
vacuum, 275
vapor, 276 – 277
Prestressed concrete, 565 –566
Primary battery cell, 347
Primitive area, 175
Primitives, solid modeling, 524, 526
Principles and Practice of
Engineering Exam, 16
Probability, 634 – 635, 643 – 650
distribution (normal), 643 – 650
Excel used for, 645 – 648
outcome, 634
population (data points), 635
random experiments, 634
relative frequency, 634 – 635
standard normal distribution, 645 – 648
Product or service, recognizing need for, 42
Progress reports, 97
Project planning, 50 –51
Project scheduling for design process, 61– 62
Pumps, efficiency of, 388 – 389
Pythagorean relations, 166 –168Q
Queuing, 242R
R-value (factor), 320 – 322, 324 – 325
Radians () as a ratio of two lengths, 171
Radians per second (rad /s), unit of, 222
Radiation, 327– 328, 399 – 400
diffuse, 399
direct, 399
heat transfer by, 327– 328
solar, 399 – 400
Random errors, 638
Random experiments, probability, 634Ranges, 421– 422, 466 – 467
Excel cells, 421– 422
MATLAB data, 466 – 467
Rankine (°R), unit of, 135 –136, 313 – 315
Rate of change, 616
Reaction forces, 266 – 267, 291– 292
Real roots, polynomial functions, 599
Recommendations, technical reports, 98
References, technical reports, 100
Refrigeration systems, efficiency of, 389 – 393
Registered professional engineer (PE), 15
Rehearse timing, PowerPoint, 101
Reinforced concrete, 565
Relational operators, 433 – 434, 475 – 476
Excel functions, 433 – 434
MATLAB functions, 475 – 476
Relative frequency, probability, 634 – 635
Relative reference, Excel, 426 – 427
Removed section views, 520
Research and preparation, design process, 43
Resistivity, seeElectrical resistivity
Resistors, 356 – 359
parallel circuit connections, 358 – 359
potentiometers, 356 – 357
series circuit connections, 356 – 358
Resize tool, MATLAB, 462 – 463
Results, discussion of in technical reports, 98
Revolutions per minute (rpm), unit of, 222
Roller and pin support, 266
Roman numerals as mathematical symbols,
586 –587
Rotated section views, 519
Rotational motion, 221– 224, 236 – 239
angular acceleration, 223 – 224
angular (rotational) speeds, 221– 222
mass moment of inertia, 236 – 239
Rows, 419 – 420, 422, 606
header, Excel, 419 – 420
inserting in Excel, 422
matrix [ ], 442, 606S
Safe Drinking Act, 73
save your_filenamecommand,
MATLAB, 466
Scalar values, 215, 441, 463, 607– 608
Schematic design phase, 51
Seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER), 392
Second (s), unit of, 133, 135 –136
Second moment of area, 185 –190, 281
Secondary battery cell, 347
Sectional drawing views, 517–521
semilog (x,y)command,
MATLAB, 485
Series connections, 348, 356 – 358
Series payments, 663 – 668
future worth (FW), 664 – 668
present worth (PW), 663 – 664Service marks, 64 – 65
Set interceptbox, 448 – 449
Shear modulus, 58, 285 – 288, 556, 558
force and, 285 – 288
material selection and, 58, 556, 558
Shear stress, 280 – 281
Significant digits, 144 –146
Silicon, material selection and, 568
Simple interest, 657– 658
Singular matrix, 613
Skills and presentation of engineering
work, 92
Slide master and transition options,
PowerPoint, 101
Slopes, 590 –592, 597– 600
linear models, 590 –592
nonlinear models, 597– 600
Slug (slug), unit of, 135, 233 – 234, 374
Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE), 13
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
(SHPE), 13
Society of Women Engineers (SWE), 13
Software, seeComputational tools
Software design testing, engineering ethics
and, 119
Softwood, 566
Solar energy, 399 – 405
collector, 400
passive systems, 402 – 402
photovoltaic systems, 403 – 405
radiation from, 399 – 400
units of, 400
water heating systems, 400 – 402
Solid lines, drawings, 509 –510
Solid materials, 554 –555, 561–571
composites, 570 –571
concrete, 564 –566
copper and copper alloys, 562 –563
glasses, 569 –570
iron, 563 –564
lightweight metals, 561–562
material selection and, 561–571
microstructural phase of, 554 –555
plastics, 567–568
silicon, 568
steel, 563 –564
wood, 566 –567
Solid modeling, 521–528, 544 –548
Boeing 777 commercial airplane,
engineering marvel, 544 –548
Boolean operations for, 524, 526
bottom-up, 521–525
computer numerically controlled (CNC)
machines, 521
importance of in engineering, 521
primitives, 524, 526
top-down, 521, 524 –526Index 699
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