Engineering basics
Engineering is applied judgement: making something that works, with real materials, at a price, without hurting anyone. This course covers the ideas shared by every branch before the specialisms split off.
What you'll learn
12 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What engineers doSolving under constraints.
- 02The design processA loop, not a line.
- 03Forces and loadsWhat a structure has to survive.
- 04Stress, strain and materialsWhy the same shape behaves differently in steel and concrete.
- 05StructuresBeams, columns and triangles.
- 06MechanismsLevers, gears and torque.
- 07Electrical basicsCircuits, Ohm and power.
- 08Energy in machinesEfficiency and where the losses go.
- 09Manufacturing and tolerancesNothing is made exactly to size.
- 10Safety factors and failureDesigning for the day it goes wrong.
- 11Testing and standardsProving it rather than believing it.
- 12ResponsibilitySigning your name to it.
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