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An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

by Jonathan Wickert
Second Edition, Nelson, A Division of Thomson Cananda, Toronto, 2006

Chapter 2: Problem-Solving and Communication Skills

"In this chapter, we will outline some of the steps that engineers follow when they solve problems and perform calculations in their daily work. Mechanical engineers are fluent with numbers, and they obtain numerical answers to questions that involve a remarkable breadth of variables and physical properties. Some of the quantities that you will encounter in your study of mechanical engineering are force, torque, thermal conductivity, shear stress, fluid viscosity, elastic modulus, kinetic energy, Reynolds number, and specific heat. This list is very long indeed. The only way that you can make sense of so many quantities is to be very clear about them in calculations and when you explain results to others."

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