Advanced   Some of the articles may contains words that those outside of the engineering world might not be too familiar with. Here are the words that are used throughout this issue. 101 . Inertia The tendency of an object in motion to stay in motion; the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest. Found in Curveballs and Knuckleballs: Engineering Principles at Work in America's Favorite Pastime . View Article 102 . Inertial Space A spatial reference frame where dynamical motion and temporal measurements can be made to distinguish uniform motion from accelerated motion. Found in Dynamic Soaring . View Article 103 . Infiltration The process of water soaking into the soil. Found in The Spiritual Powers of Engineering . View Article 104 . Infrared Radiation situated outside the visible spectrum at its red end, having a wavelength between about 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter. Found in Immersed in Reality . View Article 105 . Ischemic A type of wound that causes reduced blood flow to surrounding tissue. Found in Medical MacGyvers . View Article 106 . Kinetic Energy The energy possessed by a body due to its motion. Found in Roller Coasters . View Article 107 . KV/cm Kilovolts per centimeter. The standard SI unit of the electric field is volts per meter (V/m). Found in UPSET: Triggering Natural Cell Death in Cancer . View Article 108 . Laminated rubber bearing A base isolator composed of several alternating elastomeric sheets and steel plates “glued” together between a top and bottom plate (Sackman et al 1). Found in Base Isolation . View Article 109 . Lead-core rubber bearing LRB with a lead shaft in the center to aid in damping (Samali 1357). Found in Base Isolation . View Article 110 . Longitudinal wave Where the variation of the field is partially or totally in the direction of propagation. Examples include sound waves and Langmuir waves. Contrasted with transverse where the variation is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, such as light wave. Found in Engineering Rock and Roll: A Casual Introduction to Signal Processing . View Article   Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Next

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