Engineering

Articles about engineering disciplines, systems and applied design.

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Stove

Stove (enclosed heating appliance)

Straight-eight engine

Straight-eight engine (inline-eight): design, history and usage

Strength of materials

Strength of materials (mechanics of materials)

Stroke (engine)

Engine stroke: definition, types, and role in internal combustion engines

Structural engineering

Structural engineering: principles, practice, and specializations

Structural load

Supply chain

Supply chain: definition, components, history, uses and challenges

Sweetwater Wind Farm

Switchgear

Synchronization

Synchronization: timing and coordination across systems

Synthetic fuel

Syphon

Systems engineering

Systems engineering: principles, history, methods, and applications

Tailstrike

Technical drawing

Technical drawing (drafting): principles, tools, and applications

Tensile strength

Tensile strength

Terrace farming

Teton Dam

Teton Dam: construction, collapse (1976) and aftermath

Thames Embankment

Thames Embankment

Thermal efficiency

Thermal power plant

Thermal power plant — operation, components, history and uses

Three Gorges Dam

Three-phase electric power

Tidal stream power

Tidal stream power: generating electricity from moving tidal currents

Top Thrill Dragster

Torque converter

Torque converter: fluid coupling and torque-multiplying device

Traction (engineering)

Traction motor

Traction motor: electric drive motors for vehicles and machinery

Tractive effort

Tractive Effort — Locomotive Pulling Force and Its Significance

Transmission

Transverse engine

Transverse engine (transverse-mounted engine layout)

Tsunami protection engineering

Tuned mass damper

Turbine

Turbine

Turbine: principles, types, history and applications

A turbine converts the energy of moving fluids into rotational mechanical power. This article explains how turbines work, their main parts, types (steam, gas, water, wind), history

Turbocharger

Two-stroke engine

Two-stroke engine

A compact overview of the two-stroke internal combustion engine: how it works, key characteristics, history, common uses, advantages and drawbacks, and notable technical variations

Unified Modeling Language

Unified Modeling Language (UML): overview, diagrams, history and uses

United States Army Corps of Engineers

University of Michigan College of Engineering

Utility frequency

Utility frequency (mains frequency of alternating-current power)

V10 engine

V10 engine – design, history and applications

V12 engine

V6 engine

V8 engine

Valve

Vector graphics

Vector graphics: principles, history, and practical uses

Ventilation

Ventilation

Ventilation: Principles, Types, Components, and Applications

Ventilation is the controlled replacement of indoor air with outdoor air to maintain air quality and comfort; systems range from simple openings to complex mechanical installations

Vibration control

Vibration control in buildings and structures