Engineering

Articles about engineering disciplines, systems and applied design.

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Composite material

Composite material: definition, types, history, and applications

Computer architecture

Computer architecture: concepts, components, and design

Computer engineering

Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design

Concours Advance

Concrete

Concrete

Concrete (construction material)

Concrete is a composite building material of cement, aggregates and water. This article covers composition, types, properties, reinforcement, production, uses, curing, durability a

Connector

Connector (electrical): overview, types, characteristics and uses

Conservatoire national des arts et métiers

Constrictor knot

Constrictor knot: description, tying method, uses and cautions

Construction

Construction worker

Control engineering

Control engineering: foundations, methods, and applications

Control panel (engineering)

Control system

Control system

Control theory

Control theory: overview, concepts, history and applications

Controlled flight into terrain

Converter (metallurgy)

Converter (metallurgy): reactors for turning pig iron into steel

Cooling tower

Cooling tower: industrial heat rejection and evaporative cooling

Copper wire and cable

Copper wire and cable: properties, construction, history and uses

Crane (machine)

Crane (machine)

Crane (lifting machine)

A crane is a machine for lifting and moving heavy loads. This article explains its components, history, common types, uses, and basic safety and operational considerations.

Crankshaft

Crossrail

Crossrail

Crown gear

Crown gear: design, history, and uses

Crumple zone

Crumple zone

Crumple zone (automotive safety feature)

A crumple zone is a vehicle structure designed to deform controllably in a collision to absorb kinetic energy, lengthen deceleration time, and reduce forces transmitted to occupant

Cutter (boat)

Cutter (boat): sailing craft, ship's boat, and official small craft

Cylinder (engine)

Cylinder (engine)

An engine cylinder is the chamber where a piston moves to convert pressure into mechanical work. This article explains parts, layouts, operation, history, and maintenance considera

Dam

Database normalization

Database normalization

Deformation

Deformation (mechanics): types, measurement, and applications

Delta wing

Delta wing

Delta wing — triangular aircraft wing design

A delta wing is a triangular planform used on fixed-wing aircraft, especially supersonic types; it provides structural stiffness, internal volume and distinctive vortex lift behavi

Denison Dam

Desalination

Desalination: Methods, Uses, and Environmental Considerations

Design pattern

Design patterns (software engineering)

Desktop environment

Desktop environment (graphical user interface for personal computers)

Diesel engine

Diesel generator

Diesel-electric

Diesel-electric propulsion systems

Differential (mechanical device)

Digital signal processing

Digital signal processing

Digital signal processing: concepts, techniques, and applications

Digital signal processing (DSP) involves representing, analyzing and manipulating signals in discrete form. It includes sampling, transforms, filtering, compression and application

Dike

Dike (Dyke): definitions, structures, geology, tool, and myth

Direct reduced iron

Displacement

Display resolution

Distributed generation

DIY

DIY (Do It Yourself): practices, history, tools and community

Doping

Doping: materials, athletics, blood, and aircraft lacquer

Drain

Drain: purpose, types, components and maintenance

Drainage

Drainage

Drainage: Principles, Types, History, and Environmental Considerations

Removal of excess surface and subsurface water by natural or engineered means; covers types, components, history, applications in agriculture and urban areas, and environmental imp