Engineering
Articles about engineering disciplines, systems and applied design.
Composite material
Composite material: definition, types, history, and applications
Computer architecture
Computer architecture: concepts, components, and design
Computer engineering
Computer-aided design
Concours Advance
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 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 (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
Crown gear
Crown gear: design, history, and uses
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)
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
Deformation
Deformation (mechanics): types, measurement, and applications
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: 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: 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