Engineering

Articles about engineering disciplines, systems and applied design.

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Insulation

Insulation: materials, purposes, history and applications

Interdisciplinarity

Intermittent energy source

Internal combustion engine

Internal combustion engine

Interpreter (computing)

Interpreter (computing): definition, design, history, and uses

Irrigation

Jack (tool)

Jacquard loom

Jacquard loom: programmable mechanism for patterned textiles

Jet engine

Jet engine: principles, types, history and uses

Job Control Language

Joinery

Kariba Dam

Kettle

Kiln

Kiln: insulated high‑temperature chamber for firing, drying, and processing materials

Kingda Ka

Kingda Ka — strata coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure

KISS principle

KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

Krishnagiri Dam

Krishnagiri Dam (Krishnagiri Reservoir Project)

La Salle Street Bridge (Chicago, Illinois)

La Salle Street Bridge (Marshall Suloway Bridge), Chicago

Landing zone

Landing zone (helicopter and VTOL operations)

Lanyard

Latency

Latency (engineering and computing)

Lathe

Lathe

Lead acid battery

Leaf spring

Leaf spring (vehicle suspension)

Lift Coefficient

Lift coefficient (C_L): definition, behavior, and uses

Lightning rod

Lightweight

Lightweight: meanings across materials, design, sports, and computing

Link (unit)

Link (unit of length)

Load following power plant

Load-following power plant

Longitudinal engine

Lubrication

Machinist

Machinist: Skilled metalworker and CNC operator

Manufacturing

Manufacturing: processes, history, and modern practices

Manufacturing engineering

Maraging Steel

Marine Engineering

Marine engineering: design, systems, and shipboard operation

Material fracture

Mechanical advantage

Mechanical bull

Mechanical engineering

Mechanician

Mechanician (specialist in mechanics and applied engineering)

Mechatronics engineering

Metallurgy

Metallurgy: science and engineering of metals and alloys

Metalspinning

Metalspinning

Metalworking

Metalworking: processes, materials, history and applications

Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture: design and organization of processor hardware

Micrograph

Micrograph: Photomicrography and Microscopic Imaging

Mid-engine design

Mid-engine layout: design, benefits, and applications