Engineering Science Flashcards
What are the 2 types of electronic control?
- closed loop
- open loop
Description of open loop control:
Everything is manual.
eg. a tap - you have to turn it on and off.
Description of closed loop manual control:
It will carry out an operation but you have to adjust it to your preferred settings.
eg. shower - turn it out and adjust temperature to your preference, then turn it off when finished.
Description of closed loop automatic control:
Set it to do something and it will constantly adjust to carry it out.
eg. fridge - set the temperature and it keeps it the same.
In transistor questions always remember to subtract what from the base voltage?
saturation voltage
- 0.7v bipolar transistor
- 1.4v MOSFET
What is group air?
This is when a pneumatic circuit is split into sections which can be isolated with an additional 5/2 valve.
What is an energy audit diagram?
A universal systems diagram with values instead eg. input = 36W power, output = 24W power, 67% efficieny
In a voltage divider Vout is the same as V1 or V2?
V2
If the LDR is at the top of the voltage divider it detects
light. At bottom it detects dark.
3 advantages of electronic control of pneumatic systems:
- electronic signals are faster
- signals travel further than pneumatic ones
- electronic components are smaller
3 types of coupling:
- flange (2 plates bolted together)
- muff ( casing over 2 shafts)
- universal joint
What are bush bearings?
A surface made of a soft material to reduce friction and wear.
2 types of clutch are:
- friction clutch
- dog clutch
Example of class 1 lever:
see-saw or crowbar
Example of class 2 lever:
wheel-barrow
Example of class 3 lever:
tweezers
efficiency of a mechanism =
Mechanical Advantage (MA) =
Velocity Ratio (VR) =
MA / VR x 100%
load / effort
d of effort / d of load or input speed / output speed
What is torque?
Amount of turning cause by a force.
Difference between torque and a moment:
Torque is a moving force, a moment is a static force.
How to solve a uniformly distributed load question:
Take the force and concentrate it over the centre of the area it covers eg.
2kN/m over 2m from pivot = 4kN at 1m from pivot
What property of materials does Young’s Modulus determine?
Stiffness, greater the modulus the greater the stiffness. Stiffness is resistance to buckling under compression.
Factors affecting a factor of safety:
- max. load
- type of load
- reliability of material
- consequences of failure
Current gain of a Darlington pair:
hfe total = hfe1 x hfe2
If current or voltage is too large for a transistor then the transistor can be used to drive a
relay.