Week #1: 1/27 Overview of Course, Numbers & Units

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This week we will begin the class with creating accounts on these CSET Forums. If you already have an account, your username and password are the same as your last login. If you do not have an account, you will have the opportunity to create one.

We can perform an overview of the course and an introduction to hydraulic and pneumatic systems from the comparison tutorial below.
Comparing Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Now...a bit about numbers....


The links below are used to support the material covered in the first few weeks of class on numbers, units and conversions.

Scientific and Engineering Notation

Scientific Notation from MathIsFun.com . Check out the practice problems at the end.

Scientific and Engineering Notations pdf or download here:

Scientific & Engineering Notation.pdf

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Dimensional Analysis, Unity Fractions

YouTube Video on Scientific and Engineering Notation

Conversion of Units in the Metric System and and Measuring Length in the Metric System

Machinists Measure of Thousandths & Millionths




Online Conversion of "just about anything to anything". OnlineConversion.com.

Some additional links:

How Small is a Millionth of an Inch?