Week #1: Overview of Course, Numbers & Units
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:52 am
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: A hard copy of this document will be provided to you in class.
Dimensional Analysis, Unity Fractions This is a very important topic for calculations. Several examples will be worked through in class during the first few weeks of the course.
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?
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: A hard copy of this document will be provided to you in class.
Dimensional Analysis, Unity Fractions This is a very important topic for calculations. Several examples will be worked through in class during the first few weeks of the course.
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?