Course Overview
This course covers basic principles of applied science relevant to the Power Engineering field, with an emphasis on applied mechanics and thermal engineering. Course topics include work, power, and energy, forces and vectors, levers, machines, motion, pulleys and gears, stress and strain, heat energy, steam, combustion, and the gas laws.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
7.0
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Discuss principles of work, power, and energy.
- Describe principles of motion, momentum, and force.
- Describe how energy is converted from one system to another.
- Explain the concepts of heat energy, steam, and combustion.
- Explain the gas laws as applicable to Power Engineering.
- Graph simple algebraic functions.
- Use the fundamental laws of logarithms to solve exponential and logarithmic problems.
- Solve triangles using trigonometry.
- Determine the resultant of two or more vectors.
Effective as of Fall 2008
Related Programs
Applied Science (POWR 2209) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Energy
- Power Engineering (General Program)
Certificate Full-time
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