The document discusses various techniques for economic analysis of alternatives using present worth analysis:
1. Present worth analysis requires converting all cash flows to their present value using the minimum attractive rate of return. Costs are assigned a negative sign and revenues a positive sign.
2. For mutually exclusive alternatives, the alternative with the highest positive present worth is selected. For independent projects, all alternatives with a positive present worth are selected.
3. When alternatives have unequal lives, they must be compared over an equal period of time using either the least common multiple of lives or a specified study period.
4. Capitalized cost analysis is used to evaluate alternatives that have an extremely long useful life and is calculated as the annual
This document provides an overview of engineering economics. It discusses how engineers apply economic principles to make cost-effective decisions when developing solutions to practical problems. Engineering economics involves analyzing cash flows, costs, benefits, and other factors over time to evaluate alternative projects and designs. The concepts of time value of money, interest, cash flows, and economic analysis allow engineers to maximize the efficient use of resources in their decision making.
Engineering Economy discusses evaluating facility investment alternatives. It is important to rationally evaluate projects regarding individual economic feasibility and relative net benefits of mutually exclusive options. A systematic approach includes generating investment options, establishing an analysis period, estimating cash flows, specifying a minimum return rate, establishing an acceptance criterion, conducting sensitivity analysis, and selecting based on the criterion. Present worth analysis compares the net present worth of cash flows to select the optimal alternative over the analysis period. It is important to appropriately handle alternatives with different lifetimes by comparing them over their least common multiple time period.
PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY
1. Develop the Alternatives;
2. Focus on the Differences;
3. Use a Consistent Viewpoint;
4. Use a Common Unit of Measure;
5. Consider All Relevant Criteria;
6. Make Uncertainty Explicit;
7. Revisit Your Decisions
DEVELOP THE ALTERNATIVES
The final choice (decision) is among alternatives. The alternatives need to be identified and then defined for subsequent analysis.
FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENCES
Only the differences in expected future outcomes among the alternatives are relevant to their comparison and should be considered in the decision.
USE A CONSISTENT VIEWPOINT
The prospective outcomes of the alternatives, economic and other, should be consistently developed from a defined viewpoint (perspective).
USE A COMMON UNIT OF MEASURE
Using a common unit of measurement to enumerate as many of the prospective outcomes as possible will make easier the analysis and comparison of alternatives.
CONSIDER ALL RELEVANT CRITERIA
Selection of a preferred alternative (decision making) requires the use of a criterion (or several criteria). The decision process should consider the outcomes enumerated in the monetary unit and those expressed in some other unit of measurement or made explicit in a descriptive manner.
MAKE UNCERTAINTY EXPLICIT
Uncertainty is inherent in projecting (or estimating) the future outcomes of the alternatives and should be recognized in their analysis and comparison.
REVISIT YOUR DECISIONS
Improved decision making results from an adaptive process; to the extent practicable, the initial projected outcomes of the selected alternative should be subsequently compared with actual results achieved.
The document defines and provides examples of different types of annuities. It discusses ordinary annuities, deferred annuities, annuities due, perpetuities, and uniform gradients. Examples are provided to illustrate calculations for present value, future value, payment amounts, and capitalized costs for various annuity scenarios involving lump sums, installments, and perpetual payments over different time periods.
This document contains 20 multiple choice problems related to mechanical engineering. The problems cover topics such as fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and other mechanical engineering principles. They involve calculations related to things like tank volumes, pressure differences, flow rates, heat transfer between substances, and more. The questions provide relevant equations, known values, and ask the reader to determine unknown values or temperatures based on the given information.
This document discusses engineering economic analysis and its relationship to the engineering design process. It describes the seven steps of engineering economic analysis, which includes problem definition, development of alternatives, evaluation of alternatives, and recommendation. It then provides more details on two key steps: developing investment alternatives through techniques like classical brainstorming and the Nominal Group Technique, and evaluating alternatives through discounted cash flow analysis. The overall purpose is to outline the engineering economic analysis procedure and how it assists decision making within the engineering design process.
The document discusses various techniques for economic analysis of alternatives using present worth analysis:
1. Present worth analysis requires converting all cash flows to their present value using the minimum attractive rate of return. Costs are assigned a negative sign and revenues a positive sign.
2. For mutually exclusive alternatives, the alternative with the highest positive present worth is selected. For independent projects, all alternatives with a positive present worth are selected.
3. When alternatives have unequal lives, they must be compared over an equal period of time using either the least common multiple of lives or a specified study period.
4. Capitalized cost analysis is used to evaluate alternatives that have an extremely long useful life and is calculated as the annual
This document provides an overview of engineering economics. It discusses how engineers apply economic principles to make cost-effective decisions when developing solutions to practical problems. Engineering economics involves analyzing cash flows, costs, benefits, and other factors over time to evaluate alternative projects and designs. The concepts of time value of money, interest, cash flows, and economic analysis allow engineers to maximize the efficient use of resources in their decision making.
Engineering Economy discusses evaluating facility investment alternatives. It is important to rationally evaluate projects regarding individual economic feasibility and relative net benefits of mutually exclusive options. A systematic approach includes generating investment options, establishing an analysis period, estimating cash flows, specifying a minimum return rate, establishing an acceptance criterion, conducting sensitivity analysis, and selecting based on the criterion. Present worth analysis compares the net present worth of cash flows to select the optimal alternative over the analysis period. It is important to appropriately handle alternatives with different lifetimes by comparing them over their least common multiple time period.
PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY
1. Develop the Alternatives;
2. Focus on the Differences;
3. Use a Consistent Viewpoint;
4. Use a Common Unit of Measure;
5. Consider All Relevant Criteria;
6. Make Uncertainty Explicit;
7. Revisit Your Decisions
DEVELOP THE ALTERNATIVES
The final choice (decision) is among alternatives. The alternatives need to be identified and then defined for subsequent analysis.
FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENCES
Only the differences in expected future outcomes among the alternatives are relevant to their comparison and should be considered in the decision.
USE A CONSISTENT VIEWPOINT
The prospective outcomes of the alternatives, economic and other, should be consistently developed from a defined viewpoint (perspective).
USE A COMMON UNIT OF MEASURE
Using a common unit of measurement to enumerate as many of the prospective outcomes as possible will make easier the analysis and comparison of alternatives.
CONSIDER ALL RELEVANT CRITERIA
Selection of a preferred alternative (decision making) requires the use of a criterion (or several criteria). The decision process should consider the outcomes enumerated in the monetary unit and those expressed in some other unit of measurement or made explicit in a descriptive manner.
MAKE UNCERTAINTY EXPLICIT
Uncertainty is inherent in projecting (or estimating) the future outcomes of the alternatives and should be recognized in their analysis and comparison.
REVISIT YOUR DECISIONS
Improved decision making results from an adaptive process; to the extent practicable, the initial projected outcomes of the selected alternative should be subsequently compared with actual results achieved.
The document defines and provides examples of different types of annuities. It discusses ordinary annuities, deferred annuities, annuities due, perpetuities, and uniform gradients. Examples are provided to illustrate calculations for present value, future value, payment amounts, and capitalized costs for various annuity scenarios involving lump sums, installments, and perpetual payments over different time periods.
This document contains 20 multiple choice problems related to mechanical engineering. The problems cover topics such as fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and other mechanical engineering principles. They involve calculations related to things like tank volumes, pressure differences, flow rates, heat transfer between substances, and more. The questions provide relevant equations, known values, and ask the reader to determine unknown values or temperatures based on the given information.
This document discusses engineering economic analysis and its relationship to the engineering design process. It describes the seven steps of engineering economic analysis, which includes problem definition, development of alternatives, evaluation of alternatives, and recommendation. It then provides more details on two key steps: developing investment alternatives through techniques like classical brainstorming and the Nominal Group Technique, and evaluating alternatives through discounted cash flow analysis. The overall purpose is to outline the engineering economic analysis procedure and how it assists decision making within the engineering design process.
This document provides information on engineering economics concepts related to cash flow, discount factors, equivalence, nonannual compounding, comparison of alternatives, depreciation, tax considerations, bonds, break-even analysis, inflation, and additional examples. Some key points include:
- Cash flow diagrams present cash flows as arrows on a timeline scaled to the magnitude of the cash flow. Expenses are down arrows and receipts are up arrows.
- Present worth, future worth, annual worth, and uniform gradient factors are used to convert between cash flows occurring at different times.
- Nonannual interest rates are converted to effective annual rates for analysis.
- Alternatives are compared using present worth, capitalized costs,
This document provides an introduction to engineering economy. It discusses the role of engineers in solving problems economically. Engineering economy involves systematically evaluating the economic merits of engineering solutions. The principles of engineering economy include developing alternatives, focusing on differences, using a consistent viewpoint, a common unit of measure, considering all relevant criteria, making risk and uncertainty explicit, and revisiting decisions. Engineering economic analysis and the engineering design process involve similar steps. Spreadsheets are useful for engineering economy calculations due to their structured nature and ability to change parameters and present graphical outputs.
1) Interest is the amount paid for using borrowed money or the income earned from money that has been loaned. Simple interest is calculated using only the principal amount and ignores interest earned in previous periods.
2) Compound interest differs in that the interest earned is added to the principal amount and also earns interest in subsequent periods, allowing the total to grow more quickly over time.
3) Examples show calculations for simple and compound interest rates as well as determining present worth values given future amounts, interest rates, and time periods.
The document discusses the time value of money and interest rates. It defines interest as the manifestation of money's value over time from the perspective of both borrowers and lenders. Compound interest accrues over time as interest is added to the principal. The minimum attractive rate of return (MARR) is the minimum acceptable return used to evaluate investment projects, and is related to the cost of obtaining capital through equity or debt financing. Engineering economy analysis involves assessing cash flows over time using concepts like present and future value, equivalence, interest rates, and the MARR.
- Depreciation is the decrease in value of physical property over time. There are different depreciation methods including straight line and sinking fund.
- Under the straight line method, the loss in value is directly proportional to the age of the property. Depreciation is calculated as (Original Cost - Salvage Value) / Useful Life.
- The sinking fund method assumes funds are set aside each year for replacement of the asset. Depreciation is calculated as (Original Cost - Salvage Value) * Interest Rate / (1 + Interest Rate)^Useful Life - 1.
Introduction to Engineering Economy is about engineering economy &The technological and social environments in which we live continue to change at a rapid rate.
In recent decades, advances in science and engineering have transformed our transportation systems, revolutionized the practice of medicine, and miniaturized electronic circuits so that a computer can be placed on a semiconductor chip.
The document discusses several time value of money concepts:
1) The future worth method calculates the equivalent value of an investment at the end of its period. For example, building a nuclear power plant requires calculating its worth at commercialization.
2) Using the future worth method, investments are accepted if their future worth is positive, rejected if negative, and indifference if zero.
3) The formula for computing future worth considers cash inflows and outflows over the investment period.
4) Bond valuation determines a bond's fair value by calculating the present value of future interest payments and face value at maturity. This yields the required rate of return.
1. The document discusses various methods for analyzing engineering project alternatives using present worth analysis, including analyzing alternatives with equal lives, different lives, and infinite lives.
2. Key methods include using the least common multiple of lives or a specified study period to convert alternatives to equal service for comparison, and calculating the capitalized cost for alternatives with infinite lives.
3. The examples demonstrate how to use these present worth analysis methods to evaluate alternatives, convert cash flows to present worth, and select the alternative with the highest present worth value or lowest capitalized cost.
The document discusses annual worth (AW) analysis and rate of return (ROR) calculations. It defines AW as converting cash flows to an equivalent uniform annual amount over one life cycle. Calculating ROR involves finding the interest rate that sets the present worth of cash flows equal to zero. ROR can be used to evaluate projects by comparing to the minimum acceptable rate of return.
This document discusses shear force and bending moment diagrams (SFD & BMD) for beams under different loading conditions. It defines key terms like shear force, bending moment, sagging and hogging bending moments. It also describes the relationships between applied loads, shear forces and bending moments. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to draw SFDs and BMDs and calculate reactions, shear forces and bending moments at different sections of beams. Points of contraflexure, where the bending moment changes sign, are also identified.
Engineering economics deals with evaluating the costs and benefits of engineering projects over time. It uses time value of money concepts like present and future value to analyze cash flows. Cash flows are summarized in diagrams with costs below and benefits above the time line. Equivalence techniques convert cash flows to a common point in time to compare project alternatives. Present worth analysis discounts all cash flows to the present using a discount rate to determine the net present value of projects.
The document provides information on capital investment problems and cash flows, focusing on factors related to how time and interest affect money. It discusses single payment factors to find the future or present value of a single amount. It also covers uniform series factors to relate the present worth, future worth, or annual equivalent of a uniform series of cash flows. Finally, it examines gradient formulas, including arithmetic gradients where cash flows change by a constant amount each period, and geometric gradients where they change by a constant percentage each period. Formulas and examples are provided for each type of cash flow problem.
- Surveying involves making field measurements on or near the Earth's surface to determine relative positions of points or establish points. It includes preliminary surveys to collect data, layout surveys to define proposed construction locations, and construction surveys to provide line and grade during construction.
- Control surveys establish horizontal and vertical reference points and lines that preliminary and construction surveys are referenced to. Horizontal control may be tied to grid monuments, property lines, or baselines while vertical control uses benchmark elevations from leveling surveys.
- Route surveys initially layout highways as a series of tangents joined by circular curves. Compound curves consist of two or more joining circular arcs between main tangents turning in the same direction. Reverse curves connect lines through
The document discusses decision making as a key responsibility of engineering managers. It defines decision making as identifying and choosing alternative courses of action appropriate to the situation. The document outlines the decision making process as diagnosing problems, analyzing the environment, developing viable alternatives, evaluating alternatives, making a choice, implementing the decision, and evaluating/adapting the results. It also discusses quantitative models that can be used to aid decision making, such as inventory models, queuing theory, network models, forecasting techniques, simulation, linear programming, sampling theory, and statistical decision theory.
1. The background of Fluid Mechanics
2. Fields of Fluid mechanics
3. Introduction and Basic concepts
4. Properties of Fluids
5. Pressure and fluid statics
6. Hydrodynamics
This document lists and describes various types of equipment used in a material testing lab. It includes sieves of different sizes for sieve analysis to determine particle size distribution of aggregates. It also describes a slump cone and procedure for concrete slump testing to measure workability. Other equipment described includes a balance, graduated beaker, calculator, molds, hydrometer, universal testing machine, concrete mixer, pressure gauge, tamping rod, thermometer, internal and external vibrators.
This powerpoint presentation deals mainly about bearing stress, its concept and its applications.
Members:
BARIENTOS, Lei Anne
MARTIREZ, Wilbur
MORIONES, Jan Ebenezer
NERI, Laiza Paulene
Sir Romeo Alastre - MEC32/A1
This document provides an overview of present worth analysis for evaluating competing project alternatives. It discusses how to apply the present worth method to alternatives with equal, unequal, and infinite project lives. Examples are provided to illustrate how to calculate the present worth of each alternative's cash flows and compare their net present worth values to select the optimal choice. The document also covers how to compare multiple alternatives by computing the net present worth for each and choosing the one with the highest value.
This document provides an introduction to strength of materials, including concepts of stress, strain, Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, elastic constants, and factors of safety. It defines key terms like stress, strain, elastic limit, modulus of elasticity, and ductile and brittle material behavior. Examples of stress and strain calculations are provided for basic structural elements like rods, bars, and composite structures. The document also covers compound bars, principle of superposition, and effects of temperature changes.
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name____________________.docxendawalling
The document is a math exam for Math 141. It contains 14 multi-part questions testing a variety of math concepts including factoring, functions, inequalities, sequences, series, logarithms, and optimization problems. Students must show their work, box their answers, and use scientific calculators. The exam covers domains, ranges, increasing/decreasing intervals, relative and absolute extrema of functions, zeros, asymptotes, graphing, rational zeros of polynomials, solving inequalities, volumes of boxes, sums of sequences and series, and solving word problems involving rectangles and rates of change.
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name____________________.docxwkyra78
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name:_____________________________
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS ONLY! YOU MUST SHOW WORK FOR CREDIT!!! BOX ANSWERS!
1. [6 ea] Factor completely; simplify.
a) 12𝑥
!
" − 5𝑥
#
" − 2 b)3(4𝑥 + 5)! − 2(4𝑥 + 5) − 1
2. [4 each (a-e)] Approximate if necessary. For the given function , find/determine:
a) Domain: Range:
b) On what interval(s) is 𝑓:
i) Increasing:
ii) Decreasing:
c) ______ when ______.
d) Find any relative extrema (tell me if you have a max or min, what it is, and where it is):
e) Find any absolute extrema (tell me if you have a max or min, what it is, and where it is):
f) [2] Is 𝑓 even, odd , or neither? g) [4] What is the end behavior?
h)[4] What are the x and y- intercepts?
( )f x
( )2f - = ( ) 4f x = x =
3. [8 pts] a) Graph the function 4. [1 ea] Given 𝑔(𝑥) = −"
!
|𝑥 + 3| − 1
𝑓(𝑥) = /
2 − 𝑥, −3 ≤ 𝑥 < 1
𝑥! − 2𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 > 1
. Label 3+ points. Explain how the graph of 𝑔(𝑥) is obtained from the graph
𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥|. (Hint: four actions=transformations)
a)
b)
c)
d)
5. [8;6] Given that
𝑓(𝑥) = #
$
, ℎ(𝑥) = log(𝑥 + 1) , 𝑗(𝑥) = !
$%"
, 𝑔(𝑥) = √𝑥 − 10
find the following and their DOMAINS. Use Interval Notation! and simplify the function when possible.
a) b)
6. [14 pts] Given 𝑅(𝑥) = &$
$#%$%"!
find:
a) Zero(s):
b) Vertical Asymptote(s):
c) Horizontal OR Slant Asymptote: d) Sketch . You do not need
specific values except for zero(s) and
asymptote. The shape needs be accurate!!!
j! f( ) x( ) ( )
( )
h x
g x
( )R x
y-
( )R xx
7. [9] Let 𝑝(𝑥) = 2𝑥' − 9𝑥! + 7.
a) List all possible rational zeros.
b) Find the remaining zeros of if one zero is −1.
8) [8] Solve the inequality 𝑥& + 2𝑥! − 3𝑥 > 0. Graph the solution on a number line and state the solutions in interval
notation.
9. [8 pts] A box with an open top is to be constructed from a rectangular piece of cardboard with dimensions inches
by inches by cutting out equal squares of side at each corner and then folding up the sides as in the figure.
Express the volume of the box as a function of and simplify completely.
( )p x
8
20 x
V x
x
x
10. [10 pts] Find for 𝑓(𝑥) = !
"#$
. Simplify!
11. [9 pts] Solve - use “zones” or sign-chart. Graph solution and express in Interval Notation.
%
"&'
≥ (
"&)
12. [8 pts] A landscape engineer has 200 feet of border to enclose a rectangular pond. What dimensions will result in the
largest pond?
( ) ( )f x h f x
h
+ -
13. a) [4 pts] Express in terms o
This document provides information on engineering economics concepts related to cash flow, discount factors, equivalence, nonannual compounding, comparison of alternatives, depreciation, tax considerations, bonds, break-even analysis, inflation, and additional examples. Some key points include:
- Cash flow diagrams present cash flows as arrows on a timeline scaled to the magnitude of the cash flow. Expenses are down arrows and receipts are up arrows.
- Present worth, future worth, annual worth, and uniform gradient factors are used to convert between cash flows occurring at different times.
- Nonannual interest rates are converted to effective annual rates for analysis.
- Alternatives are compared using present worth, capitalized costs,
This document provides an introduction to engineering economy. It discusses the role of engineers in solving problems economically. Engineering economy involves systematically evaluating the economic merits of engineering solutions. The principles of engineering economy include developing alternatives, focusing on differences, using a consistent viewpoint, a common unit of measure, considering all relevant criteria, making risk and uncertainty explicit, and revisiting decisions. Engineering economic analysis and the engineering design process involve similar steps. Spreadsheets are useful for engineering economy calculations due to their structured nature and ability to change parameters and present graphical outputs.
1) Interest is the amount paid for using borrowed money or the income earned from money that has been loaned. Simple interest is calculated using only the principal amount and ignores interest earned in previous periods.
2) Compound interest differs in that the interest earned is added to the principal amount and also earns interest in subsequent periods, allowing the total to grow more quickly over time.
3) Examples show calculations for simple and compound interest rates as well as determining present worth values given future amounts, interest rates, and time periods.
The document discusses the time value of money and interest rates. It defines interest as the manifestation of money's value over time from the perspective of both borrowers and lenders. Compound interest accrues over time as interest is added to the principal. The minimum attractive rate of return (MARR) is the minimum acceptable return used to evaluate investment projects, and is related to the cost of obtaining capital through equity or debt financing. Engineering economy analysis involves assessing cash flows over time using concepts like present and future value, equivalence, interest rates, and the MARR.
- Depreciation is the decrease in value of physical property over time. There are different depreciation methods including straight line and sinking fund.
- Under the straight line method, the loss in value is directly proportional to the age of the property. Depreciation is calculated as (Original Cost - Salvage Value) / Useful Life.
- The sinking fund method assumes funds are set aside each year for replacement of the asset. Depreciation is calculated as (Original Cost - Salvage Value) * Interest Rate / (1 + Interest Rate)^Useful Life - 1.
Introduction to Engineering Economy is about engineering economy &The technological and social environments in which we live continue to change at a rapid rate.
In recent decades, advances in science and engineering have transformed our transportation systems, revolutionized the practice of medicine, and miniaturized electronic circuits so that a computer can be placed on a semiconductor chip.
The document discusses several time value of money concepts:
1) The future worth method calculates the equivalent value of an investment at the end of its period. For example, building a nuclear power plant requires calculating its worth at commercialization.
2) Using the future worth method, investments are accepted if their future worth is positive, rejected if negative, and indifference if zero.
3) The formula for computing future worth considers cash inflows and outflows over the investment period.
4) Bond valuation determines a bond's fair value by calculating the present value of future interest payments and face value at maturity. This yields the required rate of return.
1. The document discusses various methods for analyzing engineering project alternatives using present worth analysis, including analyzing alternatives with equal lives, different lives, and infinite lives.
2. Key methods include using the least common multiple of lives or a specified study period to convert alternatives to equal service for comparison, and calculating the capitalized cost for alternatives with infinite lives.
3. The examples demonstrate how to use these present worth analysis methods to evaluate alternatives, convert cash flows to present worth, and select the alternative with the highest present worth value or lowest capitalized cost.
The document discusses annual worth (AW) analysis and rate of return (ROR) calculations. It defines AW as converting cash flows to an equivalent uniform annual amount over one life cycle. Calculating ROR involves finding the interest rate that sets the present worth of cash flows equal to zero. ROR can be used to evaluate projects by comparing to the minimum acceptable rate of return.
This document discusses shear force and bending moment diagrams (SFD & BMD) for beams under different loading conditions. It defines key terms like shear force, bending moment, sagging and hogging bending moments. It also describes the relationships between applied loads, shear forces and bending moments. Examples are provided to demonstrate how to draw SFDs and BMDs and calculate reactions, shear forces and bending moments at different sections of beams. Points of contraflexure, where the bending moment changes sign, are also identified.
Engineering economics deals with evaluating the costs and benefits of engineering projects over time. It uses time value of money concepts like present and future value to analyze cash flows. Cash flows are summarized in diagrams with costs below and benefits above the time line. Equivalence techniques convert cash flows to a common point in time to compare project alternatives. Present worth analysis discounts all cash flows to the present using a discount rate to determine the net present value of projects.
The document provides information on capital investment problems and cash flows, focusing on factors related to how time and interest affect money. It discusses single payment factors to find the future or present value of a single amount. It also covers uniform series factors to relate the present worth, future worth, or annual equivalent of a uniform series of cash flows. Finally, it examines gradient formulas, including arithmetic gradients where cash flows change by a constant amount each period, and geometric gradients where they change by a constant percentage each period. Formulas and examples are provided for each type of cash flow problem.
- Surveying involves making field measurements on or near the Earth's surface to determine relative positions of points or establish points. It includes preliminary surveys to collect data, layout surveys to define proposed construction locations, and construction surveys to provide line and grade during construction.
- Control surveys establish horizontal and vertical reference points and lines that preliminary and construction surveys are referenced to. Horizontal control may be tied to grid monuments, property lines, or baselines while vertical control uses benchmark elevations from leveling surveys.
- Route surveys initially layout highways as a series of tangents joined by circular curves. Compound curves consist of two or more joining circular arcs between main tangents turning in the same direction. Reverse curves connect lines through
The document discusses decision making as a key responsibility of engineering managers. It defines decision making as identifying and choosing alternative courses of action appropriate to the situation. The document outlines the decision making process as diagnosing problems, analyzing the environment, developing viable alternatives, evaluating alternatives, making a choice, implementing the decision, and evaluating/adapting the results. It also discusses quantitative models that can be used to aid decision making, such as inventory models, queuing theory, network models, forecasting techniques, simulation, linear programming, sampling theory, and statistical decision theory.
1. The background of Fluid Mechanics
2. Fields of Fluid mechanics
3. Introduction and Basic concepts
4. Properties of Fluids
5. Pressure and fluid statics
6. Hydrodynamics
This document lists and describes various types of equipment used in a material testing lab. It includes sieves of different sizes for sieve analysis to determine particle size distribution of aggregates. It also describes a slump cone and procedure for concrete slump testing to measure workability. Other equipment described includes a balance, graduated beaker, calculator, molds, hydrometer, universal testing machine, concrete mixer, pressure gauge, tamping rod, thermometer, internal and external vibrators.
This powerpoint presentation deals mainly about bearing stress, its concept and its applications.
Members:
BARIENTOS, Lei Anne
MARTIREZ, Wilbur
MORIONES, Jan Ebenezer
NERI, Laiza Paulene
Sir Romeo Alastre - MEC32/A1
This document provides an overview of present worth analysis for evaluating competing project alternatives. It discusses how to apply the present worth method to alternatives with equal, unequal, and infinite project lives. Examples are provided to illustrate how to calculate the present worth of each alternative's cash flows and compare their net present worth values to select the optimal choice. The document also covers how to compare multiple alternatives by computing the net present worth for each and choosing the one with the highest value.
This document provides an introduction to strength of materials, including concepts of stress, strain, Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, elastic constants, and factors of safety. It defines key terms like stress, strain, elastic limit, modulus of elasticity, and ductile and brittle material behavior. Examples of stress and strain calculations are provided for basic structural elements like rods, bars, and composite structures. The document also covers compound bars, principle of superposition, and effects of temperature changes.
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name____________________.docxendawalling
The document is a math exam for Math 141. It contains 14 multi-part questions testing a variety of math concepts including factoring, functions, inequalities, sequences, series, logarithms, and optimization problems. Students must show their work, box their answers, and use scientific calculators. The exam covers domains, ranges, increasing/decreasing intervals, relative and absolute extrema of functions, zeros, asymptotes, graphing, rational zeros of polynomials, solving inequalities, volumes of boxes, sums of sequences and series, and solving word problems involving rectangles and rates of change.
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name____________________.docxwkyra78
Math 141 Exam Final Exam Name:_____________________________
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS ONLY! YOU MUST SHOW WORK FOR CREDIT!!! BOX ANSWERS!
1. [6 ea] Factor completely; simplify.
a) 12𝑥
!
" − 5𝑥
#
" − 2 b)3(4𝑥 + 5)! − 2(4𝑥 + 5) − 1
2. [4 each (a-e)] Approximate if necessary. For the given function , find/determine:
a) Domain: Range:
b) On what interval(s) is 𝑓:
i) Increasing:
ii) Decreasing:
c) ______ when ______.
d) Find any relative extrema (tell me if you have a max or min, what it is, and where it is):
e) Find any absolute extrema (tell me if you have a max or min, what it is, and where it is):
f) [2] Is 𝑓 even, odd , or neither? g) [4] What is the end behavior?
h)[4] What are the x and y- intercepts?
( )f x
( )2f - = ( ) 4f x = x =
3. [8 pts] a) Graph the function 4. [1 ea] Given 𝑔(𝑥) = −"
!
|𝑥 + 3| − 1
𝑓(𝑥) = /
2 − 𝑥, −3 ≤ 𝑥 < 1
𝑥! − 2𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 > 1
. Label 3+ points. Explain how the graph of 𝑔(𝑥) is obtained from the graph
𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥|. (Hint: four actions=transformations)
a)
b)
c)
d)
5. [8;6] Given that
𝑓(𝑥) = #
$
, ℎ(𝑥) = log(𝑥 + 1) , 𝑗(𝑥) = !
$%"
, 𝑔(𝑥) = √𝑥 − 10
find the following and their DOMAINS. Use Interval Notation! and simplify the function when possible.
a) b)
6. [14 pts] Given 𝑅(𝑥) = &$
$#%$%"!
find:
a) Zero(s):
b) Vertical Asymptote(s):
c) Horizontal OR Slant Asymptote: d) Sketch . You do not need
specific values except for zero(s) and
asymptote. The shape needs be accurate!!!
j! f( ) x( ) ( )
( )
h x
g x
( )R x
y-
( )R xx
7. [9] Let 𝑝(𝑥) = 2𝑥' − 9𝑥! + 7.
a) List all possible rational zeros.
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notation.
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by inches by cutting out equal squares of side at each corner and then folding up the sides as in the figure.
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2) Key topics include the time value of money, cash flows, interest rates, cost analysis techniques, and applications to engineering project decision-making.
3) Assessment methods include homework, group work, quizzes, and class participation, with the overall goal of developing students' understanding of financial analysis in engineering.
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EMPIRICAL PROJECT
Objective: * to help students put in practice what they have learned in Econometrics I
* to teach students how to write an “economic paper”.
Steps
a) Selecting a topic
Topic areas: Macroeconomics: consumption function, investment function, demand
function, the Phillips curve…
Microeconomics: estimating production, cost, supply and demand. Data
are hard to obtain here.
Urban and Regional Economics: demand for housing, transportation…
International Economics: estimating import and export functions,
estimating purchasing power parity, estimating capital mobility…
Development Economics: measuring the determinants of per-capita
income, testing the per-capita output convergence among nations…
Labor Economics: testing theories of unionization, estimating labor force
participation, estimating wage differential among women, minorities…
Resource and Environmental Economics: estimating water pollution,
estimating the determinants of toxic emissions…
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b) Statement of the Problem
State clearly the problem that you are interested in (what are you trying
to achieve)
c) Review of literature
Point out (critically) what others have done concerning the topic of interest.
d) Formulation of a general model
The final model can be derived in several ways: utility maximization,
profit maximization, cost minimization, etc. The review of literature is
generally helpful to accomplish this task. In the course of deriving the model,
one must sort out clearly the dependent variable and the independent
variables. After transforming the economic model in econometric model, one
writes up the hypotheses to be tested: expected signs of the parameters and
magnitudes. To elaborate a bit, let use the following demand for some good:
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expected to be small.
e) Collecting Data
Sources: international, national, regional
primary or secondary.
Notes.
f) Empirical Analysis
Data analysis: outliers, level of variation…
Model estimation and hypothesis testing
g) Writing a Report
Statement of the problem: describe the problem you have studied,
the questi ...
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Fall 2018 Statics Mid-Term Exam 3 Take-Home Name:
Please show all free body diagrams and the corresponding equilibrium equations that you use. Neat
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please label the values of the bending moments and shear forces at points where the graph
changes shape. (30 points)
4) For the cable given below, the total length is given to be 35 feet. Determine the reactions at the
supports A and B, and the tension values in each of its segments. (Hint: Since the total length of
the beam is given, use pythogorean triplets to figure out the coordinates of point C, at which the
load acts). (20 points)
5) Draw the free body diagram for one simple structure (machine, frame, truss etc.) that you use in
daily life directly or indirectly. Make sure to reduce it to the most basic form possible, showing
only required geometry and joints. (2D idealization would be fine, 3D is okay too). Show the
free body diagram for the entire structure as well as the free body diagrams for each of the
component members. Make sure to include applied loads. (Examples: pliers, idealized frame of
your apartment/house, door frame, wall-mount frame for TV/Pictures etc., dining table). (20
points)
Extra Credit: Using the reactions obtained in problem 2, draw the axial force diagram, shear force
diagram, and bending moment diagram for members ABDF and ECD. (15 points)
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1. MCQs and Problems with solutions
Dr. Mohsin Siddique
Assistant Professor
msiddique@sharjah.ac.ae
1
Date:
0401304-Engineering Economics
University of Sharjah
Dept. of Civil and Env. Engg.
2. 0401301-Engineering Economics
2
DetailedTopics
This file include the problems related to following topics:
Introduction to Engineering Economics
The decision making process
Cost estimation
Interest and Equivalence
Different interest formulae
Present worth analysis
Annual cash flow analysis
Benefit cost analysis
Rate of return analysis
Depreciation
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3. Text and Reference Books
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Reference book
Engineering Economy By Leland Blank &
AnthonyTarquin, 7th Ed
Text book
Engineering Economic Analysis by
Donald G Newman,Ted G. Eschenbach
& Jerome P. Lavelle
Reference Books
Any standard book on engineering economics
The course is delivered using the following books.
43. Chapter 7: Rate of return
Question 1-2.
Calculate the ROR for the incremental net cash flow (X -Y), given the data below.
Alternative X Y
Initial cost ($k) 40 30
Uniform annual benefit ($k) 12 10
Life (years) 8 8
Salvage value EOY 8 0 0
ROR (%) 24.95 28.98
Which of the selections below is correct?
A) ROR = 11.81%, the interest rate that is the solution to: NPW = 0 = - 10 + 2
(P/A,i%,8)
B) ROR = 28.98% - 24.95% = 4.03%
C) ROR = 24.95% = ROR of X, because X is more costly
D) ROR = 36.721%, the interest rate that is the solution to: NPW = 0 = - 30 + 12 (P/A,i%,8)
If MARR is 15% which alternative should be selected:
A) X
B) Y
49. Using the following date, answer the following questions 1-4.
B = asset cost basis = $10,000
N = 4 years
S = salvage value = $2,000
1 Using straight line depreciation, the book value of the asset after three years would be
(a). BV3 = $2,500 (b). BV3 = $0 (c). BV3 = $2,000 (d). BV3 = $4,000
1
2 using sum-of-years-digits depreciation, the book value of the asset after three years would be
(a). BV3 = $4,400 (b). BV3 = $2,800 (c). BV3 = $2,000 (d). BV3 = $1,600
1
3 Using double-declining-balance depreciation, the depreciation charge of the asset during 2nd
year would be
(a). $2,400 (b). $2,500 (c). $2,000 (d). $1,250
1
4 Using double-declining-balance depreciation, the book value of the asset after three years
would be
(a). BV3 = $5,000 (b). BV3 = $2,500 (c). BV3 = $2,000 (d). BV3 = $1,250
1