Engineering Graphical Communication

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Investigate the opetadon of vatious turbines, te a brief report explaining die operation of steam turbines, hydraulic turbines, gas turbines, and wind turbines. In a brief report, discuss why we need various modes of transportation. How did they evolve Discuss the role of public transportation, water transportation, highway transportation, tsultoad transportation, and air transportation. 

Identify the major components of a computer, and briefly explain the function or the role of each component. 

Electronic communication is becoming increasingly important. In your own words, identify the various situations under which you should write a letter, send an e-mail, make a telephone call, or talk to someone in person. Explain why one particular form of communication is preferable to the others available. 

You may have seen examples of emoticons (derived from emotion and icons)—simple printable characters used in e-mails to convey human facial expressions. Here are some examples of emoticons  

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Part Four Engineering Graphical Communication-Conveying Information to Other Engineers,... 

De Long, G.,et al. Engineering Graphics Communication, Analysis, Creative Design. New York McGraw-Hill, 1986. 

To learn more about engineering graphical communications, please refer to texts such as Engineering Design Graphics by James H. Earle (11). 

Communication and writing skills, and engineering graphics/drawings work also form part of the assessment. 

The sixth chapter describes the ways that successful engineers communicate with their supervisors, their peers, and the public. It includes sections on the engineer as a writer, as a speaker, and as a presiding officer, as well as the rudiments of graphical communication. 

C/R—Communication/Real Time, KR—Knowledge Representation, IE—Interface Engines, AM—Algorithmic Model, DB—Data Base Manager, CAD—Computer Aided Design, G—Computer Graphics. 

Engineers must be able to communicate graphically using the alphabet of lines. 

Concepts of visual reality and virtual reality are sometimes confused. Virtual reality is a sophisticated computer description of real-world conditions in the virtual world. It cannot communicate directly with humans because it has been developed for the purpose of communication between computer procedures in the form of data structures. Visual reality is the tool that converts these data structures into graphic or other understandable forms in order to visualize computer descriptions for humans. Concepts and intents originate in humans in visual form visual reality is the tool to translate them into a form understandable by computer procedures. Two-way interactive graphics-based communication is applied. Virtual and visual realities are key techniques for the representation of engineering objects and communication of represented information between humans and procedures in virtual worlds. 

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