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How things are made
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How things are made.

Ten plain-English lessons across mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and software engineering. 200+ practice problems with worked solutions. Interactive Ohm\'s law solver, beam deflection calculator, stress and strain tools, Reynolds number, gear ratio.

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Where to begin.

Core Topics

Ten lessons cover the whole field.

History

Case studies.

Thinkers

Famous engineers and inventors.

Timeline

Key milestones in engineering.

Numbers

Engineering by the numbers.

Deep Dives

Concepts worth understanding.

FAQ

Common questions, plain answers.

Comparison

Engineering disciplines, side by side.

Reference

Famous engineering failures and what they taught us.

Reference

Common materials and their properties.

Debates

Open questions in engineering.

Formulas

Core engineering formulas.

Step by Step

Lessons that teach.

Ten core engineering topics, each with worked examples and three quick practice problems. About 10 to 15 minutes per lesson. Tap any to start.

Targeted Practice

Drill the concepts.

Quick 10-question quizzes from the full question bank. Each question is explained whether you get it right or wrong.

Interactive Tools

Numbers you can play with.

Plug in real values. Ohm\'s law, stress and strain, beam deflection, Reynolds number, gear ratio, fluid pressure, RC time constant.

Calculate · Visualize · Simulate · Solve

The workbench.

Real engineering calculators with proper math. Beam diagrams, Mohr's circle, truss solver, thermo cycles, fluid flow, electrical circuits, vibration sims, material lookups, unit converter, and more. Every tool ships with the formula it uses, the assumptions it makes, and a worked example.

// SOLID MECHANICS

Beams, stress, and strain.

Interactive shear and moment diagrams. Mohr's circle. Stress-strain curves. Truss analysis. The bread and butter of structural engineering, with diagrams that update as you change inputs.

// THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT

Cycles and heat transfer.

PV diagrams for Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Brayton. Conduction, convection, radiation calculators. Heat exchangers and steam tables.

// FLUID MECHANICS

Flow, pressure, and Reynolds.

Bernoulli, pipe flow, Reynolds number, Moody-friction estimator, pump head, drag, lift. Real numbers, real answers.

// ELECTRICAL & CONTROL

Ohm to Bode.

Ohm's law, series and parallel networks, RLC transients, Bode plots, time constants, power factor.

// DYNAMICS & MOTION

Forces in motion.

Projectile motion, simple harmonic motion, gear trains, levers, pulleys. Animated where animation helps.

// MATERIALS DATABASE

Properties of 140+ materials.

Density, modulus, yield strength, tensile strength, thermal conductivity, expansion, Poisson's ratio. Search by name or property.

Materialρ (kg/m³)E (GPa)σy (MPa)σu (MPa)k (W/m·K)α (1e-6/K)νNotes
// STEEL SECTIONS (AISC)

W-shapes, channels, angles.

Common structural shapes with geometric properties. Area, moment of inertia, section modulus, radius of gyration. Pick a section, get the numbers.

Sectiond (in)bf (in)tw (in)tf (in)A (in²)Ix (in⁴)Sx (in³)rx (in)Weight (lb/ft)
// UNIT CONVERTER

Convert anything.

Length, area, volume, mass, force, pressure, energy, power, temperature, velocity, density, viscosity, torque. Engineering-grade precision.

// FORMULAS CATALOG

200+ engineering formulas.

Searchable, categorized, with units and notes. Mechanics, thermo, fluids, electrical, materials, dynamics.

// WORKED PROBLEMS

50 problems, every step shown.

Classic engineering problems with full solutions: given, find, formula, calculation, answer. The way your textbook should have done it.

// FREE BODY DIAGRAMS

Equilibrium analysis.

Classic FBD setups: hanging mass, inclined plane, pulley, multiple supports. Walk through each one and see the force balance equations.

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Engineering

How things are made

The art of using science to build. Forces and materials. Energy and motion. Electrons and signals. From the bridges you drive over to the chips in your pocket. Engineering is applied curiosity. This is the menu.

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