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FORCES ON MATERIALS Tre Ea) A Discuss these questions. 1 What materials do mechanical engineers commonly use? sic 2 Why do they use different materials for different purposes? | alloy aluminium beam belt r bridge cantilever component B Study the pictures on the opposite page. Answer the copper ductile elastic flexible following questions using words from box a. | parallel plastic rigid rubber 1 What material is each object made of? | sheet spring steel wing’ wire 2. Why is it made of that material? Een C Put the words in box a into three groups. Explain your choice. D Complete each sentence with a word or words from box a. Change the form if necessary (e.g., change singular to plural). Some words can be used more than once. 1 An____ isa mixture of metals. AlZnMgCu is used in aeroplane wings. The tracks of a railway line must be _. Ahammer has only two _____: the handle and the head. The parking places are shaded bya __ roof. Water pipes are often made of because the metal does not oxidize in contact with water. The roof is supported by several steel 7 Some modern guns are made from strong _____ which means they do not show up on airport X-ray machines. 8 Asspring needs to be made froma _______ and ___ material, Study the words in box b. Find the prefix and try to work out the meaning in each case. deform equilibrium internal overengineer_—_ uniaxial debug equivalent interior __—overtighten—_uniform decelerate equidistant —_inner overheat universal F Complete each sentence with a word from box b. Change the form if necessary. 1. Most cars have an _____ combustion engine. If a car crashes into a wall, the bumper or the bodywork is Abig difference between US and USSR space vehicles was that the USSR microtechnology, so they had to __ their machines. 4 Ifa machine vibrates badly, it means the components are not in ___. The front wheels of a vehicle are ___: that is, they have the same axis. FORCES ON MATERIALS Corea) A\ Discuss these questions. 11 What materials do mechanical engineers commonly use? 2. Why do they use different materials for different purposes? | = ie aluminium beam belt : bridge cantilever component B Suey teat Seas te Pages news tne copper ductile elastic flexible following questions using words from box a. paralolo*plastc -igld = MOEN 1. What material is each object made of? | sheet spring steel wing wire 2. Why is it made of that material? Eset sissraes unin C Put the words in box a into three groups. Explain your choice. 1D Complete each sentence with a word or words from box a. Change the form if necessary (e.g, change singular to plural). Some words can be used more than once. 1 An _ isa mixture of metals. AlZnMgCu is used in aeroplane wings. 2 The tracks of a railway line must be _ 7 3 Ahammer has only two ____: the handle and the head. 4 The parking places are shaded by a i itoof: 5 Water pipes are often made of ____ because the metal does not oxidize in contact with water. The roof is supported by several stee! cee ‘Some modern guns are made from strong ______ which means they do not show up on airport X-ray machines. 8 Aspring needs to be made from a___ and ___ material. Study the words in box b. Find the prefix and try to work out the meaning in each case. deform equilibrium internal overengineer_—_ uniaxial debug equivalent interior ~_—overtighten-—_uniform decelerate equidistant. —_inner overheat universal ) F Complete each sentence with a word from box b. Change the form if necessary. 11 Most cars have an ______ combustion engine. 2 Ifa carcrashes into a wall, the bumper or the bodywork is anny 3 Abig difference between US and USSR space vehicles was that the USSR didn’t have microtechnology, so they had to ______ their machines. 4 If a machine vibrates badly, it means the components are notin __. The front wheels of a vehicle are ____: that is, they have the same axis. < - -1= preparing for a lecture + predicting lecture content * making notes A Study the slides from a lecture. 1 What do you expect to learn in this lecture? Make a list of points. 2 Write down some key words you expect to hear. 3. Check the pronunciation of the key words with other students or with a dictionary. 4 How are you going to prepare for this lecture? B® Listen to Part 1 of the lecture. 1 What exactly is the lecturer going to talk about? Tick the topic(s) you heard. © characteristics of * using materials materials reactions of Stes materials. 2 What reason does the lecturer give for talking about materials? 3. What is a good way to organize notes for this lecture? CW isten to Part 2 of the lecture. 1 What is the main idea of this section? 2 What is the meaning of stress in mechanical engineering? 3. What is the natural law which the lecturer mentions? 4 What examples from everyday life does the lecturer give to help you visualize stress? 5 What do you expect to hear in the next part of the lecture? D_ Gi Listen to Part 3 of the lecture. 1. How could you write notes for this part? 2 What are the key words and definitions? E_ @ tisten to Part 4 of the lecture. 1 Check your definitions. 2 What research must you do now? FG Listen and say whether the sentences are true or false. 1 3 5 2 4 6 G Look at slides 1-4 and read these phrases. Write a, b, ¢ ord in each red box. a deformation due to stress b equal and opposite force © notin equilibrium d_ permanent deformation Faculty: Engineering sie RO SIE aan

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