engineering
Let an agent handle engineering as a discipline by branch, lifecycle, standards, safety and ethics.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle engineering as a discipline by branch, lifecycle, standards, safety and ethics.
The application of science, mathematics and empirical knowledge to design, build and maintain structures, machines, systems and processes, organised in disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering.
What it is for: Delivering working, safe and economical technical solutions.
It can be specify requirements; design and analyse solutions; build, test and maintain; assess risk and compliance.
Distinguishing features
Applied science for practical ends
Works within codes and standards
Life-cycle approach
Public safety responsibility
What it looks like
Designs, calculations, prototypes, infrastructure and machines.
How it is recognised
Branch names
Design codes and standards
Registry aliases list engineered objects, which are separate entries
Related models
is a kind of - category
is practised by - practitioner
uses - foundations
produces - outputs
In practice
Families and kinds
civil and structural engineering
mechanical engineering
electrical and electronic engineering
chemical engineering
software and systems engineering
hydraulic and river engineering
Standards and regulation
Eurocodes
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 systems life cycle
Professional engineering licensing
Failure modes and hazards
Design errors causing failures
Ignoring maintenance
Unqualified sign-off
Also called
+418
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.engineering
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Branch Which engineering.
Branches differ.
Discipline
Civil, mechanical.
Discipline
Branch.
- Which branch of engineering is meant? definition
- What does it cover? definition
Codes
Standards.
Codes
Design codes.
- Which design codes apply? provenance
- Which edition? provenance
Lifecycle From idea to disposal.
Engineering spans the lifecycle.
Design
Requirements and analysis.
Design
Design.
- What requirements does the design meet? definition
- How was it verified? provenance
Operation
Maintenance.
Operation
Operation and maintenance.
- How is it maintained? action
- What is its design life? measurement
Safety Risk.
Safety is central.
Risk
Assessment.
Risk
Risk assessment.
- What hazards were assessed? boundary
- Which method was used? provenance
Failures
Lessons.
Failures
Failure lessons.
- What can be learned from past failures? provenance
- Which investigations report them? provenance
Practice Profession.
Engineering is a profession.
Ethics
Codes.
Ethics
Ethics.
- Which ethics code applies? provenance
- How are concerns raised? action
Sustainability
Impact.
Sustainability
Sustainability.
- What are the environmental impacts of the solution? measurement
- How were they reduced? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should branches be separate entries?
- How should design codes be linked?
- How should engineered objects in aliases be split off?