Engineering concepts, explained

Every past Engineerdle answer, with a plain-language explanation and the five clues used in the puzzle. 56 concepts across 21 disciplines so far. A new one is added each day once its puzzle has finished worldwide.

Latest

• Amdahl's Law#56 · Computer Engineering
• Young's Modulus#55 · Materials
• Screwdriver#54 · Manufacturing
• Ball Bearing#53 · Mechanical Design
• Triple Point#52 · Thermodynamics
• Resistor#51 · Electronics

By discipline

Aerodynamics (1)

• Angle of AttackPuzzle #19

Aerospace Engineering (1)

• Escape VelocityPuzzle #23

Computer Engineering (1)

• Amdahl's LawPuzzle #56

Computer Science (2)

• Binary SearchPuzzle #5
• RecursionPuzzle #15

Control Systems (4)

• Laplace TransformPuzzle #33
• OvershootPuzzle #43
• Phase MarginPuzzle #38
• Ziegler-Nichols MethodPuzzle #48

Dynamics (3)

• Center of MassPuzzle #16
• Coefficient of FrictionPuzzle #21
• Newton's Third LawPuzzle #2

Electrical Engineering (11)

• CapacitorPuzzle #7
• Electrical InsulatorPuzzle #29
• InductorPuzzle #22
• LC Resonant CircuitPuzzle #37
• Norton's TheoremPuzzle #42
• Ohm's LawPuzzle #1
• Photovoltaic EffectPuzzle #26
• RMS VoltagePuzzle #47
• Short CircuitPuzzle #17
• Skin EffectPuzzle #32
• Voltage DividerPuzzle #12

Electronics (1)

• ResistorPuzzle #51

Environmental Engineering (1)

• Water TreatmentPuzzle #30

Fluid Mechanics (8)

• Archimedes' PrinciplePuzzle #8
• Bernoulli's PrinciplePuzzle #3
• Newtonian FluidPuzzle #36
• Non-Newtonian FluidPuzzle #31
• Pascal's LawPuzzle #13
• Reynolds NumberPuzzle #41
• Venturi EffectPuzzle #50
• ViscosityPuzzle #46

Machine Learning (1)

• Neural NetworkPuzzle #10

Manufacturing (1)

• ScrewdriverPuzzle #54

Materials (2)

• CreepPuzzle #45
• Young's ModulusPuzzle #55

Mechanical Design (1)

• Ball BearingPuzzle #53

Physics (1)

• Doppler EffectPuzzle #18

Renewable Energy (1)

• Wind TurbinePuzzle #27

Software Engineering (2)

• Application Programming InterfacePuzzle #20
• Object-Oriented ProgrammingPuzzle #25

Solid Mechanics (1)

• Hooke's LawPuzzle #11

Statics (3)

• LeverPuzzle #24
• Pulley SystemPuzzle #28
• TorquePuzzle #6

Structural Engineering (3)

• Moment Distribution MethodPuzzle #35
• Neutral AxisPuzzle #49
• Slenderness RatioPuzzle #40

Thermodynamics (7)

• Adiabatic ProcessPuzzle #34
• EntropyPuzzle #39
• First Law of ThermodynamicsPuzzle #4
• Isentropic ProcessPuzzle #44
• Latent HeatPuzzle #14
• Specific Heat CapacityPuzzle #9
• Triple PointPuzzle #52