Read the following text and fill in the gaps with the following words:
| Mechanics engineer Kinematics combination Engineering skills Thermodynamics field |
The inventions of Thomas Savery and the Scottish (1) __________ James Watt gave rise to modern Mechanical (2) __________ . The development of specialized machines and their maintenance tools during the industrial revolution led to the growth of Mechanical Engineering both in its birthplace Britain and abroad.
The (3) __________ of mechanical engineering is a collection of many mechanical sub-disciplines. Some of these sub-disciplines are unique to mechanical engineering, while others are a (4) __________ of mechanical engineering and one or more other disciplines. Most work that a mechanical engineer does uses (5) __________ and techniques from several of these sub-disciplines. Among these sub-disciplines are:
- (6) __________ (the study of forces),
- (7) __________ (the study of the motion of objects),
- Mechatronics and Robotics (the creation of hybrid systems),
- (8) __________ (the study of energy),
- Drafting or Technical Drawing (the creation of instructions for manufacturing parts),
- Structural Analysis (the study of why and how objects fail and how to make them safe),
- etc.