This document provides an introduction to engineering calculations. It discusses several key topics:
- The importance of units and dimensions in engineering, and examples of dimensionally inconsistent calculations leading to failures.
- Procedures for converting between different units, including using conversion factors.
- An overview of the SI and American Engineering systems of units.
- Concepts related to force, weight, and gravitational acceleration.
- Methods for numerical calculation and estimation, including scientific notation and significant figures.
- The principle of dimensional homogeneity and examples of dimensionless quantities.
- An introduction to linear interpolation for obtaining unknown process data from tabulated values.