Name: Vivek Singh

Roll Number: 160813

S. No. Word Meaning/Explanation/Short description

1 Compliant Mechanism Flexible mechanisms that transfer an input
force and displacement at one port to an
output force and displacement at another port
through elastic body deformation.
2 Tensor Tensors are geometric objects that describe
linear relations between geometric vectors
scalars and other tensors. Typical such relations
include dot and cross product.
3 Valve A valve is a device employed to regulate, direct
or control the flow of fluids by opening, closing
or partially obstructing various passageways.

4 Hinge A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects

two solid objects typically allowing only a
limited angle of rotation between them.

5 Coupling A device used to connect two shafts together at

their ends for purpose of transmitting power.
May be used to account for minor
misalignment or for mitigating shock loads
6 Normal stress Stress that occurs when member is loaded by
an axial force. The value of normal force for any
prismatic section is simply the force divided by
the cross-sectional area.
7 Enthalpy A thermodynamic equivalent to the total heat
content of the system. It is equal to sum of the
internal energy of the system and product of
pressure and volume
8 Gibbs free energy Gibbs free energy is the maximum amount of
non-expansion work that can be extracted from
a thermodynamically closed system. It can be
attained only in reversible process.
9 Otto cycle An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic
cycle that describes the functioning of a typical
spark ignition engine. It is the thermodynamic
cycle most commonly found in automobiles.
10 Shear Stress It is the component of stress coplanar with
material cross section. Shear stress arises from
the force vector component parallel to cross
section of the material