hydraulics

cylinder

Circular-based solid form

• pistonReciprocating cylinder component
• actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
• valveFluid flow controller

pump · motor · ram · accumulator · manifold · hose · fitting · seal · reservoir · fluid

Bernoulli

Mathematician behind lift theory

• viscosityFluid's flow resistance
• turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
• laminarArranged in thin layers

flow · pressure · Pascal · kinematics · dynamics · momentum · force · torque · friction · stress

dam

Water-holding barrier

• canalDug water passage
• aqueductChannel conveying water distances
• leveeRiver flood barrier

reservoir · floodgate · culvert · pipeline · sluice · weir · spillway · penstock · irrigation · drainage

servo

Self-regulating motor

• regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
• leverPivoting bar for lifting
• joystickTilting lever for control

controller · governor · modulator · transducer · solenoid · proportional · feedback · circuit · system · damper

mechatronics

Integrated automation engineering

• automationSelf-operating system design
• manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
• exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure

gripper · articulation · industrial · precision · humanoid · teleoperation

watershed

Drainage area boundary

• aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
• streamflowRiver water's measured movement
• runoffExcess water drainage

groundwater · percolation · infiltration · recharge · discharge · sediment · erosion · flood · river · tributary

• automotive engineeringpowertrain, drivetrain, engine design, brake systems, suspension systems
• Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
• aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
• engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
• machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
• mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity