The Basics

I want to start with the basics of Engineering.

I would like to start by defining some laws.

You won't find these 'laws' that I am writing below in any engineering book, so I might as well give them a formal form.

I want to give these statements of mine a formal form, to instil in the reader their importance.

These laws will remind the reader of 'Chaos Theory', if the reader is familiar with it.

Law 1:

Something moves through the machine, from the input side to the output side. It travels through different mechanisms in the machine, and manifests itself as output.

Law 2:

This something can be called an impetus(drive).

Law 3:

This impetus is always resisted. Effects of which are heat, stress, system fatigue.

Law 4:

No two mechanisms, no matter how skilled their maker, can ever be identical.

Law 5:

No two mechanisms, no matter how skilled their maker, can produce identical results.

Law 6:

No mechanism, no matter how skilled it's maker, will produce identical results at the end of each cycle of operation.

Law 7:

No mechanism, no matter how skilled it's maker, will follow the same path/curve in two different cycles of operation.