Engineering Notation: Need Help?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around understanding engineering notation, with participants expressing varying levels of familiarity and seeking assistance. The scope includes conceptual clarification and practical advice on how to approach the topic.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses confusion about engineering notation and requests help.
  • Another suggests referring to a textbook for thorough understanding.
  • Some participants challenge the vagueness of the initial question, indicating that more specific information is needed to provide useful assistance.
  • A participant appreciates a previous answer and emphasizes the importance of asking specific questions to receive quality responses.
  • One participant offers a link to Wikipedia as a potential starting point for understanding engineering notation.
  • Another participant questions the necessity of mastering engineering notation, suggesting that memorizing a few key notations may suffice.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not appear to reach a consensus on the best approach to learning engineering notation, with some advocating for specific questions and others suggesting a more general understanding may be sufficient.

Contextual Notes

There is a lack of clarity regarding what specific aspects of engineering notation the original poster is struggling with, which may hinder the ability to provide targeted help.

Montero
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Can't get my head around them. Need help please.
 
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Seek textbook. Read thoroughly.
 
That isn't very helpfully to be honest.
 
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Montero said:
That isn't very helpfully to be honest.

Nor is your initial statement. What notation? For what? With some information perhaps we could be of help.
 
I thought confinement's answer was perfect considering the question.

I see you're new here, so this is how things work: Ask (politely) a specific question, give it some time, and you'll get some fantastic responses from academic/industrial experts, professionals and students from a huge variety of backgrounds. Ask a very vague question, and we'll really struggle to find an answer.
 
brewnog said:
I thought confinement's answer was perfect considering the question.

I see you're new here, so this is how things work: Ask (politely) a specific question, give it some time, and you'll get some fantastic responses from academic/industrial experts, professionals and students from a huge variety of backgrounds. Ask a very vague question, and we'll really struggle to find an answer.

Fair enough, I was just wondering if anyone could be helpful enough to give me some tips on how to work out engineering notations since I'm very inexperienced in using notations.
 
why would you want to get your head around them at the first place?? its almost enough to remember a few of them, you can look for them on the cover page of most books anyways
 

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