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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Engineering analysis</b> involves the application of scientific/mathematical analytic principles and processes to reveal the properties and state of a system, device or mechanism under study.
</p><p>Engineering analysis is decompositional: it proceeds by separating the <a href="Engineering_design_process" title="Engineering design process">engineering design</a> into the <a href="Mechanism_(engineering)" title="Mechanism (engineering)">mechanisms</a> of operation or failure, analyzing or estimating each component of the operation or <a href="Failure_mechanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Failure mechanism">failure mechanism</a> in isolation, and re-combining the components according to basic physical principles and <a href="Natural_law" title="Natural law">natural laws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applied/engineering_mathematical_analysis">Applied/engineering mathematical analysis</h2></div>
<p>Engineering analysis and applied analysis are synonym terms for <a href="Mathematical_analysis" title="Mathematical analysis">mathematical analysis</a>/<a href="Calculus" title="Calculus">calculus</a> beyond basic <a href="Differential_equations" class="mw-redirect" title="Differential equations">differential equations</a> such as applied for various advanced <a href="Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> & <a href="Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> topics (including <a href="Fourier_analysis" title="Fourier analysis">Fourier analysis</a>, <a href="Lagrangian_mechanics" title="Lagrangian mechanics">Lagrangian</a> & <a href="Hamiltonian_mechanics" title="Hamiltonian mechanics">Hamiltonian mechanics</a>, <a href="Laplace_transforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Laplace transforms">Laplace transforms</a>, <a href="Sturm%E2%80%93Liouville_theory" title="Sturm–Liouville theory">Sturm–Liouville theory</a>, and others) but still can involve <a href="Mathematical_proofs" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathematical proofs">mathematical proofs</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Remote_systems">Remote systems</h2></div>
<p>Engineering analysis is the primary method for predicting and handling issues with <a href="Remote_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote system">remote systems</a> such as <a href="Satellite" title="Satellite">satellites</a> and <a href="Rover_(space_exploration)" title="Rover (space exploration)">rovers</a>. Engineering analysis for remote systems must be ongoing since the health and safety of the remote system can only be affected remotely (and because any failure could have fatal consequences).
</p><p>The capabilities of engineering analysis therefore must incorporate <a href="Trend_analysis" title="Trend analysis">trending</a> as well as analysis. Trending should be <a href="Proactivity" title="Proactivity">proactive</a>, <a href="Predictive_analytics" title="Predictive analytics">predictive</a>, comprehensive and automated. Analysis must be reactive, investigative, targeted and hands-on. Together trending and analysis allow operators to both predict potential situations and identify <a href="Anomalous_experiences" title="Anomalous experiences">anomalous</a> events that threaten a remote system.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Calculus" title="Calculus">Calculus</a></li>
<li><a href="Differential_equations" class="mw-redirect" title="Differential equations">Differential equations</a></li>
<li><a href="Fourier_analysis" title="Fourier analysis">Fourier analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_computer-aided_engineering_software" title="List of computer-aided engineering software">List of computer-aided engineering software</a></li>
<li><a href="Mathematical_analysis" title="Mathematical analysis">Mathematical analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="Multivariable_Calculus" class="mw-redirect" title="Multivariable Calculus">Multivariable Calculus</a></li>
<li><a href="Pinch_analysis" title="Pinch analysis">Pinch analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="Structural_analysis" title="Structural analysis">Structural analysis</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Baecher, G.B., Pate, E.M., and de Neufville, R. (1979) “Risk of dam failure in benefit/cost analysis”, Water Resources Research, 16(3), 449-456.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hartford, D.N.D. and Baecher, G.B. (2004) Risk and Uncertainty in Dam Safety. Thomas Telford</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) (2003) Risk Assessment in Dam Safety Management. ICOLD, Paris</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">British Standards Institution (BSI) (1991)BC 5760 Part 5: Reliability of systems equipment and components - Guide to failure modes effects and criticality analysis (FMEA and FMECA).</span>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFStolarskiNakasoneYoshimoto2011" class="citation book cs1">Stolarski, Tadeusz; Nakasone, Y.; Yoshimoto, S. (2011-02-24). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UVItRsjsFZwC&q=Engineering+analysis"><i>Engineering Analysis with ANSYS Software</i></a>. Elsevier. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-08-046969-0</bdi>.</cite></span>
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