@article{ajme2021911,
author={Adiutori, Eugene F.},
title={Why Conventional Engineering Science should be Abandoned, and the New Engineering Science that should Replace It},
journal={American Journal of Mechanical Engineering},
volume={9},
number={1},
pages={1--6},
year={2021},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/9/1/1},
issn={2328-4110},
abstract={Conventional engineering science should be abandoned because: Engineering laws that are <i>proportional </i>equations (such as <i>q = h</i>&#916;<i>T</i>) <i>cannot</i> describe <i>nonlinear</i> phenomena (such as boiling heat transfer). Engineering laws were created by assigning dimensions to <i>numbers</i>, in violation of the conventional view that dimensions must <i>not </i>be assigned to numbers. Contrived parameters (such as heat transfer coefficient) make it <i>impossible</i> to solve nonlinear problems with the variables <i>separated</i>, greatly complicating solutions. <i>All</i> engineering equations are <i>irrational</i> because they attempt to describe how the numerical values <i>and </i>dimensions of parameters are related, when in fact equations can rationally describe <i>only</i> how <i>numerical values</i> are related. In the new engineering science described herein: Engineering laws describe proportional, linear, and nonlinear phenomena<i>. No</i> engineering laws were created by assigning dimensions to numbers. There are <i>no</i> contrived parameters (such as heat transfer coefficient), and therefore nonlinear problems are solved with the variables <i>separated</i>. <i>All </i>engineering equations are rational because they describe <i>only</i> how the <i>numerical values</i> of parameters are related.},
doi={10.12691/ajme-9-1-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}