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Engineering analysis
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<p>Engineering analysis 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="/facts/Engineering_design_process/heCF3wFo">engineering design</a> into the <a href="/facts/Mechanism_(engineering)/FnLwb2Iy">mechanisms</a> of operation or failure, analyzing or estimating each component of the operation or <a href="/facts/Failure_mechanism/4Ue191js">failure mechanism</a> in isolation, and re-combining the components according to basic physical principles and <a href="/facts/Natural_law/LoBqj5pT">natural laws</a>. </p>