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Sources of Information on Engineering
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Insights Why We Don’t Discuss Perpetual Motion Machines (PMM)
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YOU: Fix the US Energy Crisis
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Engineering Disasters
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What is this metal insert for in a desk?
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E-Bike/Scooter Li Battery Fires
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Why do all my clocks run slow?
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2:1 Pulley Question
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I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet
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Unable to simulate bent structure in R soft Beamprop.
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Questions about the Tesla turbine
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How Do I Identify and Locate My Curb Stop Valve?
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How can I find the cleanout for my building drain?
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Query on Isentropic relationships (such as PV^gamma = constant)
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What Could Cause Issues with a Dry Sump Pump Upgrade to a Four-Stage System?
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Is the curb box placed in the ground over the corporation stop? (plumbing question)
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Engineering task: How prevent metal balls from getting stuck when flowing down and out of a cylindrical container?
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Vacuum furnace argon fill system — advice needed
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Calculate waterflow on inclined plane
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How do wind turbines do their thing?
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Software to convert images into perforated pattern
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Question about transient temperature and pressure for air flowing into a box
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Blue or green solar thermal collector?
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Measurement of actual CO2 mass emitted from a diesel engine
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Mystery noise in flue (no, it's not a critter)
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Modern US locomotive design and operation
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3"x3" steel tube, Structural engineering question
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Rate of room temperature change related to U values of composites
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Why speed limits don't matter
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How does pulling a string start a lawnmower or a weed eater?
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Why is an Attitude Indicator not Built Like a Ball Compass?
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How can I avoid Foaming in my cutting fluid tank? (attached drawing for reference)
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Multiple electric generators on the same drive shaft
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Calculating power dissipated in a heat exchanger
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Gas liquifaction unit of minimum dimensions
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Impact Forces on a Clamped Rectangular Plate
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Calculating how a car consumes energy (gasoline)
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Submarine noise level reduction, stealth question
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Difference between Elastic Limit & Yield Point
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How to choose window fans to cool and dehumidify multi room 300 sq ft condo without air conditioning?
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Exploring End-Use Applications for recycled HDPE from used oil containers
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Derivation of First Storey Shear Rigidity for a Rigid Frame
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Vacuum pump design
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How to stop/reduce ultrasonic sound wave device?
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Technical drawing: reference dimensions
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Do you think this is an oil well, water well or what? (Tintype)
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The 41 second clock failure syndrome
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Cooling systems in thermal power stations
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Query regarding foam mattress 'shaking phenomenon'
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Wind gust duration to overturn a block
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Heat Transfer with Recirculating Chiller Problem
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Synhelion -- Using solar heliostat farms to create liquid fuels from Water Vapor and CO2
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How to find velocity of gas pump flowing into car tank
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Drain water from 5" pipe buried 9ft underground
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Compress helium in a CO2 cartridge
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Rethinking infrastructure in flood prone areas
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Replacing asphalt used on speed bumps with non-Newtonian fluid?
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Car stalls during idle after battery replacement, then fine after two days
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Calculating load for barn floor
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Optimal roller distance for dynamometer
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Help with Adafruit ICM-20649 IMU Orientation During Frisbee Throw
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Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses after Ship Strike
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What is the purpose of two units of mass in the Imperial system?
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Student Recreates the Archimedes Death Ray
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Need help with determining thickness of steel bars
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Is Electric Mining Equipment the Future of the Industry?
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Does such a valve exist? (water check valve)
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Extruding a curved tube of pasta dough
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Optimization of barrel length in pneumatic cannons
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Why Are My Bending Moment Signs Incorrect in the Direct Stiffness Method?
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Compressive strength of aluminum
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Airflow Restriction in Tobacco Smoking Pipe
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Hydrogen-fueled Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)
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Dam Failures and Infrastructure Damage in a Changing Environment
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Which Umbrella Base is Best for Windy Conditions?
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Rsoft BeamProp software - redeem my misery!
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Reliable CO2 Cartridge Puncturing for Horizontal Acceleration Test
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"2001 A Space Odyssey" space station: Rotating or contra-rotating?
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What is the complete derivation of the nonhomogeneous fluid flow rate equation?
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Automatic Window Opener - how does it work?
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Connected 2 Venturis in Series (need a solution)
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Wing Sails on modern ships
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How to attach clamp to metal bar?
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What adhesive is suitable for gluing steel and G10 material?
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Would it be possible to make a self powered fan?
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Calculation of coolant tank size required to feed multiple grinding stations
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Validating "NET Power's" use of the Allam-Fetvedt cycle
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How much will my seaweed tanks heat up in the hot Indian summer?
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Car tires, informative video of the finer details
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Coastal Civil/Structural Engineering - Infrastructure Stability
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Quantitative Risk Assessment Of buried crude Oil Pipelines
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Set up a siphon with a vacuum pump for my seaweed cultivation tank?
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Waste Container Handling Crane -- Why are we getting this lift offset?
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Tesla starts "full self-driving" beta test - follow-up
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Airbag Simulation using LS-DYNA: start from filled airbag
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Pulley system with equal spacing
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Calculate water level with conditions open to environment (static head)
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Deriving a mathematical model for a stick falling over
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Quick release buckle strap with controllable release of tension
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What Is the Combined Magnetic Force When Parallel Magnets Align?
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Where is the 'Origin' on a Bode Plot?
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How to avoid gassing out from snowblower fumes
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Why Celebrate Engineer's Week with Cherry Pie?
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