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How to take fire flow conditions into account ?
- EngineeringDaN
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Why not Rectangular Mesh for Arbitrary Shape Domain?
- mdn
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If one acquired private funding how do they approach their University?
- mesa
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Did Nikola Tesla use much math in his work?
- Inventor man
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Did Tesla patent a method to harness free energy from the ionosphere?
- Inventor man
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Personal pronouns in technical writing
- Nick O
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Optics and fluid dynamics simulation software
- Goodver
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How to calculate that shape inside volume?
- gaber2611
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Residential Structural Engineering: Beam Calculator for Sawn Lumber
- medeek
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Flywheel Storage Cost: What is the Average?
- jkim6881
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Where Can I Find Simulation Learning Resources for Comsol Multiphysics?
- carllacan
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Is a Corona Flash System Using Fiber Optics and Lens Physics Possible?
- MW Masailo
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Two parabolas, facing each other
- ScooterGuy
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What Size HSS Beam for 40ft Span, 500 kgs Load
- kurtnic
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Welcome Rob! Building Your Loading Ramp
- yota4life513
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Flow rate in a gravity fed water pipeline
- gilesm89
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When Things Get Made By Committee
- jedishrfu
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Building a Stable Wood Platform w/ 4 Aluminum Pillars
- stephenbrock
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Calibrating a pressure sensor using water
- themonk
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Measuring energy capture of river turbine
- gloo68
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How Can Strain Be Calculated from Force Displacement Data in a Cantilever Beam?
- nomority
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How to Calculate Safety Factor for Beam Columns?
- derail
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What's the point of these fins in flourescent lightbulbs?
- Nantes
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What can I make with a toaster I no longer need? (project)
- Etienne
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Choosing a generator for a wave energy demonstrator
- Fluidman117
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How do I extrude 2D AutoCAD drawings to 3D in Bentley Substation?
- JermziePV
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Formulas to Calculate deflection/bending of Free-Standing Pipe
- Soji
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How does exposure time affect motion blur in photography?
- Goodver
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How Is St Venant's Torsion Constant Calculated for Non-Standard Steel Sections?
- derryck1234
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Costa Concordia Salvage Operation
- RonL
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Converting metric to imperial (12in/1ft)^3
- C3ss4
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Creating 3d coordinates from stereoscopic images
- steven77723
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Mousetrap using only Paper,Rubberband and glue stick
- Cptjosh
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How Can I Achieve Uniform Lighting for iPhone Camera Photos?
- gfd43tg
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How can I analyze the stresses in a closed ring girder?
- jamesm
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Is there a way to stop the flow of water on this water clock?
- Moedangel
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Can a bio-fuel based energy be future houses?
- dan020350
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How high can you push water vapor from solarthermal desalination?
- willdo
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Product to prevent car hyperthermia
- Nick O
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Sonar, what determines frequency
- Goodver
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Would a battery pack phone charger case discharge your phone faster?
- Nerdydude101
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Water treatment experiment design
- rawan
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What Percent of Idling Occurs at Red Lights?
- anubodh
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Methods of Sending Notifications to Mobile Devices.
- Vectorspace17
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Energy positive, "all inclusive" engineering concept
- Infinitybyzero
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Platform Structure material thickness
- mnray
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Sustainable Energy: New Innovations for Cleaner Electricity
- Nico123
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If science is an imitation of nature, what is the helicopter?
- dan020350
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Why Does My Sonobond Ultrasonic Welder Display an ERROR FREQUENCY?
- calpark
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How dies a weed wacker reload itself?
- Nerdydude101
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Industrial box without adhesive but with tape
- Butters
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New Soccer Ball: Why 2 (or 3) Plates?
- Nerdydude101
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How to Create a Cheap Piston with Arduino and Control Movement?
- Yafimski
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Measuring CO2 Useage on Moving Objects
- blkexp98
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What are the next steps for my new optical device patent?
- valles
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When are angle and channel sections preferred over I beams?
- rollingstein
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How do instruments calculate things using absorption of light?
- Nerdydude101
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Hydro-electric Dam Penstock Analysis
- jamesm
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Volume Measurement (Dry Method)
- TechFan
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Distribution to model time between web page accesses
- oneamp
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PS4 horizontal on or elevated from wood
- micdhack
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Water heater with element in the top section - bad?
- TSN79
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Backyard class 2 pole zip lines
- Goodluck
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Can a Metal Solar Still Provide Clean Water in Any Weather?
- caters
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Effect of waves on offshore moored barge?
- Makis
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Siphon Breaker Vent Pipe Location
- rollingstein
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Dynamic Memory Allocation - malloc versus realloc
- angelspikes
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Pipe excavation in silt clay soil and pipe safety
- M. next
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How can I properly constrain a 3D truss beam in ANSYS using only beam elements?
- AJ Kazakov
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Only one person can hear what you say
- Manraj singh
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Equipment for Hobbyist: Motors, Gears, Microcontrollers
- oneamp
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Engineering degree for the uncoordinated?
- veryhappymom
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Very basic statics question/moment of inertia
- encorelui2
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Which lasers can heat a high pressure vessel to 115°C for steam generation?
- Chippit
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Reinforce concrete column under biaxial bending
- mohamadh95
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Do I understand the Fizeau interferometer? How to read interferogram?
- adamjts
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How can I be energy independent?
- dan020350
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How to apply boundary condition in generalized eigenvalue problem?
- mdn
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How to calculate incident and diffused sunlight for solar panel placement
- gabismm15
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Optimal spacing of diffusive sheet between light and destination
- ares
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How does Franke's condensed notation simplify structural synthesis?
- mech-eng
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Algorithm for assembling quadrilateral mesh in FEM
- mdn
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Selling an innovation to a company
- Seth.T
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Can a Rotating Fan Be Used to Power a House?
- Manraj singh
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How Can We Petition for a Sidewalk on a Dangerous Road?
- k_squared
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Waterproofing Lectures for Electronic Products: Notes and Resources
- theyusufmasood
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Underwater oxygen extraction device
- iDimension
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FE exam: do I need to memorize oxidation numbers?
- enokoner
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Jar of water in a box, how would You prevent condensation?
- diesel47
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How to generate functional in FEM
- mdn
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Laser Interferometer-Need advice/opinions about design.
- adamjts
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Neutral Axis Calculation for Concrete Columns Under Biaxial Bending
- mohamadh95
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Housings for prototypes (electronics)
- GregValcourt
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Top 6 challenges for engineering in the first quarter of 21st Centrury
- spggodd
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Cables in tension passing through board with holes.
- FreshVeggies
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Cantilever beam with curved beam on the end.
- KESTRELx
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Solving trusses with the Direct Stiffness Method
- Diego Saenz
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How can I memorize temp and pressure conversions
- jim1174
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