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What does a circle with a slash through it mean?
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Feasibility Study: How to Create a Tender Bid
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Autocorrelation function of the output of the nonlinear device
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What's the difference between MUOS and Iridium satellite com
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Setting up FBDs for Frames & Machines: Tips & Tricks
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Types of signals in process control
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Robotics Engineers -- How could a bot navigate by temperature?
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Solving Unsteady Problems in Mechanical Engineering
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How can I find a 1 um size vacancy under 150 um brass?
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Heat Transfer Calculations for Hot Pipe Coil Setup
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How does reinforcement help prevent blowouts when drilling deep into the Earth?
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Where Can You Drop Objects From 30 Meters High for Scientific Experiments?
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What Are the Methods for Detecting Gases in a Room?
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Design -- horizontal I-beam with center loading....
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas (GLP) Volume in Tanm
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Calculating velocity of steam through orifice
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Calculating heated rectangle temperature rise
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Help with design for moving a box
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Units of constants in transfer functions?
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Pressure losses in electric air heater
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How Does Wheel Speed Affect Turning Rate in Dual-Wheel Drive Vehicles?
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What Factors Affect Wind Turbine Efficiency Beyond Betz's Law?
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OT: Elevator Speed and Counterweight Mass Comparison
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Why do US lamp parts use an "IP" thread ?
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How does the neutral pressure inside a balloon affect its lifting force?
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Moment of Inertia for Simple Polygon
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Discover the Top Types of Counterweights for Efficient Physical Work
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One big propeller vs. multiple smaller propellers....
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Difference Between Electrical and Optical Signal Encryption?
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Non-uniform stress distrubution
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Boundary conditions of that beam.
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How to "power-up" a steel body suit?
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How to use the hydroelectric power equation
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Low Latency IP Camera Solutions: Find 1080p30 Video
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Transferring a handheld radio into a antique style radio box
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How Do Length-Adjustable Gas Springs Work?
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Robot navigation using GPS coordinates with two ultrasonic range finders
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Optics/lens/LCD simulation software
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How can I apply extremely low forces to an object?
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How Can I Reduce Sag in My Aluminum Tubing System Using Newtonian Physics?
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Reducing servo motor jitter noise
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Help with water pump calculations
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The new British pilot less aircraft
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Deriving Strain in Cantilever Beam with Known Deflection
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Post Buckling Analysis in ANSYS
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Why Does Fluid Accelerate and Decelerate Over a Convex Surface?
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Forces in cable fixed and not fixed one end
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How Do Forces and Stresses Affect Meat Slicing?
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What is the optimum wing angle and corresponding travelled?
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Need advice on pinch-off tool for cold cold-weld sealing
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State prediction equation for Kalman filter
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A little idea I had with a lot of flaws...
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Just a Thought About Tornadoes and Wind Turbines
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Can any one me identify this object?
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Dimensional Analysis: Subtracting Units & Unitless Numbers
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Measuring nanoparticle aggregates
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Conformability elastic material compressed on a wavy surface
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Moments and shear force diagram
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What Is the Correct Name for This Animatronic Eye Mechanism Part?
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Measuring the internal pressure of a sealed container
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Convection coefficient for an annular finned pipe
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Compression of an object and its length.
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Compressed oxygen for jet engine (?)
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Some simple heat transfer formula derivations and questions
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Air Leaking from Unloader Valve: Any Suggestions?
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Not using a li-po battery reduces its life cycle?
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Correlating Displacement and Strain in a Cantilever Beam System
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Understanding Evaporation at the Molecular Level
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Method of Joints Query: Shedding Light On Truss Calculations
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Finding Work of a Hydrogen Explosion
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Strain of a wire tied with an angle in a beam
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Should I Apply for University Public Engineering Lectures?
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Irradiance and Isc and Voc of a solar cell
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What is 's' in a transfer function?
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What is the forefront of research in energy?
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Pure rotation under a point force and a distributed friction
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How does this floor heating mixing unit work?
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Practicality of building large size magnets
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Can a Check Valve Solution Make Water Flow Up a Pipe into a Rain Barrel?
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What is digital bandwidth finder
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How Do You Solve a Truss Equilibrium Problem with Incorrect Force Calculations?
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Modeling 2D vs. 3D Flow in a Circular Pipe
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How Can I Increase My Lawn Sprinkler System's Flow Rate?
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Two Types of Valves: Conic & Radial Jets
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Load Carrying Capacity of Beams in 3-Story Building
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Heat Transfer in a Compound Parabolic Dish
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Molten Salt Tankers: Feasibility & Costs
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Venting air and guarding against splashing
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How are these little internal gear teeth made?
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What simple machine is a cam/eccentric?
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Simplest way to increase pressure in a container?
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How to unscrew a nut from a generator
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Vertical Wind Tunnels using green technology
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Moving magnetized objects apart
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Tire Torque & Traction Force: Sprocket Attached to Rear Axel
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Optically Transparent Piezoelectric Materials
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Will Adding Material Make My Piece Stronger Against Rotational Force?
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Forces appearing on the pipe when a fluid flows in it
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Small diameter water nozzle efficiency versus nozzle length
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