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Rate and Frequency, Are they the same?

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Large Scottish Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Reservoir and Dam (@ Coire Glas)

  • Peter Dow
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Can wind turbines harness energy from moving vehicles?

  • groston
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Active noise control for waterjet machines

  • slider.1978
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Understanding Wavelet Transform for Time Series Data Analysis

  • DavidLiew
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Looking for some advice/guidance

  • singen
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Thought Prob : Regenerative Damping of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator

  • Hepth
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At which depth could the existance of gold being plausible?

  • papajo
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How Do Cruise Ships Manage Their Water Supply?

  • Biosyn
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Have you encountered Perpetual Motion Disease (PMD)?

  • Q_Goest
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Relation between electrical and mechanical resonant frequency

  • mechandmeta
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How can static electricity shocks from treadmill be prevented?

  • rehud
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Are Storey and Foundation Depths Proportional in Multi-Storey Buildings?

  • rodsika
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What does Temporal Modulation mean?

  • gematt7
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Simple Supported Beams: Deflection at Supports?

  • jnlbctln
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Whats so new and innovative about UG competitions?

  • cosmonov
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What are the different types of woods used in construction?

  • median27
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Free 3D Structure Design Sim for Balsa Wood Modeling

  • GiTS
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What civil engineering travels most?

  • quoopy
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Local linear control for trajectory following in nonlinear systems

  • enroger0
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Laplace transform of multiplication

  • Bloo_Mec
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SSSI (structure-soil-structure interaction)

  • ocky
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Looking for some sort of 'cable quick release'

  • ehilge
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How can I design an efficient air ring main system for an aquarium?

  • simulation1
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Chartered Engineer (CEng) UK Assistance

  • mike1969
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How is the Huff Method Used for Temporal Distribution of Rainfall?

  • af_231
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Understanding Scientific Output

  • surajkaul
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Can You Provide Guidance on Obtaining a Hydrograph by Return Flood?

  • af_231
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Difference between Mechanical and Electrical engineer?

  • I_noscopedJFK
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Best engineering books for an undergraduate engineer

  • joshuad
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Extremely short takeoff and landing aircraft

  • DaveC426913
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How to get the new Coordinate of an Polygon at angle X

  • abcplex
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Engineers with ADD & OCD? What field would I do well in?

  • sbcy
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What type of Engineer do I need?

  • Resiom
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Can You Help With My School Project Interview?

  • KidWonder
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Modeling bolt holes as stress concentrators in I beam bending

  • foundry
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Where can beginners learn shop skills?

  • Opus_723
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Is Meshing Possible with Nodes in Ansys Beam Creation?

  • Deshewle
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Can You Hang a Table Level Using Ropes at Each Corner?

  • Yehow
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Can Real-Time Focus Stacking Enhance Long-Distance Wildlife Observation?

  • Bostonpyramidbu
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Photo Contest - Science and Engineering (2/25-3/2)

  • ZapperZ
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Engineer Technical Letter Request

  • af_231
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Distance a steel bullet penetrates into concrete

  • bahakhatib
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Choosing the Right Pipe for a Home Pull Up Bar

  • ablefire
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Good resource for gifs and animations of hydraulics?

  • Femme_physics
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Do engineering researchers often use advanced math as tools?

  • -Dragoon-
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Calculating second moment of area of L section

  • wicz
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Computer controlled wheel chair or pram

  • jasjit
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Writing shear and moment equations for a simple beam problem?

  • rtrux4
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Fundamental engineering Exam for Electrical Engineers

  • asdfmosin
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Ways to measure the speed of a golf ball?

  • stuckpipe
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Calling function with no input argument

  • mushi
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Effective length of steel column

  • defdek
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Lift design -no electricity supply?

  • marko1887
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Abnormal behavior from [working] voltage detector

  • Mhmmm
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From Lat,Long,Height to Azimuth,Elevation,Range Conversion

  • mushi
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How can i draw scientific figures for my papers?

  • matinking
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Most demanding engineering disciplines for the Energy Sector

  • ShadowRei
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Civil Engineering or Mechanical for Patent Attorney

  • boilerup12
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Amusing Engineering Recruitment Poster

  • cepheid
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Can we separate heat from light?

  • ciurio
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When are x, y, z coordinates positive or negative?

  • Speedracer72
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Creating a unit hydrograph and reservoir level-storage curve for a dam

  • af_231
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What does 'rfac' do in Fortran?

  • mushi
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Solving and presenting standard equations (software?)

  • Alexander D
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Strange indexing in Fortran Code

  • mushi
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Need to get a bit more fuel for the furnace.

  • turbo
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What are some typical engineering questions during an interview?

  • yopy
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Books on Wind Energy (offshore)

  • GnMvP
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Can Someone See When Using a Cloaking Device?

  • Chitose
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U.S. term for refining a production process at lab scale

  • Jack8rkin
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How to improve at back of the envelope calculations

  • nascentmind
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What Toy Set Lets You Connect Cylindrical Tubes at Various Angles?

  • cepheid
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Interested in average household energy consumption in 2011

  • IntegrateMe
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Need method for trilateration of 3 GPS satellites

  • tribaljunkie
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Laplace Transform (Integration Theorem)

  • MHR-Love
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Who does Finite Element Modelling?

  • bildsoe
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Acoustic ceiling effectiveness in reducing sound

  • iamphi
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Balancing flow in a 5-stage production sequence

  • Major_Energy
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Why do pedestrian crossing signals count down but the traffic light stays green?

  • DaveC426913
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What is the fastest growing field in Engineering? other than bio

  • arpeggio
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Can alternative gases be used to test water pipes for leaks?

  • TSN79
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Manual or Automatic cars accelerate faster?

  • anhtho
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Constructing Mini Hot Air Balloon for Physics Olympics

  • jangag
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Home automation through telephone

  • kautilya
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California Website suggesting new car oil change mileage

  • Pengwuino
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Oh cool i just thought of this xD

  • alkire
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Should I take a sandwich year in mechanical engineering at 30+?

  • sketch
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Do you need calculus to be a successful engineer?

  • jvgkaty
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German or French for Engineering?

  • Acut
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Can't find the screwdriver HA

  • gulfcoastfella
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Design a Freeway Barrier to Stop a Truck & Protect an Egg

  • blade88
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Why do people prefer engineering/applied science over pure science?

  • metalrose
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Propane jet burner vs standard burner efficiency

  • yungman
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Floating of a 1.6mtr x 19mm x 60 mtr steel tube

  • sbgce
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