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Should a civil engineer learn solidworks?
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Fuel efficiency, turbine vs stroke generator
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Calculate Wire Tension in Zero Gravity Circle | Rotating Wire
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Identifying a Sensor for Dark, X-Axis Motion Detection
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Stability of a System: Bode Diagram Analysis
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U.S. Naval Research Lab develops transparent aluminum
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Non flammable, off the shelf propane like gas question?
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Overall heat transfer coefficient for free convection exchanger
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Mining Software | Popular Options for Design, Blasting, Hauling
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Bulk velocity and center line velocity
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Why Does Bernoulli's Equation Apply to Wind Tunnels?
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Can an airplane fly without wings?
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Is it possible to have a input & output screen or speaker?
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Creating electricity utilzing water particles in a vacuum
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How to Calculate RPM of Wind Turbine generator
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Best material for diffusing moisture into a closed vessel?
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How do I know how much this motor is putting out?
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How do you determine the blower size to overcome pressure
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Airfoil question about camber and thickness
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Does a low brick wall need to rest on top of beams for proper support?
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Heat Transfer through a cooking pot
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Need a valve for retention of compressed air in cylinder
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Can anyone identify this item please
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With a Few Design Features for a Trompe
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Bending moment on multi beam sign post
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Snow Load Calculator | Medeek Design
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How to position compacted mass?
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Increasing Flow rate through system
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Limit on mechanical & electric energy conversion efficiency
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How Can I Build a Small-Scale HIFU System for Inducing Sample Oscillation?
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Maximizing Efficiency in Passive Cooling: A Thermoelectric Solution
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Max Load Capacity of Rack Built from 2x2x.25 Steel Tubing
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Measuring surface waves using the a pressure sensor?
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Submarine Outfall For Storm Water Drainage Pipe
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Height limitation for natural circulation thermosiphon
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Mean stress with miner's rule in fatigue analysis
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Maximizing Boat Trailer Capacity: Redesign Tips & Tricks for Heavy Loads
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Prevent Flow Separation | Impact on Drag & Efficiency of Cars & Wings
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What determines the sign/direction of shear stress?
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How to calculate volume of oil released from a pinhole ?
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Gearbox Backlash: Adding Values for Output?
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Automated sample extraction from oven?
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Making Steel Wheels Magnetic for Model Train Track
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Calculating max weight object supports without counterweigh
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Finding the total charge from the graph
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Moment and reaction of shaft - Statically Indeterminate
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Man-made generation of water waves
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Would this water from air device work?
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Concerning the Airfoil of Variable Pitch propellers
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Metal Gate posts strengths & stresses?
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Where/how to make a plastic piston valve
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Monitoring While Drilling Problem
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Air flow through small rectangular opening
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Can the Deflection of Mild Steel Straps Support a 500kg Load?
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What stress to use for fatigue analysis
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Euler's column Formulae application in aluminum cans?
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What Does R34 2 PL Mean in an Isometric Drawing?
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Software package for modelling electromagnetic interaction
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Dissapating corner moments in a rectangular underground tank
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Can the Pressure Rise in a System be Calculated When Leakage Changes?
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Thin Load Cells for Small Weigh Scale Project
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Boron-Aluminum materials for aircraft use
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Hoop + radial + axial = multi axial stress?
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PID loops or Complementary filter for University project?
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What does the particle density of ASTM C128 represent?
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Compressed Air Reverse Thruster
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Internal combustion engine efficiency
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T-Cork hopper/sorter design help
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How could change the energy band gap(E-K) using the strain?
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Calculation of actual spray angle and coverage
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Wind turbines with many small generators
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Is My Idea for a Small Ion-Engine Satellite Feasible and Original?
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Physics of Water Pressure Regulators/Reducing Valves
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Shouldn't pressure loss quadruple if flow rate doubles?
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A few questions about relative humidity
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I need to make a robot over the next year
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Bending force or shear force what's the difference?
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Revolutionizing Aviation: Faster Takeoff and Landing Technology Explained
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Functional Back Brace for Costume
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ASTM C127 submerged weight and SSD weight?
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Tower out of paper that would support a textbook
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Horsepower in inches per second?
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Can exhaust heat be used to reduce automotive drag?
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Ideal coil size for a low wind turbine.
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USB Battery Array -> Power 36v Motor
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Something cool to make with magnets
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Project: Ball Launcher - Calculate Torque and RPM
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Is Wasting Energy a Symbol of Affluence and Convenience?
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How to use Logic gate in Breadboard circuit?
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How does this water pump work and is it suitable for an engine concept?
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Need design for a rectangle "like" spray bottle
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Reduction or area deformation meaning?
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Calculating braking force for a disc
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What is the RPM of an erector set motor with 4 AA batteries?
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Masonary Wall Design for water tank
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What a different single-mode-cavity and 'single'-mode-cavity?
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Internal combustion hybrid Steam engine
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Where Can I Find an Astable Linear Solenoid for My Robotics Experiment?
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Can a fan or prop handle high pressure and volume for a 12 inch plenum?
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Can renewable energy be stored?
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