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Available Wind Energy Calculation
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Pressurizing feed gas with venturi
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Stability of LTI systems with control
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Alternatives to Shaded Pole Gearmotors for Oil Skimmer application
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Do you know the face of the physical unit you are using in your calculations?
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Can you explain this video? (An I-beam cut in half, springs apart, curved)
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Derivation for modified sine curve equations
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Unusual design of a free-flow hydropower station
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Picking up on the discussion "Air build-up in a siphon system"
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Small-scale hydropower generators installed in irrigation canals
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Increasing pipe size and then decreasing
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Anyone know about "Superloads" in transportation?
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Is EV Assist the Future of Semi-Trucks?
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How to reduce humidity through mist eliminator
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Fluid flow and elevation vs pressure
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How to calculate time of Pressurization in vessel?
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Time to pressurize a vessel of fixed volume
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Sprinkle soil on the ice wall around driveway?
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Acrylic (PMMA) rotating disc tensile strength calculation
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Microchip Imaging: What Magnification is Needed for Electron Microscopy?
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A way to increase the bore length but not the barrel of a gun?
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Powerful fans on boat, blow to own sails, would this move the boat?
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Unusual Engineering Gadgets: Test Your Intuition and Share Your Pics!
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Washing machine - centripetal force
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Detect the presence of short-range UWB signals
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Need Help figuring out this gas cylinder volume issue
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How To Convert Kvs-Value For Water To Kvs For Gas?
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Fourier Transform vs Short Time Fourier Transform...
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Multipole ring magnet generator
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How much force can a truck seat back cushion absorb during a collision?
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Asking for advice about filing for a patent on a new device
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How to mechanically produce modified SINE wave motion
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(Control) Derivative filter and discrete model
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Why are MRI machines so expensive to operate?
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Effect of downward force on cantilevered object
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Fender Washer Strength: Determining Adequate Load Capacity for Wire Rope Tension
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What Is the Core of a Section in Eccentric Loading?
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Jackhammer on Vehicle Suspension, Unsprung Mass, Tire patch load
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Can a type K thermocouple be used with cryo?
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Total torque of a multi motor system
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Are electric cars over engineered?
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What does Damage Equivalent Load (DEL) mean?
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Impact force reduction after passing through a medium
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Dehumidifier Safety in the Bathroom: To Open or Not to Open the Window?
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Applying pressure for clearing land mines
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Estimating efficiency of a system
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Fluid dynamics problem: Equalize the volume of water in tanks at differing heights
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Does a pump face less back pressure if a vertical pipe is wider?
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Hydraulic Motor & Constant Torque
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For fun: How big of a Microscope is needed to see a Planck Length?
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DIY electrowetting on a hydrophilic surface
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Decrease in Psti and Plti values with transposed Pst and Plt (@LV) to HV?
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Wrapping a Ribbon Around a Cone
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Why is Reverse Saturation Current Included in the Forward Bias Diode Equation?
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Gas conductance through tube at low pressure
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Does anyone know how this motor from Quantum Energy works?
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Improve Result of my CFD results
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How to calculate if wind through a funnel can open a check valve?
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Searching for fully sintered boron nitride ceramic
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I have a few questions about refrigeration and AC units
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An engineer's approach to the quadratic formula
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Decompressing through an underwater horn shaped tunnel
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Determine Force for inclining platform
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Minimizing Raw Material Losses at Float Glass Manufacturing Facility
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Selling Older 3D Printer: Tips & Advice
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Body-Fixed Reference Frame -- How is it useful?
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Borrowed a used Freddy Vacuum Cleaner for my CNC -- Need help with something!
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Measuring the Speed of Sound in Water, Using Faraday's Law
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Enclosure Panel Material and Heat Transfer
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Cooling Water in Hard Soil: Data and Questions
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Wavelength / signal which would pass through concrete and rubble
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COMSOL: Simulation of liquid nitrogen cooling (Help please)
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Bursting strength and compressive strength of cardboard tubes
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Hydrostatic pressure in a narrow container
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How to include an ITO layer for Anti-Reflection Coating in Silvaco?
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Downdraft table -blocking off part of table surface to increase flow?
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Why Does My Rewound Alternator with Copper Wire Not Generate Power?
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Help to calculate rotation speed of rotor
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Stainless steel as ferromagnetic or non/paramagnetic
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NS Derailment, East Palestine, Ohio - 3 Feb, 2023 - Engineering Aspect
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Measuring thermal conductivity of a metal
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Optics for High Resolution Laser Imaging: Finding the Best Path
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Should a central heating boiler be kept on all the time or on a timer?
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Solve angle issues for opening a door with a linear actuator
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Increasing the Range of Howitzers
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Low Heat/Thermal Conductivity Electric Conductive Materials
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Amtrak derailment, Sept. 25, 2021, near Joplin, Montana, US
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Hydrocyclones- Calculation steps and separation results
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Flooding and Stream area and speed
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Converting Effective Mechanical Load to Newtons (Capybara)
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As much steam as possible from engine exhaust gas + warm water?
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Heat loss from the temperature difference
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Possible to create laminar flow in fast moving air?
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Can a Mason Jar Maintain a Vacuum for Powder Paint Storage?
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Appropriate tightness of bolts between skateboard and trucks
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Surely this will NOT work: violation of conservation of momentum?
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Shower Mixer Taps: Physics & Maths Explained
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Help with wheels, stopping forces and possibly Simpack
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Are Hovering Cars the Future of Transportation?
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How do Engineers Calculate the Dimensions of their Design Ideas?
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