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Calculate turning angle - 2 wheels car
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How can I ensure even water flow to my garden?
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Why are there two different truth tables for BCD to Gray?
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Water/land detection/differentiation from a quadcopter
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Create Pneumatic Bicycle: High Torque or RPM?
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What are the limitations/ disadvantages of the Fourier Tran
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How do stacked fans affect airflow and pressure?
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How Does Engine Speed Affect Diesel Injection Timing?
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Spiral heat exchanger - pressure drop?
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Energy cell question: Will it work?
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Homemade battery packs 48volts
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Bridge Beam Shapes: Why Are They Different?
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Cable rotations formulae or method
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How to create electricity by pumping CO2 through water?
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Lead compensator for double integrator
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The x,y,z coordinates of CM of a solid cylinder
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Using accelorometer and gyroscope in projectile motion
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Velocity of Fluid flow due to gravity
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Help me understand static and kinetic friction please
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What's the color temperature for LEDs indicate?
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Solar updraft tower: How small a working unit can be made?
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Multiple BLDC per shaft for marine propulsion
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Function of an accumulator with a pump
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Pressure Canner BTU's Needed to Reach 20 PSIG?
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Optimizing Cantilever Design: Solving for Minimum Mass and Maximum Strength
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Barometric Leg to drain a slurry from a system under vacuum
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How many BTU/hr needed to cool 500 CFM of air 100F degrees?
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Calculate horizontal and vertical force components
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Sketching Root Locus: n=2, m=1, Angle?
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Is hands-on experience necessary for design engineers to be successful?
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Interpretation of Accelerometer Measurements
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S11 and Frequency Modeling for Physical Parameter
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Citing a Patent: What Does It Mean?
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Tension on bolts in anchor plate on concrete wall
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Is my formula for determining heat time and wattage for steel correct?
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How can I prevent deformation of an ultrathin-walled tube during insertion?
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How bright is the future of Maglev Cars?
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Quadcopter or drone robots designing
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Why are confetti pieces clogging in my modified confetti blower?
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Understanding Holograms: How Do They Work?
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Calculating total bulk modulus of cylinder, piston and oil
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