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Solar Panel that you can see through?
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Polar mass moment of inertia *and* simply moment of inertia
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How does the Clair air purifier's e2f filter affect fan sizing?
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Testing and Troubleshooting Capacitive Sensor Probes
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I want some advice on making a hoverboard
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Why aren't turbines used in water supply systems?
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Is My Concrete Roof Slab Design Adequate for a 3-Storey House on a Slope?
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Charger works with engine off in big rig but not in car
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Hydrodynamic Entry Length of Flow Through Circular Annulus
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Is there a type of battery that will not lose capacity?
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How to work out the impact force of a colision
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Why Is My MATLAB Steady State Error Different from Manual Calculation?
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Maximum pressure a hull can stand
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How TO make a variable 3D metal box
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What is this area of study called?
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Liquid nitrogen generator, N2 gas generator
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Understanding Compression in Eccentrically Loaded Columns and Beams
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Pumping out of a vacuum: Will a pump do it?
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Orion's EFT-1 Flight: HRSI Tiles or White Surface?
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Natural rope friction and snapping
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Straight light beam in opaque water
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Can Polystyrene Withstand the Heat in a Stirling Engine Displacer?
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Quietly Pump Water 11ft - Ideas for Sump Pump Solutions
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Build a Cubesat: Need Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer
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Very Accurate Motors: Piezoelectric & Ceramic Motors
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Volume flow through a one side closed capillary
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Are Displacement and Deflection the Same in Beam Analysis?
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How Do You Calculate Member Forces Using the Unit Load Method?
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Control Theorem: Gains for PD Controller of Acceleration
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Kalman filter - help me to set up a state equation
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How can I connect a PIC 18f4520 micro-controller to Wi-Fi for home automation?
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Creating a Prototype: Formula & Knowledge for Determining Scale
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Ground return used for early telegraph?
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Q: oscillating cantilever
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How i determine number of bolts on flange
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What Are the Top Engineering Topics That Are Currently Trending?
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Calculating Power Requirement for Pump Filler for Ice Cream Project
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Refrigerator Compressors Already have Refrigerant?
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Replaceable alternator rotor windings
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Fluid Mechanics Viscous Dissipation
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Understanding Entropy: The Impact on Systems
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Determine the number of required Monte Carlo iterations
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Heat Shield temperature question
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3D cad for piping and systems recommendation
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Under pressure -- flow rate through multiple holes in a pipe
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Lookin for cool ideas for a Bachelor project
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Help Needed: Device to Lift 180lbs 30cm Off Ground
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Doppler effect in modulated signals
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How do you store (safe-keep) beam-splitters?
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Boat Hull Design: Stability Through Tunnels?
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Brushless gimbal motors vs servo?
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Secret Bookcase Door Switch - Help?
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Calculating size of wooden members
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Engineering works in a company that develop robots?
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Restricting exhaust flow causing temperature increase?
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Solving the Severn Bridge Sag Span Mystery
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How to design a simple temperature controlled electrical heating system ?
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Building a new city, geometrically?
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Calculating Tensile Lap Shear Strength: How Can I Determine the Shear Area?
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Need help developing an idea, solar energy heliostats
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Looking to get into 3D printing and engineering
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Graphene Conductivity: Testing the Resistance
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Understanding Simmerring Performance Limits
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How Do I Calculate the Shearing Force for Cutting Plastic?
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Calculating strength of steel square tubing
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How can I test the load output of my hydro turbine without breaking the bank?
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Is Harnessing Energy from Trains Through Regenerative Braking Practical?
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Pulling Conductor - Transmission Line
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Friction Coefficient, F1 corners
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Is this possible? Omnidirectional Load Pin
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What is the best way to fuse two credit cards together?
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Can a Direct Link Between Car Engine and Jet Pump Power an Amphibious Vehicle?
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Can I use one hydraulic pump for two identical motors?
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Few Questions on source tranformation
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Your Thoughts on the Most Sustainable 8x15 Trailer for Cold Climates
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Relative positioning sensor question (With Picture)
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Pivot Angled Bolt: Find the Right Solution for Mark
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How do I calculate the deflection of an L-shaped pipeline with added loads?
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Designing a Spaghetti Bridge to Support 2kg of Sand: Tips and Restrictions
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Can a Steel Piping Cubic Bedframe Support Heavy Weight?
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Calculating Initial Volume for Desired Pressure and Volume in Air Chamber
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How to measure the length of metal sheet coil?
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How much power motor I need to rotate big ferris wheel
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Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation (Added Mass and Basset Force)
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Calculating Tension Loads in Composite Bars
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How to tune the PID parameters using Fuzzy Logic?
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Having 12V (cig. lighter) power supply on Suzuki GN125H
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Why is the electrolyte in a cell necessary?
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Free Body Diagram Forces of a Rope Hoisting a Weight via Pillars
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What happens when gasoline gets old - chemically and in car engine?
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How To Design Solonoid Coil for AC Voltage
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Help with compressed air thrust
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Concentrated Heat --> Efficiencies in Energy Production, How?
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Question about ultrasonic receiver orientation
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How can I calculate the temperature of a body between two thermal reservoirs?
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What's the relation of the viscous hydrodynamic forces and swirl？
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How to calculate temperature of a pipe with hot air flowing though?
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Could wind turbines be used as wind breaks in open farm land
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Electromagnetic Piston using a holding magnet and permanent magnets?
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Can BLDC Technology Solve Voltage Fluctuation Issues for Domestic Water Pumps?
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