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Product to prevent car hyperthermia
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Sonar, what determines frequency
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ANSYS Maxwell 2D 2dof movement not single line translation
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Impact of Temperature on a Compressor-Burner-Nozzle System"
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Relevance of electrostatic precipitation technology
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Machine Parts requiring cleaning in Steel Mills?
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STC Rating: 25kA, 16kA, or 18.4 kA - Advantages & Clarification
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Absorbance Simulation of Gold Octahedra
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Cfd - familiar with ANSYS Fluent or CFX?
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What is the most cost-effective method for determining crystallization pressure?
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Segway, combining stress?
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Water treatment experiment design
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Methods of Sending Notifications to Mobile Devices.
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What would cause sudden change in evaporation chamber behavior?
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Energy positive, "all inclusive" engineering concept
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Mastering Dimension Reading: Tips for Interpreting Catia V5 Draft Dimensions
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Does steam deaeration involve Henry's Law?
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Platform Structure material thickness
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What is the best way to use solar heating to cool a living space?
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Recreating a sonic boom in a controlled stationary environment
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Can you help troubleshoot my solenoid issues?
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Sustainable Energy: New Innovations for Cleaner Electricity
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Can Waste Heat from an Oven Power an Absorption Refrigerator?
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Can a Self-Feeding Steam Turbine Recycle Its Own Water?
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Novel Flying Device: Balloon Copter
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Power Needed to Keep 1000kg Object in Air
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Why Does My Sonobond Ultrasonic Welder Display an ERROR FREQUENCY?
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How dies a weed wacker reload itself?
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Force between magnet and solenoid
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Heat wave? bring me the freeze ray
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Industrial box without adhesive but with tape
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Simulation of Compressed Air Driven Piston
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New Soccer Ball: Why 2 (or 3) Plates?
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Connecting headphones in parallel?
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Calculating Output Torque of a 3hp Motor
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How to Create a Cheap Piston with Arduino and Control Movement?
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Measuring CO2 Useage on Moving Objects
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T type thermocouple for Delta T measurement
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Calculation of Nusselt # in thermally developing flow
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Calculating Pressure Threshold for Passive Solar Pressure Pump Design
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Can I Design an All-in-One AC to DC LED Driver with PWM Dimming?
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What is the Maximum Gradient a Vehicle Can Climb Based on Known Load Conditions?
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What's the Difference Between Nanodots and Quantum Nanodots?
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L (Angle) & C (Channel) beam sections versus an I section
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Compressed air flow rate from pipe to container
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How do instruments calculate things using absorption of light?
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Geometric tolerances Concentricity
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How to manage a protection unit under a power plamt
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Hydro-electric Dam Penstock Analysis
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Damping Properties of Rubber: Understanding the Impact of Strain Amplitude
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Volume Measurement (Dry Method)
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Measuring the emissivity of a surface
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Optimizing Power, Speed, and Size: Tips for CMOS Circuit Design"
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Distribution to model time between web page accesses
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PS4 horizontal on or elevated from wood
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What is diffusion and Ion Implantation ?
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Water heater with element in the top section - bad?
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How can we optimize water consumption for cooling steel in industrial processes?
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Backyard class 2 pole zip lines
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Designing physics experiment (vibration)
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Shear Thickening Fluid (in plastic)
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Linear Actuator (Solenoid pushing a cylindrical magnet)
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Discrete Control System with Time Delay
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Temperature and Mass Flow effect on Pressure
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ISC Bit Setting for Interrupt Service Routine
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Optimizing Battery Performance for Increased Power in Automated Wheelchairs
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Effect of waves on offshore moored barge?
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Advice request - design a toy steam engine and do a pull event
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Question about automotive braking systems
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Siphon Breaker Vent Pipe Location
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How Does grounding work - the theory?
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Dynamic Memory Allocation - malloc versus realloc
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DigitalWrite in Teensy microcontroller?
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Pipe excavation in silt clay soil and pipe safety
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Solenoid to fire magnetic ball, question about best core material)
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Electrostatic Precipitator Design
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How can I properly constrain a 3D truss beam in ANSYS using only beam elements?
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Only one person can hear what you say
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Equipment for Hobbyist: Motors, Gears, Microcontrollers
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Engineering degree for the uncoordinated?
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What is the minimum number of units required to be connected to a BMS?
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Signal/Data Processing Question
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Reversing the Role of a Great Engine: Refrigerator or Heat Pump?
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Very basic statics question/moment of inertia
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Efficient Laser Steam Generation for High Pressure Vessels: Expert Suggestions
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Reinforce concrete column under biaxial bending
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Springs question - vertical versus horizontal stretching
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Troubleshooting Audio Noise in SMPS at 50KHz: Tips and Solutions
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Do I understand the Fizeau interferometer? How to read interferogram?
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How can I be energy independent?
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Analyzing the thermodynamics of a hot tub
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Can I run this with a solar panel?
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Making a pressure cooker from scratch - with equations
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Determining the loops in a mechanism
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How to apply boundary condition in generalized eigenvalue problem?
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Optimizing Solar Panel Efficiency: Calculating Sunlight for Maximum Power"
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What is the Formula for Calculating Heat Exchange in a Boiler Flue?
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Controlled system - Closed loop system
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Optimal spacing of diffusive sheet between light and destination
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