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How Did Archimedes Use His Principle to Compare Densities of Gold and Silver?
- roger5
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Why I Love My Vibrations Professor
- Cyrus
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Is it plausible to generate electricity through buoyancy?
- cabcabby
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Are Some Engineering Majors Harder Than Others?
- Gauss177
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- Engineering degree or Engineering/Science double degree?
- meee
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Greenhouse effect slowing space debris decay and increasing collision risk
- BobG
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Is It Possible to Hide a Number Plate Inside a Bumper?
- barbo
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Game cube to usb adapter advice
- fishys182
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How Big Is the Airplane That Matches the Width of an 8-Lane Roadway?
- Cyrus
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Flooding Risk for Cofferdams: Time to Reach 1.5 Meters Without Pumps?
- gurly03star
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The Best Contraptions, and other Rube Goldberg moments
- Ivan Seeking
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Is Calculus Enough for Aspiring Mechanical or Structural Engineers?
- nickenrite
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What did you studied in your 1st and 2nd year ?
- DeViL eNgInEeR
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Is 1000G Centrifugal Force Enough to Test the Glass Thicker at Bottom Myth?
- Psi 5
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Why Does Murphy's Law Always Strike My Old Truck?
- Ivan Seeking
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Simulate a Working Model with Sodaplay Software
- Shahil
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Locating a leak in high pressure water plastic plumbing
- DaveC426913
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Cheap Infrared Camera for Detecting Human Heat - $30 or Less!
- sphoenixee
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Learn Adobe Photoshop Basics for Low Price
- WaterGirl
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Structural Engineering for 16-Year-Old in NZ - Nick
- nickenrite
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Calculating forces vectors etc?
- Ekka
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Which suitcase handle is more ergonomic: rigid or swinging?
- nickcc
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How do I use the method of joints to analyze bridge structures?
- The_murphulator
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How to analyze forces in a bunk bed supported by wall rails and legs
- cabellos
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Apprenticeships in structual engineering?
- nickenrite
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Deflection of a Perfect Strut Under Point Forces
- dichotomy
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What engineer would be involed in this?
- namwob
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Laddermill- novel windmill design
- aeroboyo
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Method of consistant deformations
- jmf322
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Waterfall Turbine/Magnetic Feild Inducer
- xieon
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How to Gain Insight from a Professional Engineer?
- zee1
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Fountains before electric pumps
- bobbobwhite
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Folding bunkbed wall support mechanisms for caravans
- cabellos
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Calculate Deflection of Beam Under Point Load
- bravegers1
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What to get an engineer for his birthday tomorrow?
- Loren Booda
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Statics Problem - I've been out of school too long.
- Michael Wakefield
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Building a Tabletop Apparatus Without Stored Energy
- sunnyjay
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Does the equation δ = (PL^3)/(48EI) apply only to maximum beam deflection?
- stoner
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Can I Combine Engineering with Learning Languages and Cultures?
- magnus1225
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What Are the Equations of Motion for Circular Motion?
- plug2002
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School boards: Idiots with creative engineering proposals
- Rach3
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Telescope mirror polishing simulator
- Lerch
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Highway Maintenance Costs: What's the Average Annual Cost?
- luckycharms
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Pressure Chambers Project: 30+ PSI for School
- GTdan
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Where to find the following information?
- Song
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Underground Storage Tank subjected to any loading when it is in burying?
- baleno911
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Take some pictures at school with my new camera
- Cyrus
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Civil/Environmental Engineering: Pros and Cons
- npat
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What sort of engineering should i do?
- meee
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Inventing Process: Agony, Maths & Peanut Butter
- wolram
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Dynamics: solve both trajectories
- 600burger
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Where to buy RFID readers and tags for thesis research
- IrOnFiSt
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Challenge To Build The Tallest Tower
- dratcliff
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UGS NX4 vs Solidworks: Which is Better?
- bboy
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Engineering fields that work outdoors
- Ghostblade
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PDF example of mechanical structure?
- Bert
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Dimensioning a house's main-pipe
- TSN79
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Simple Computer modelling - Software suggestions
- 3trQN
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Technical name for floating balls that reduce evaporation and heat loss
- paddy-boy66
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Sizing an electric heating element with resistance wire coil
- John Galt
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Calculating Failure Rate: 0.8 Reliability in 2000 Hours
- scotchpie
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Misread heat transfer coefficient units on quiz
- Cyrus
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Just Passed the Dept Qualifying Exam
- Clausius2
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Transferring Programs from TI-83 to TI-84: Is it Possible?
- Robokapp
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Can you make cardboard organ pipes?
- manu_phm
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Difference between generation rate and evaporation rate
- melpec
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Searching for a Universal Book of Equations
- rasperas
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Vacuum System Design: Penning Gauge Effects
- Remi
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T-beams and Second moment of area
- Kramjit
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Standards and codes for designing amusement park rides
- drewjmore
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Quiting my job. Tell the truth or lie?
- david90
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Designing an Item Finder for High School Student - Advise Needed
- Harmony
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Study Habits ( for students only)
- Equilibrium
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Arrogance in academia vs. practical engineering work
- Clausius2
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Which is the Broadest Engineering Discipline?
- tegra97
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Wave propagation in elastic tubes.
- somasimple
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Trane Party of 8: A Spectacular Installation Abortion
- russ_watters
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Is Engineering More Office-Based or Hands-On?
- meee
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Materials Engineering: My Interesting Month So Far
- brewnog
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How big would a solar chimney need to be for 2 kW per day in California?
- NoTime
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Rattling and humming from 1992 Honda Accord DX muffler
- Gokul43201
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How to measure height above sea level
- TSN79
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Can You Spot the Invisible Ductwork?
- russ_watters
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I just got accepted into Engineering
- triden
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Is a Cheap, Eco-Friendly, and Tax-Free Steam Car Possible?
- wolram
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The Lasting Power of Man-Made Structures
- wolram
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How to setup printer to print multiple files sequently
- Mike Phan
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Where to download OrCAD PSpice software
- mich_v87
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Is Over-Engineering Hindering Your Success in Engineering Projects?
- Cyrus
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Efficient Blueprint Design Software for Boats and Buildings
- UnknownPiratte
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Does sand pile shape affect the load above a tunnel underneath?
- brbeck777
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Can someone without art skills become a good engineering designer?
- Jin Sen Zhang
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[Ask] about manufacturing engineering
- bboy
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Build a Strong Bridge with Limited Resources: A Budget-Friendly Challenge
- jkv6391
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What Energy Level is Needed for a Laser to Ignite Air Like Lightning?
- Intuitive
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Choosing a Path in Engineering: Balancing Design and Fundamentals
- jactrigga
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Good riddance to Summer Session 1
- quantumdude
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Don't blame me, it's my first day
- Hawknc
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