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Bad idea to use a too big heat exchanger?
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Can We Use Remote Sensing to Detect Life on Other Planets?
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Horizontal thrust at near buildings
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Prove:β (heat pump) is always less or equal to β(Carnot HP)
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Meaning of specifications for SDS rotary hammers?
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Evaluate Renewable Energy Concept
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How do I best fit a function's parameters to a curve
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Heat transfer between a hollow cylinder(flowing water inside) and a c?
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How does surface size affect wind pressure on a sail boat?
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Recommendation for good book for IC Engine design
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Irrigation from artificial paving stones?
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Should Technical Reports Use Present Tense for System Operations?
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Requirements for Water Spout pressure trick, at 100 scale?
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Condensing Vapour at 52 Degrees - 2500kg/hr
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Engineering Project: Flood Resistant Terminal w/ Water Driven Propellor
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Wind Mitigation and Building Facade
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Materials for a Lightweight, Sturdy Mechanical Chair
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Solid state DC circuit breaker, used to protect a load
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System resonance revisited: Where does the extra energy come from?
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Calculating Moment Capacity of A36 steel plate
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Which material is good (cost and strength wise)
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Finding Ki, Kp & Kv Using Final Value Theorem
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ANSYS Element for 2D Table Top Modeling w/ Z-Dir Load
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Physics Extended Essay: Kinetic Friction Research
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Guidance for improving practical skills
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Building a hydrostatic pressure chamber
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Future of Energy: Nuclear Power in Space?
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Is it Safe to Distill Santovac Diffusion Pump Oil in a Common Distiller?
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Understanding Full Adders in Verilog: Code Explanation and Help Request
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Who Introduced the Concept of Moment?
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How can car window motors be used to create an actuated valve?
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Trying to decide which engineering is right for me?
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Isentropic Relations for Real Gas in Converging-Diverging nozzle
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Why do Michelson interferometer usually needs 2 mirrors?
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Steady State Error Calculation to Input Step and Ramp Input
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Wind Turbine: Min. Wind Speed for 6MW Generator
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Calculating Volumetric Flow Rate (Q) of Non-Water Liquids
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Performance Characterisitics Given a Zero in the System
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Power conversion logic. What am I missing?
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Starting Torque Advice: 52.5 Kg m^2 at 230RPM
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Strength Project Help for Civil Engineering Students
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Reynolds Number Regarding Turbulent Intensity
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What Size I Beam for 5m Roof Span Supporting 20,000 kg?
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What Happens to Work Done by Gravity in First Law of Thermodynamics?
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Join the Make Magazine Community for Engineering Projects?
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Changing weight at beam ends for different angles
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How altitude effects gas flow rate or not?
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Laplace and Systems Control and Analysis
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FLuid Flow through a Divergent Section
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Read .CAM Files & Take Measurements | Elliptical Hole Verification
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How do I size a hydraulic motor to fit a 12 propeller to move water?
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Volumetric flow rate of air into a tank - Fluid Mechanics
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Ways to Lighten Things: Ideas for Moving Objects
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Biomedical Engineering | New Major Questions
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Transposing a line with known references
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Can 1 1/4 NPT Thread Hold 10,000 PSI?
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Bumps on PET Bottles: Why & How?
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Controllers, processors and operating systems in the car
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Vapor Pressure in Condensing Steam System
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Possible to start Engineering firm without degree?
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How Do You Calculate the Kinetic Energy of Water Flowing Through a Pipe?
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Calculating Maximum Bending Stress in Beam w/Varying Cross Section
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Small non-magnetic motors that work at temperature of 4 Kelvin
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Is a Mechanical Engineering Degree Enough for Controls Theory Courses?
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Finding the fourier series coefficients for cos(pi)x for unit periods
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How Does Insulation Shape Affect Heat Transfer in a Truncated Cone?
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Deriving the equation for lines of constant enthelpy
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Engineering Mechanics - Statics
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Does rotation of bullet when fired increases its lethal power?
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How to use a fuel regulator and where to place it?
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First and Second Order Systems - Classical Analysis
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Spring and Damper system for viabrations
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Determine moment of Inertia from resistance
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Engineering Tips for Master/Graduate Studies | Advice from Experienced Graduates
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Metal plates pressing at 4K, sticking/adhesion problem
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How do you calculate flowrate exiting a pipe?
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Mechanical or Electrical Problem?
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Determining plain stress and plain strain
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Fuel usage to accelerate to 20 mph
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What Are the Benefits of Using Regenerative Conveyor Systems in Mining Projects?
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Solar Power - Photovoltiac cell confusion
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Determine the shear-force and bending-moment equations for the beam?
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Possibility of a Mechanical Generator
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How do I determine the K value from a cantilever beam deflection test?
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Equations for Parabolic Refelctors
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How a movable pulley increases mechanical advantage?
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Comsol moving boundary with loss of mass
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What Frequency Appears as 1 Hz When Sampled at 0.2 Seconds Due to Aliasing?
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Understanding Material Breakage: Fractures, Fatigue, and More
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Wind Load Calculations for a 50ft x 14ft Patio Cover at a 6 Degree Pitch
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Cylindrical pipe holding up a screen (real world project)
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How Does Recoil Momentum Translate to Force on a Load Cell?
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Beam welded to plate. Plate stress?
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Technologies or devices or knowledge for cars in specifics subjects
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Problem reading thermodynamic tables
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