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Determining optimum flywheel dimensions
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Wood-Burning Train: Is It Feasible?
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What are the parameters for an Organic Rankine Cycle waste heat recovery system?
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Landing a Dirigible: How to Remain Independent of the Ground
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Master Matrices: Converting 5x5 to 4x4 with Ease for Your Coursework
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What kind of engineering involves the most physics?
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Gear Train horsepower calculation
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Drafting question: Views with different scales
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Converting Proton Kenetic Energy to Electicity
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Solar tracker calculation of torques and forces
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Torque Question: Direction vs Gears
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(Structural Analysis) Moment Distribution Method: Help?
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How do you make a 1 kilometer seal?
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Helicopter UAV - Required Power
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Water drainage rate through soil.
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How to determine steel strength formulas
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Semi Truck Heavy Haul Trailer Axle Spacings
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How do I design a PI controller with unity DC gain?
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Attempted to access data1(:,1); index out of bounds because size(data1)=[0,0].
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How to Calculate Forces in a Beam Using the Method of Sections
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Pressurized air in aluminum block help so it doesnt explode
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How do I calculate center of mass using integrals and density?
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How to get from pump flow rate to pressure change
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Interview Professional Engineer for High School Engineering Project
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Truss Analysis - Sections Method
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Influence of thermal expansion on thermal conductivity
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MOSFET for High Frequency Low Current Application
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How Can I Solve the Ansoft Maxwell 3D Error for Larger Simulation Regions?
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Convert muscular energy to electricity
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How Does Pressure Affect Temperature Change in a Water Thermos?
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Forced Convection - Heat transfer equation
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3 wheel Bicycle design: Front Axle
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I'm looking for some cold propulsion possibilities
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The Secrets of Light Speed: The Potential of a Light Speed Centrifuge
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Optical filter for better viewing of blacklight effects
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I'm a bit concerned for my future.
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What type of Engineering to choose
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Engineering career conlsultation
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How can teachers eliminate distractions when showing YouTube videos in class?
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A couple questions regarding pressure drop
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Water dynamics, well piping help
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Why Don’t Electric Stove Coils Shock You?
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Why is Ammonia Stored at -33ºC and P=1bar?
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Calculating Drag on a Weather Balloon at 4m/s
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Water cooling system help Lots of things Calculations and everything
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How Do You Calculate Pipe Temperature with Uniform Heating Over Length?
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Why only one of two mating parts are threaded?
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Plasma technology for disinfection of sea water
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Making an aluminum cold finger with LN2
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Hanging a glass cryostat from a metal support
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Finite element methods for Yield Line Analysis
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Transition from pressurised envoronment to vaccum environment
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Confusion with dB equation - 10 or 20?
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GSHP - What percentage of heat energy is taken from the ground?
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How Does Acoustic Resonance Affect Frequency in Open Tubes?
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Sizing of a hyperbolic cooling tower
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What Caused the Spontaneous Fracture of an Ashtray with Lit Cigarette Buds?
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Is the Valve Knob Screw Left-Hand Threaded?
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Geometry in a Truss: Find Internal Forces & X
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Wiring Generator: Connect 3 Phase Wild AC
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Calculating the Moment of Inertia of an Irregular Rod Shape
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Fluid Mechanics of a French press
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Ansys Workbench Help (creating load in center of body)
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What Is 6 MPm? - Hammer Capacity Explained
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Most used mathematics for engineers?
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Lumped Mass vs Consistent Mass?
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Air burst testing with concrete (scaled down)
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Piezoelectric Buzzer Sensor: How It Works & Uses
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DIY Ice Rink Building Tips for Hockey Enthusiasts in South NJ
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The force of 9.8 Newtons. torque equated to watts
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Audio Amplifier Design Basics: Problem & Solution
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Discover the Best Power Sources for Your Homemade Electromagnet
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Examples for innovative ideas which helps rural india
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Calculating Pressure: Solving a Company Problem with an Experimental Setup
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Determining the Shape of a Water Clock: How to Find the Flow Rate?
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Formula to calculate psi required to deliver gpm through nozzel
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Did you have to give up everything else for engineering?
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US Source for Lithium Iron batteries
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Span distance 150x50 steel tubing
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Sizing Wind Turbine Generator - 8,000 Nm's - Help Needed!
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How should I switch an air conditioner off?
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Solar Driven low Resource Consuption Steam Engine Materials
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What is the process for designing a bolt joint for a static assembly?
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Which High Altitude Wind Power Startup Has the Best Power to Weight Ratio?
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Calculating Double Act Pneumatic Cylinder to Lift 200 Lbs.
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Why does the engineering math need to be so rigerous?
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What Is the Optimal CFM for Lifting a 100 kg Weight with an Air Compressor?
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Analysis of Lifting Hook for Rolled Cans
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Gas spring solution for flap needed.
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Hp vs weight; acceleration comparison
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Gas strut / spring size for floor trap door
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Calculate compressor efficiency
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Firt time postjust a quick question about magnetic gearing
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Compensate for Large Temperature Swings in Fluxgate Applications
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Power required to Elevate water
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Are Permanent Magnet Machines Inefficient at Lower Power Levels?
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Where Can I Find a Surface Mount to DIP Adapter for a Custom Part?
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Cantilever, pin and UDL confusion
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As we stretch a ductile material, does the x section area decrease
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