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Global System matrix assembly with different elements.
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Circuit Frequency's effect on electric motors
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Can DOGA DO11137612B003018 Lift 90kgs 48"?
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How can a Wilson cloud chamber be used to detect ionizing radiation?
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CAD for magnetic field analysis.
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Goal -> Constant Vacuum in a Chamber
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Application of superconductive motors to electric cars
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How can heat exchangers have COP>1
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VAWT Design Spec: 50KW Output, 2m Width, 35m/s Operational Wind
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How Do Wind Belts Oscillate?
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Center of mass and center of area
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Is the Betz Limit Calculation Based on Inaccurate Assumptions?
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Is Oil and Gas Engineering the Same as Petroleum Engineering?
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Small silicon nitride ball bearing
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Three terminal high voltage zener diode
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Need controller like garage door opener
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Polarity switching electromagnet
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Internal Resistance of a Lead Battery
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Bolted Flange Joints: Studs vs. Bolts
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To anyone who has taken Engineering Statistics
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What's this steel bearing plate going to do under this steel I beam?
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Build a Water Pressure Engine Prototype: Tips & Equipment Needed
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? on where to get a tv schematic
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Understanding the Relationship Between MHz and kHz on Shortwave Radios
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Frame for lighter-than-air aircraft.
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What is a High Gradient RF Structure
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What parts of the car are responsible for the greatest amounts of energy loss?
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Thermodynamic Data for Nitrogen
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Mass participation factor and it's role in modal anlysis
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What Are the Best Sources for Planetary Rover Payload Information?
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Radiosonde (Upper Air Synopsis)
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Repairing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Zemax Optical Design: Tutorial & Exercises
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Optimal Glass Selection for Vertical Farming Facades
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Linear interpolation between two surfaces
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Polar Kinematics - omega vs. theta_dot?
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Applied laws of gravity and fluid flow
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Can I Connect a Hydraulic Pump to a 100hp Motor for 80 N*m on Each Wheel?
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Modal Frequency of a System having more than two components.
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How to find critical location of failing
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How do you join metal and metal (steel to aluminum)
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Help with designing a unique low-tech door locking system
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Comparing Deck Beams: 4"x10" vs. 4"x12" with Same Material and Load Conditions
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How Can I Cool Air Supply to Match a Temperature Chamber?
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Is it possible to have curvature without bending moment?
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Designing a primitive 'Curiosity'
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Why does gas turbine efficiency increase with size?
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Impulse response from frequency response
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Plasma-Based Chamber: Potential for Space Propulsion
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What Defines a Hacker: Hobbyist or Professional?
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Pressure / temperature realtionship in polymers
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What is the meaning of end-pinching in fluid mechanics?
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What is the significance of different colored circles on a circuit diagram?
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Is reducing an engines fuel consumption by 85% impossible?
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Vacuum system pressure rise rate
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Difference between partical shear stress and boundary shear stress
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Carborator adustment screwdriver tool?
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What wires should I use for my HV PSU and lifter project?
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Mechanical Engineering degree/transfer student Q's, advice highly recommended.
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Stresses due to change in temperature change
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Ansys Guru Needed: Troubleshooting Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Units
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What do engineers do on a daily basis?
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Environmental Resistivity Study in Landfill Showing Lack of Signal Detection
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How can I increase the suction power of my cordless vacuum broom?
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What product can I use to line my dosing tank for my boiler?
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Is computer compulsory for first year engineering student?
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How do i build a electronic wire strippers?
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What Is Hydrocyanic Pressure?
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Broken Concrete as Fill versus Soil
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Heat loss from a building. Can someone tell me if I did this correctly
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Why would fuel cells be good for the economy?
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Effect of increase pipe diameter on fluid
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Beam depth or column size factor in loading
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The future of the automotive industry and transport in the us?
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What is the method for calculating the breaking stress of brittle steel?
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Is a Computer with No Moving Parts Truly 100% Solid State?
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