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Rotating blades and air’s resistance
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Free simple physics program for simple designs
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Why does a pneumatic motor run faster on helium than air?
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Could Strong Neodymium Magnets Affect St. Louis Motor Functionality?
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SR250 boxcar Active Baseline Subtraction
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How Do You Calculate the Power Required for a Water Compressor?
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Forced air generated electricity
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Can You Help Me Build a Cable System for Carrying a Bucket?
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Torque Transfer and Gear Ratios: How to Calculate the Work Rate of a Gear Drive
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Can a High-Efficiency Resistojet Be Built for a Science Fair Project?
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OriginPro - adding theoretical functions on the measured points
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How to get teh closest Metal object
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Lines and circles having rational operations
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Designing Process for a Temperature Controlled Box
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Calculating forces in pulley elevator system
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Is Entertron a Good Choice for PLC Automation?
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Help for a circuit schematic explanation
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Can Prairie Dog Tunnels Inspire Natural Home Air Conditioning?
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Bulletproof Mask: Geometry-Based Solution Needed
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Estimating heat transfer coeffecient
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Why Is My Torque Calculation Incorrect for a 100mm Diameter Shaft?
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Where Does the Energy Go When a Ball Becomes Embedded?
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Dimension alignment in a station in curve
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Improving Fire Tube Boiler Combustion Efficiency: What Software Can I Use?
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Create an Ion Thruster: 10th Grade Engineering Project
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Calculating CFM hole size and delta P known
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Measuring flow through a balancing valve
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Charge lipo battery packs with a li-ion charger?
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Bicycle Powered Ice Cream Maker
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Transmitting link for overspeed trip.
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Optimizing Railcar Fatigue Resistance: Terminology and Calculations
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Engineering books recommendation
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Design Engineer: Role & Skills Explained
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Question about heating a fluid through a wall
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Please I - engineering statics summerschool
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More efficient house: heat with the clothes dryer exhaust
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How is torque calculated on a shaft with a force applied at the end?
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Railcar Operating Loads: Cargo Side Thrust Forces
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What Is the Difference Between Moment and Bending Moment in Beam Calculations?
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Any ideas how I could fill a steel tube with pellets?
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What Is the Name of the Switch That Turns Off a Water Pump Due to Low Pressure?
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Units of Measurement for Railcar Operating Loads
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Can condensation form with still air?
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Monochrome interference microphone
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Engineering Tuition: Should I Go to Temple or Drexel?
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Newbie Question: Engineering as a hobby
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International Companies Embrace Innovative Ideas, U.S. Companies Not So Much
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Can Engineers Relocate Hoover Dam?
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Thermal Conductivity vs U Factor
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Designing a Logic Circuit for Decimal Number Sum w/ Multisim
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Calculating Fixed End Moments with Uneven Beam Heights?
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Air flow through increasing pipe size
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Pressure Vessel End Cap Deflection
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Which Heat Exchanger Is Best for Rapid Cooling and Easy Maintenance?
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Optimizing Conduit Bending for Wire Pulling Efficiency
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I want to make a DC adapter which outputs 13.5V 6AMP
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Need Summer Project Ideas for Engineering Student Interested in Energy?
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How Do You Securely Install a Wind Turbine in Soft Soil?
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What's the broken diagonal line during stress-strain curves?
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Motor torque calculation for lift having chain drive
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Conservation of volume in deep drawing?
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Robot guy that uses no microchip
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Pressure Vessel Design: Understanding MAWP & Design Pressure
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Are hollow pipes less likely to bend under weight
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Engineering Entry Requirements: Why So Low?
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Why Won't My Mousetrap Car Move?
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Non-Electric/Gas Water Pumping in Africa: Hydro Ram?
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Building Collapses: Examining the Physics and Symmetry of the Twin Towers
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Potentiostat the potentiostat circuit
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Find Pressure from Force: Calculate PSI for 400lbs
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One sided noise spectral density VS double sided noise spectral density
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Which engineering is right for me
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Heat transfer for a cold water dispensor.
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Chain drive design, long length
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Filter Signal: High or Low Pass?
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Triax Vacuum Connector - Where to Buy & Alternatives
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General Engineering Major Discussion
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Engineering Solutions for a Broken Chair
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Why is the bandwidth of the RF filter is wider compared to that of an IF Filter?
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Engineering equivalent to ArXiv?
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Resultant Force Due to Hydrostatic Pressure
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Forces in truss members greater than applied force?
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Solar panels and radar in Earth's orbit
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How Can We Harness the Energy from Naica Mine's Hot Water?
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Lasers instead of sparkplugs: A new approach to powering cars?
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Bend Angle After Bending a Bar Around a Pin
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Project: Designing 8088 Microprocessor-Driven Stepper Motor Controller
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