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Understanding Beam Calculations for Engineers: Solving for Second Moment of Area
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Engineering Physics certificate undergraduate in Europe
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Interview About Writing in Engineering
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Turning on and off the air conditioner consumes more energy?
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Help Determining the Minimum Thickness of a Vacuum Chamber Lid
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Implausible multiple failures in my gas central heating system
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Force-Deformation Equations Application
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Which strain tensor is used by Abaqus?
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Wind Turbine Hydraulic to Electrical Conversion
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Is a diamagnetic levitation engine possible?
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Novel Technology to clean the ocean of plastics
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Statically Determinate: Insight into this equation please?
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New regulations on maritime emissions
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Modeling the Impact of a Small Nuclear Bomb in Washington DC
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How would you solve the water abundance XPrize?
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Water resistance in a flashlight
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Help identify this label (electrical/nuclear engineering equipment)
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Water cooling for trout ponds in the South African summer
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Question about lifting water through a water pipe.
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Getting to this 4th order O.D.E.
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New Product Idea and Book Giveaway -- Who Wants it? (N95 straw)
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Location of a load on a platform
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How old is too old for equipment and other safety issues
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Can You Construct a Functional Building Using Car Tires?
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Optimum shape for a pressurized structure in a pressure gradient
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Need Ideas for Building a Strong Cantilever Bridge/Crane with Limited Materials?
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Technologies for creating a pointer
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How to generate 100 watts of heat from a car battery
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Weakly & strongly coupled structures in piezoelectric energy harvesting
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What is Artificial Intelligence?
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Help 1064 nm emitted from different sources of devices
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Resources to broaden knowledge of basic engineering
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German energy prices go negative
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Negative pressure in house after winterizing
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What is the difference between M-code and P-code in GPS?
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Optimizing Hook Angles for Hanging Sound Absorbing Panels from a Ceiling
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Second moment of area of a hollow triangle
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How to train myself to be more careful?
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Why are we only considering the first eigenfrequencies?
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Solving a Problem with LPHW Radiator
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Acoustic Electricity Generation - Modern Applications
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Infrared thermometer working principle
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Meteorology: Turbulence/Dimensionless Analysis
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Which is Cheaper: 30 Separate Houses or a 30-Story Building?
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Is LNG a Better Alternative to Diesel for Generators?
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Can a Model Accurately Simulate Pressure Variations in Tillage Tools?
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What Does No Axial Thrust on Hinge B Imply in Statics?
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KISS Principle Marine Propulsion
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How Can You Build an Affordable Solar Panel?
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What are the Best Methods for Precise Vertical Movement Measurement?
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Project "Verne's Island" (idea, like biosphere....but not)
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Can staff be bent and how does it compare to modern building materials?
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Can Roads Double as Shelters During Evacuations?
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Why Focus on Road Segments for Traffic Forecasting Models?
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Recycled Energy versus Renewable Energy
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Millionaire's Sinking Skyscraper Condos Almost Worthless :(
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Would a reverse wing sweep be better for speeds above Mach 2
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Some questions about Fourier series
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Can Mineral Oil Solve the Heat Problem in High Performance Computing?
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Guidance on Sensor Choices for High Speed Impact Sensing
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Charity engineering project water projections
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Assessing the Feasibility of JaycubL's Device Concept: A Preliminary Analysis
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"ANSYS Workbench" Contact tool results plotting vs length?
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Affordable hurricane-resistant housing, can we do it?
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4WD Arduino Controlled car - Problem with motor shield
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Underwater breathing apparatus?
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Automated tennis ball launcher for my dog
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Scale 1:25 or 1:75 why scale ruler first reading is 0.5m and....
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How can table saw safety be improved with the use of SawStop technology?
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Something to hold a heavy lid open? Lid stay?
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News Thorium /neodymium questions and purchase
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What is the ideal thickness for a concrete slab for a chemical storage tank?
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Can Solar Replace Oil and Meet US Energy Demands in 50 Years?
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Why Set the Inner Boundary Condition to -1 in Radial Flow Equations?
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How can I create a unique projection of my company logo on light shades?
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Explain to me the flaw in this perpetual motion scheme
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Rienforced Concrete Column Cost Optimization with Genetic Algorithm
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Is Critiquing Green Ideas Considered Taboo in the Scientific Community?
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Why don't wood construction sites get damaged in the rain?
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Lens engineering for virtual reality
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Assessing Power Rack Max Load: A Scientific Inquiry
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Why use diesel oil in fracking?
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Can Self-Charging Electric Vehicles Reach 60mph Using Renewable Energies?
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Mastering Uncertainty Calculations for Lab Courses and Beyond
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Question about what schedule pipe I should use for slackline
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Which Software is Best for Drawing Simple Engineering Models?
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Can Sound Absorbing Mats Reduce Noise from Central Heat & Air Units?
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Steam locomotive Tornado hauling test train reaches 100 mph
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Novice trouble modeling a system in Simulink
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Anyone know how to calculate wear & tear on car for travel?
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Creating curves/surfaces for 3DP
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10,000 Toothpick Model of a Bridge What Do You Think?
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