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Need help to design a computer architecture
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IC Design: Draw Stick Diagram for D-Latch
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Dyna result doesn't match Test result
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Discover the Inner Workings of a Steam Iron's Water Pump
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White Light Scanning: How It Works & Benefits
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Finding heat transfer coefficient experimentally
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Simple Stirling Engine Design for 80°C Temperature - Get Help Now!
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How To Check A Simple Structure Design?
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Pole Fatigue Calc for Key West: AASHTO Spec & Vc of 45mph
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2 screws orthogonal to each other -> compression
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I'm using pwr-tools software to calculate power and torque.
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Vertical Wind Turbine Sail Boat Concept
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Water valve for a cylindrical container
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Simulating Core Drops: Cement Cubes at Gulf of Mexico Oil Conduits
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Hi everyone i am dong my project designing a 3d solid state
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Small device to get voltage from fire
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LRFD phi for overturning, sliding, and soil bearing?
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P-channel Mosfet Design for switching of LED display as source
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Can a 2-Stage Reciprocating Compressor Handle Lower Suction Pressure?
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Reversible & non reversible internal combustion engines
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Question about effects of quick pipeline shut-down…
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Could a Valveless Pulse Jet Engine Eliminate the Need for Moving Parts?
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Fixing the Gulf oil spill problem
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Help Building a House - Weight Load of Steel Beam
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I need a valve for the quick release of air, help please?
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How Do I Calculate Design Pressure from Operating Pressure?
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Load combo's on footing subjected to large wind loads
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Ultrasonic in distance measurement
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Materials for dynamic seal application
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Let air circulate but keep it water tight?
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LTSpice IV simulation speed adjustments
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Need help with foundation design spreadsheet
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What are the stresses in a lifting shackle and how do I calculate them?
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Is this powerful rotary engine the future of small-scale power machinery?
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How to Dry SF6 Tank: Rules of Thumb & Models
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Amphibious Bike Propulsion Problem
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Can PVC Pipe Be Used as a Structural Material for Eco-Friendly Homes?
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How Do You Calculate the Winkler Foundation Modulus for Bone?
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Dimensions of Sin(wt) and Sin(w) and Sin(t)
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Make a Resonant Electrostatic Water Capacitor
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Calculate Force for Flap Valve Operation
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DIY Insulating Bare Copper Wire | Inductor Building
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Generating 40KHz Signal Bursts with 555 Timers
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Energy gain in a resonant system
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Duplicating the function of an IR remote
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Deriving an expression using Bernoullis equation.
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Could a Cubic Block Stop the BP Spill?
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How Can We Accurately Convert MPG to Vehicle Efficiency?
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Estimating Rotary Blade Distance for Jet Turbine Compression
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Why do we still need real world experiments?
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How does the curvature of a fan blade affect its efficiency?
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Carbon Free Aircraft: Feasible Possibility or Wishful Thinking?
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The fan mode of an Air Conditioner?
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Sugestion for a Electrical energy generation project
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Shunt Calibration of a Strain Gauge
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Why Does CDMA Utilize Entire Bandwidth for Multiple Users?
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Voltage at a Point: Understanding Ground in Circuits
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Resistor Power Rating: What Does It Mean?
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Moment of inertia (structural shapes)
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Oxygen/Lambda sensor on two stroke
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What weights are required for this progressive braking system?
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A very simple stator ring question
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Relation between Serghides friction factor and Moody diagram
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Hi colleages. is Bernoulli-Euler theory valid in the dynamic analysis
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Passive butterworth filter design
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Calculating the load rating for a multi-bar hinge?
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How do automatic fire hose nozzles work?
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Help with moment/force question `
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What's the difference between a buck converter and a voltage regulator?
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Slip walls or Zero shear stress
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Multemeter - dc current warms wires.
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Calculate Air Flow in SS SCH40 1" Pipe | 80 psi at Discharge
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ABAQUS 6.9 Meshed Beam Cross Section
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Evening out turbulence in a 3 pipe
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Increasing dynamic pressure in a pipe
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Clear Box Tape Tensile Strength
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Superstructure construction with aluminum paneling
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Hi There is no structural/civil section Is structural/civil not highly regarded
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Alex Moulton Bicycle BMC Mini Memoir
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Optimizing CO2 Flow in an IR Curing Oven: A Technical Analysis
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Relationship between Beam Section Depth and Bending Moment
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Should I do a CAD course prior to university?
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Designing a GPS Device with Optimal Connectivity for Indoor and Outdoor Use
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Is Engineering Still a Viable Career Path?
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Top Solar Panels for Optimal Energy Efficiency
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Question regarding certification
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Question on calculating Bending Moment for Beam
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Understanding CAD/CAM: Importance for Mechanical Students - First Time Approach
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I can't figure out how to keep this screw from loosening
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Why aren't Student Solution Manuals published for Engineering Textbooks?
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How to Size Copper Contacts for 1200 Amps?
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Solving Heat Transfer Problem with Geo-Thermal Energy
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Electronic Speed Control Question
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Remembering how to answer questions?
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Need help with 3-moment equation (multi-span beams)
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Formula to compare the strength of pipe versus C channel
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Piston diameter size, fricition, mathematical proof
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How to follow precisely next fix to oil spill?
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Design and Measurement Considerations for VAWT Performance Analysis
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