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Galva Motor Driving Techniques: Tips and Ideas for Optimal Performance
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Joining a Student Satellite Project: How Can I Contribute?
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Making 4'x8' sign inkjet printer - need nozzles - help?
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Is Gravimetric Energy Storage a Viable Alternative to Batteries for Solar Power?
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Which Thermocouple Type Is Best for Measuring Water Temperature Dynamics?
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Dehumidifier from a walk-in freezer unit?
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Finding Max Moment for triangular load
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How Do You Calculate the Curvature of a Simply Supported Monorail Beam?
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Is StarRotor's Novel Engine Design the Future of Efficient Energy?
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Can Light Replace Electricity in Modern Technology?
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Relationship between Point Loads and Running Loads in Cantilevered Beams
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Finding Reactions in a Beam with an Internal Pin Support
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Is a Secret Knock Detecting Lock the Ultimate Clubhouse Accessory?
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Is the I-beam still favored overall?
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Construct an Egg-Safe Structure with Newspaper and Masking Tape
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Building a 2ft Push Button Flag Pole: A Beginner's Guide
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Find the Perfect Non-Linear Oscillating System to Model for Your Project
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Polygonal mirror reflection beam Problem
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Interfacing a 2008 Toyota Corolla with a Microcontroller via CAN
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Can Rebar and Tiebacks Stabilize a Shifting Retaining Wall?
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What is the best programming language for building a 2D pathfinding robot?
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Engineering Design of Binoculars & Hobby Telescopes
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Solar Magnification: Benefits & Potential Downsides
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Calculating Water Wheel Velocity - Mass Flowrate & RPM
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Weight reduction holes in aluminum tubing
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Projectile motion with drag and lift
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Can Solid Fuel Like Sawdust Power an Engine Effectively?
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Best Adhesive for Strain Gage on Steel | 10% Strain
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Is Operating a Pressure Vessel Above MAWP Safe at Ambient Temperatures?
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Question Regarding Radiant Floor Heating
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Can Zn4Sb3 Be Used as an N-Type Material in a Thermoelectric Refrigerator?
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Heated Infrastructure in the U.S. - Possible?
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Can You Build a Mouse Trap Vehicle with Only 2 Mousetraps and a MA-15 Tail Gun?
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How Do I Convert Units for the Force of Lift Equation?
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Does Placing a Cold Object on the Condenser Increase Refrigeration Efficiency?
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Which programming language should i use for my project? And question about PIC.
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Design Project Help: Electrical Resistance Measuring Device
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Can Alternative Liquids Improve Solar Powered Steam Engines?
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Soldering Copper Pipes: Is Heat Direction a Factor?
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Quadratic Interpolation & 2nd Order Diff. Equations
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Piston size and proportionate forces
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ElectroMagnet Suspension Project
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How can we calculate the current (I) if we have cable with 25 mm size for 480V?
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X: Free Energy - Get Help and Ideas Here!
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Uniformly Varying Load/Uniform Load to Concentrated Point Load
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Possible Extensometer Design Using Single Beam and Strain Gages
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Precise linear motion output from rotary input
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How to Measure the Flow Rate of Air Bubbles Under Water for a Leakage Test?
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Potential Energy & Tippipng Forces
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Sound hyphosis. The engeneering part of it.
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Wind Load Formula: Charles Hutton | A=Fsinx^1.84cos-1
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How can ORCAD PSPICE help with simulating an LM324 op amp circuit?
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Error range in compressive strength for a sphere.
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Calculate Length of Wire with Elasticity & Tension - Young's Modulus 56kN/mm2
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Simple Mechanical Design Program? (free?)
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Embarking on an Engineering Website for Students
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How can I improve the free up and down mechanism for my weight sorting machine?
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Pressure due to boiling a liquid
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2 Trig Equations Answer one or the other is fine
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Rigging Restraints & Force Required to Restrain an object
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Cheap ml range liquid flow sensor
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Can Essential Tremors Impact a Career in Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering?
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Estimating Internal Pressure in Sealed Tubes
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Conversion from CO2 to Air flowrates
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Preventing Air in Capillaries: Solutions and Valve Selections from Upchurch
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Alternative Propulsion Methods for Maglev Models Using DC Motors
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Idea for indirect evaporative cooling
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Cherry Pickr Tippng Angle & Potential Energy Req To Tip
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Finding Expression for Theta with Flywheel and Piston Movement
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How Does Air Transmit or Hold a Charge in Electrostatic Devices?
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Project Title Needed: Get Ideas for Electronics Projects
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Design of Wave generator mechanism
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Calculating Principal Stress in Combined Loading of a Beam
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Can I Replace Cheap Ear Bud Speakers With Piezo?
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How Does a Thin Plate with a Central Hole React Under Stress?
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How many of you hate your job or know how to find the career you really love?
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Need fast help, (solid mechanics)
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Effect of thermal expansion on restraints
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Two objects in a shaded positio
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Can an engineer answer these interview questions, please?
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Solving Elasticity Problems with Finite Element Method
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Solving Retaining Wall Problem with No Math/Engineering Knowledge
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Young's Modulus / Force per Area Ques.
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Interview-an-Engineer Type Postings
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Find Force Needed to Lengthen Beam w/ Length, Y Modulus, Area
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Is It Practical for a Physics Major to Switch to Biomedical Engineering?
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Following distance between cars
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Solving Equation 1 with Secant Method
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Windmill Generators: Debunking the Noise Myth
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Feasibility of spherical wheels.
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Tension of wire between posts with weight added to the wire
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Implicit vs explicit finite element solvers
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Pressure Drop vs Velocity in a Rectangular Pipe
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Metal Detectors: The Depths of the Ground
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Calculating forces on a tilting tower
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Crack Nucleation in Solid Mechanics: Fatigue & Creep Loading
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Understanding 2D Views of a Line in Engineering Class
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