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Understanding Bending Moments and Moment Equilibrium in Structural Analysis
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Manual vs. Auto Drain Air Sets: Which is Best for Filter Regulators?
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Which Orientation is Worse for Leakage in a Glass Bottle?
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Dumb question on attics and vents/airflow
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Help designing a self guided automatic 3D printer
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Force acting on the contact area?
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Relativistic speed accelerator for physics experiments in a capsule
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High temperature (~950 C) heating blanket
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How Do You Calculate Pocket Depth for Different Compression Springs?
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First moment of area and second moment of area
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Is this still an equivalent force?
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I can't deduce the third view of an engineering drawing
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How do you control the dosing of powders?
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Weird (or not) issues in thin-walled cylindrical shell buckling modes
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Audio broadcast via a physical wire
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Determination of the glucose content in hot beverages
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A question about non-Newtonian fluids in a "Transport Phenomena" book
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Calculating the speed of sound in water
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Australian Open Heat Stress Scale
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Cyclotron - Vacuum Chamber Materials
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How did Galileo manufacture his telescope?
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What's the best software to use when designing 2D floor plans for structures?
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Temperature of the tank in a superheater
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Electromagnet Coil Performing Poorly
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Design loads for wind towers & jackets?
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Water level in a submerged closed vessel after it is turned upright
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Maintaining higher air pressure in an "open" leaky container
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Why Use the Parallel Axis Theorem with the Second Moment of AREA?
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Max load on inclined interlayer of easel
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How to Calculate Heater Wattage for Aluminum Block in Insulated Enclosure?
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Understanding the Direction of Rotation for Stress State Equations
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Where can I find Laminated sheets for coil core
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Innovative Scientific Uses of GPS
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Marimba bar tuning and temperature
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High-Accuracy & High-Precision Launcher for Ping Pong Balls?
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What is the Safest Rule of Thumb for Designing with a Safety Margin?
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Possibility of turning a threaded rod with spur gears using a motor
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Difference between Absolute and Gauge Pressure
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How much steam is produced in an electric arc furnace?
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Mounting fire / smoke alarms with magnets
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Impact of Atmospheric Pressure on the Water in a Tank and a Pipe
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How Is Error Managed When Measuring the Difference Between Two Values?
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Why do the phases of a motor spin the rotor?
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How exactly does a turbine convert mechanical energy into electrical?
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Tesla cybertruck is it a good electric vehicle
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Robot Maintenance & Replacement in Manufacturing Plants
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Missing or mistaken door slam force formula?
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Alternative to a Proportioning Motorized Valve?
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Understanding the Point Of Action of a Force
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Combination of discrete/continuous signals
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Electrical current in semiconductors
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Why Are Triangles the Optimal Shape for Bridge Design Over Arches?
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Unit of Velocity from a Random Walk measured by an accelerometer
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Is this officer checking his radar gun calibration incorrectly?
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A force exerted on a plastic ball in a rubber tube
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Completely stuck - Attempting to construct a trommel
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System to collect a small amount of water from the air
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Revolutionize Your CVT with a Magnetic Belt: The Future of Automotive Technology
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Tracking pieces for robot chess
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Deconvolve absorption from this spectrometer signal
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Does water flowing through a pipe make noise?
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Forces On a Moving Train Traveling Around a Curve
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Can ultrasonic waves be stopped or mitigated?
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Why Does Doubling Speakers Double Sound Pressure with Less Power?
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How to measure a quantity of grains for an instant coffee maker project?
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How to reflect light through a glass like those in holographic sight?
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Engineering Drawing: An Essential Tool for the Egyptian Engineer
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Is Specific impulse indicative of performance as a gun propellant?
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Solar heat gain on a typical solar cell
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How Do Tiny Speakers Produce High-Quality Sound?
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Saw characteristics influencing efficiency in sawing steel?
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Civil engineering - dike improvement
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Calculate Shock Force with Rope Elongation in Excel
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Trends in Trainings on Engineering Standards
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How do I calculate the tension on top of a pole?
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Suggested starting points for 3d scanner design
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The history of the home water filter
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Faster or slower to crush cans?
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Flow rate of fluid at a burst leakage in a pipeline due to over pressurization
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Measurement Devices: Tachometers
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LOW"Maximizing Lift with Hydrofoil Simulation Calculator | Accuracy Verified
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Why does a piston-powered wheel keep turning in one direction?
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How can I create a constant flow? (not sure where to post)
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Mass Flow at the Mid-Plane in a closed container
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Sizing corner reflectors for frequencies in the audible range
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Understanding Streaklines: Uses & Differences
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Is Ventilation Necessary for Safe 3D Printing?
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Effect on air pressure and volume in an enclosed container
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What Is the Shear Strength of a Cut I-Beam in a Cantilevered Structure?
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In search for informations about commercial ceramic adhesives
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Aluminum Sq Tube Limits for Camera Jib Arm: Stress & Load Charts
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Nonlinear least squares problem
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Can I readily clamp a pipe with 450 weight without it slipping?
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New technologies that are less "advanced" than old?
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Calculating Thermal Expansion and Bending in a Pipe
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Heat vs Cold Protection/Insulation
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Velocity of unspooling fishing line
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Ballscrew position in a scissor mechanism
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Collaborative Robotics: Where to Read & Get Started
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Buoyancy - (helium in a sealed vessel)
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