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Constructing a Strong Bridge with Limited Materials
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Magnetic Linear Accelerator ( finding magnets)
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Does any one know what is the equivalent UL level for FMVSS 302?
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Adjust full scale in an orifice flowmeter
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Pitch side bib what on Earth is that?
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Few Questions about building a Solar Oven.
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Understanding Shock Sensor G-Force Ranges & Outputs
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How do these machines work (parking meter, etc )
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Tech 168( Integrated circuit design)
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Calculating Reynolds Number for Turbulent Gas Flow
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Combustion when there's left over fuel, what happens to it?
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Microwave Welding: How It Happened to Me
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How to Calculate Gas Turbine Inlet Temperature?
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Fluid Mechanics Development Length
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Fluid Mechanics Pressure Intensity Diagrams
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How Do Magnetrons Generate Microwave EM Waves?
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Can Compression Springs Experience Relaxation Under Extended Load?
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Shed construction /w a plant roof
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Exhaust gas heat exchanger calculations
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Why is it that an antenna/waveguide is only connected to one cavity
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Where Can I Find Textbooks with Worked Solutions for Engineering Statics?
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Noise charateristics in sensors
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Cantilevered beam with variating height.
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Can a High Schooler's Wave Energy Converter Revolutionize Renewable Power?
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How to Calculate Forces Leading to Disk Failure?
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Solving COMSOL Error 7147 with Heat Transfer & RAM
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Help with design of lift algorithm
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FEM/FEA Calculations for Torque Wrench 2NM-30NM
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What are the Best Off-the-Shelf Micro Liquid Delivery Systems?
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Numerical Integration of a dataset (what is the best method?)
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Structural Eng: Find Deflection in Simply Supported Beam
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Why computer clocks hardly goes above ~5GHz?
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Can Reynolds Number be Calculated for a Random Point?
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How can I use electrostatics to collect dust in my home?
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Can Electrostatic Charge Attract Dust in a Household Environment?
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How to remove hysteresis from a temperature sensor
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How to figure the tension on a pole used for a zip line?
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Can capillary forces act upside down?
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Help with Bode Plots | Gain Calculation
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Constant velocity variable force?
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Designing Machine for Chew Toy Testing
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Force required to move a 30000lb cart
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UCI Engineering Program: The Ultimate Guide for Prospective Students
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How to Implement Error Handling in a VHDL T Flip-Flop Design?
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Projectile Motion: Understanding Launch Angles and Speeds
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Projects for an aspiring engineer
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What's the Phantom Flash Above the Explosion?
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Win $75K for Solar Oven Invention - Did You Know?
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Engineer Interview: Need Help for Intro to Engineering Class
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Where Can I Find a .pdf FE/EIT Review Manual for Easy Access and Convenience?
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Pressure in outdoor water tap is no good
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How can waves in a water storage tank be prevented?
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How Is the Deflection Formula for a Simply Supported Beam Derived?
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How to Calculate High-Pressure Nozzles Effect in Seawater?
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Truss Analysis and Method of Sections
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What engineering field uses the most Physics?
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Navy Publication Claims LENR Fusion
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Larger wheels make load easiervto move?
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To cool a steel bar with water.
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How can I draw a helical coil in Maxwell 3D v11 without getting an error?
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Ideas or research topics in semiconductor devices and device physics
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Hydraulic Fitting - Max Temperature
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Current Sensing Resistors in an H Bridge Circuit
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Why Might the Segway Rickshaw Concept Defy Physics?
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Can 3 Schedule 80S Pipe Exceed 262 Barg at 100°C According to ASME B31.3?
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Cost of Compressors for 9.36 kW, 59 kg/h Methane
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Can Automobiles Be Used as Power Generators?
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How Can I Design a Micro-Tensile Tester for Human Hair?
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Mirror Reflectors: Efficiency of Glass for Sunlight Reflection
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TIG Welding: How Does AC Clean Oxide Layer?
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Heat Exchanger Design: Calc. Liquid & Vapor Specific Heat
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How to add additional channel for analog TV (Local Community Channel)
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Increase the coupling efficiency of fiber
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Optimizing Water Supply System Design for High Demand Scenarios
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Lower Pressure of 9.5L/min Fluid Through 3.17mm Passage
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R134a System Circulators: Finding the Right Pump
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How Long Until a Perfectly Sealed Box Reaches 32°F?
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Can Transfer Air Effectively Cool a Small Server Room?
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Calculating volume required for a pressure value ( for duct design)
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Need help in build a cylindrical arm robotfinal project
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MP3 Players: How Digital Data Becomes an Analog Signal
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Voltage output pressure transducer ?
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Find the Best Maths Package for Control Engineering Projects
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Building a Counter for HeartBeat
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Understanding the Concept of ____
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Reflux Engine System: Berg's Concept of a More Efficient Engine
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Will our strain gauge accurately measure small forces on a baseball?
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Need Help with Extended ASCII Characters in Micrologix 1500 LRP Processor?
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What Are the Effects of Engine Braking and Compression on Car Performance?
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ASME Boiler and pressure vessel code
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Engineering Notation: Need Help?
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I need to build a hacky-sack launcher
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Storing Power in a Spring - Get Help Now!
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