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Car at 60 degree inclination without slipping
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Non Carbon Renewable energy sources
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Nitrogen inflation of car tires
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Moment Curvature Plot: Explaining the Significance of the Slope
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The best engineering system design
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How Can I Calculate the Moment of Inertia for Any Object Using a Simple Setup?
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Spring Constant: Compression vs Extension
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How Does Temperature Change in a Sealed Room with a Broken Cooling System?
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Where Does Everyone Work and What Are Your Impressions?
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Websites/books for 'Engineering Mechanics'.
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Product design - weight distribution
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Attaching a LED to the comp power supply
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Accelerometer vs. acceleration
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Is this the right place to ask about continuum mechanics?
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How fast does a hydraulic machine work?
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Learn How to Separate Waste & Use an Incinerator
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Choose Parts for an 18000BTU/h Refrigeration Cycle: Who Sets the Temperature?
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Why not faster than speed of sound?
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How to Calculate the Maximum Speed of a Hydraulic Pump?
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How can we make hydrogen storage more efficient and cost-effective?
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Calculate Max Axial Load for Large Threaded Inserts
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Battery Capacity: 9Ahr 12V Power Supply
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Can you add solar panels to a gas-electric hybrid to improve mileage?
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How Can I Create a Custom Switching System for a Remote Control Car?
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Where to find formulas for acceleration of compressed steel tubes
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ADXL103 Calculation: Get Equation for Tilt Angle into MPU
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Rigidity of tubing VS solid bar
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Septic Tank Design & Advanced Oxidation
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Become a Rollercoaster Designer: Education and Salary Insights
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Ultrasound Scans of teeth instead of x-ray?
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Can Linear Systems Effectively Store Information?
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Volume of pressurized storage tank
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Understanding Transistors: A Look into the Physics Behind their Functionality
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Maintaining PC Fans - All You Need to Know
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Engineering is not what you (they) thought
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How do different variables affect the power needed to ride a bike?
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Calculating Compressed Air Propulsion: Methods and Formulas for Model Torpedoes
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Need ideas for final semester project
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Left Hand Thread 3/8-16 Full Thread Tap Bolt 1/2" Long, No MOQ?
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How we increase the pressure of a air compressor
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Greetings, asking for sources.
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Can I Find the Height of My Chimney Without Using Expensive Equipment?
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How to select the Injector for CNG application
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Maximun bps rate on an ITU channel over standard single mode fiber
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Where Can I Find Reliable Sources for Centrifugal Pump Volute Research?
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Need help regarding real-life application of Heaviside Function
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Are there research in engineering?
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Understanding Bernoulli's Theory: Explained for Fluid Mechanics
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Good old question about buoyancy and riser in oil industry
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Programming language for engineering
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How to Build a 40 MHz Oscillator Circuit?
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How Do Skewed Cylinders Affect Thrust Forces in Rotary Kilns?
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Build a Vending Machine: Research, Plans & Programming
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Roller coasters and theme park rides
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1000 years to improve on gunpowder
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Can someone tell me what i need to know before
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Engine on a chip - the millimeter size turbine
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Velocity Split in T-Branch Pipe Flow?
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Gas-electric hybrids, is gas cheaper or electricity to drive a given distance?
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Why Aren't Plastic Barriers Used in Vacuum Sealed 2x4s?
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Will Adding a Second Generator Increase Power Output?
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What Is This Mysterious Device in a 1995 Nissan Skyline GTR?
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Which calculator is your favourite and why?
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Flow through a pipe along a reduced diameter
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Calculating Fan Power Using an Ohm Meter: Is it Possible?
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Am I good enough to become an engineer?
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Hydraulic Systems: Reasons for Continuous Pumping?
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Build a Modular Block That Harnesses Light
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Architect verses Civil Engineer
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Help Building Rube Goldberg Machine
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Reverse Pitot Flow: Pressure Differential?
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Design a Hydraulic Actuator: Calculate Load & Choose Nuts/Screws
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Friction of spheres & cylinders
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Rubbish Categorization System: Practical for Modern Vacuum Cleaners?
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Grad School vs Work: Post-BS Decision Help
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How Can I Build a Steering Mechanism for a Toy Car with a 3-Wire Remote Control?
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Inflation System: Calculating Pressure & Volume
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Is Civil Engineering a Good Career Path?
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Rotate Mass: How to Rotate a Load 180-360 Deg.
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