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Can a Normal Refrigerator Compressor Pump Liquids for a DIY Heat Engine?
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A low temperature flame that melts carbon?
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Need advice about my engineering schooling
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Improve Bridge Design for Heavier Loads
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Rivet Joint Design with Gusset Plates - Aluminium Bridge Structure
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What would you like to blow up?
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Solve for X: Formula Conversion Math Problem
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Region 5 Ices: What, Where & Why?
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Can a Piezoelectric Gong Generate an Electric Spark?
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What would be impossible to build and why?
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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Superheated Steam Cycle?
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Powering an iPod: What You Need to Know
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Converting from mag to electronic
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Airbus A380 safety test injures 33
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Water Powered Car: Is HHO a Viable Option?
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Efficient Hydrogen Collection from Water: Tips for Combining with Oxygen
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Has anyone heard of the Searl Effect Generator?
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Gravity Shield Design: Boeing & NASA | Diagrams & Info
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Create a Medieval Fountain Without Electricity
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Making society independent of fossil fuels.
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Electric Drag Racing - National Association (NEDRA)
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Convection question? MechE or Civil?
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Solving Noise Problems: All You Need to Know
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Study Finite Element Methods: Books & Resources
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Difference between accuracy and resolution
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Throttling Process & Joule Thomson Effect
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Can We Crack the Code? Understanding the Concepts of Deciphering
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Ethanol Explained: Benefits & Costs
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Sizing a beam to withstand falling objects.
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Need help designing rear seat braces
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Why Is the Promise of Fuel Cells Still Unfulfilled?
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Producing Methane from Cassava Waste Water: Top Resources and Research Topics
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Can 2x4 Studs Adequately Support a 3000lb Aquarium?
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Difference between Block diagram, Flowsheet and Flow diagram
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Can you help me estimate the minimum machining time for this forging problem?
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How Does the Explicit Method Solve 1-D Heat Conduction Problems?
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Future of Personal Transport: Electric Vehicles
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Taking energy from the atmosphere
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Solving the Mystery of Spaghetti: Why Can't You Break It in Two?
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Photodetector vs. Photosensor: Infrared Light & Point Source
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Creating an Online Racing Game - Help Needed with Cornering Equations
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Blown Film Coextrusion Die: 3-5 Layer Components
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Retina/Cornea Scanners: Fact or Fiction?
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Unlimited Energy From a Single Cable?
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What Are the Key Benefits and Processes of PEM Fuel Cells?
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How can we design a homemade curd churner using vector graphics software?
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Optimizing Air Conditioner Filter Placement for Maximum Efficiency
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Scope Creep: When A-F Becomes A-M
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Researching Spring Loaded Pneumatic Cylinders
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Can Unequally Spaced Blades Reduce Noise in Radiator Fans?
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Mining Engineering & Rock/Soil Mechanics Q&A
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Help with how engineers, architects and contractors interact
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120 GPa Just what kind of a chamber can take that pressure?
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Is there a difference between shock waves and compression waves?
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Why Did Plywood Surface Temperature Initially Lag in Heating Experiment?
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Bicycle design and materials tehnology
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Can a Hydraulic Engine with a Single Moving Part Function?
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What is Engineers Without Borders and How Are They Building a Better World?
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Power transfer by IPT questions
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Can You Build Secret Passageways Without Spending a Fortune?
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How Do You Design a Cascade Cooler for an Air Separation Plant?
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What Physics Principles Enable Manned Submersibles to Explore the Ocean Depths?
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Can a passenger flight stand mid air before landing
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Need Help with Bioreactor Design? Check Out These Resources for Guidance
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A question about MAN,DQDB and SMDS
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Expansion pressure of water in a closed system
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Axial and centrifugal ventilators
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Help a First Year Mechanical Engineering Student Build a Car
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Alternatives to Metal Casting: Try Metal Repair Compound
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What does traction free mean?
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Where can i get a good book on electric cars?
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What Are the Advantages and Challenges of the Wankel Engine?
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Good Searching Advice for Engineers: Tips for Better Results
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Lathe & Mill for Model Steam Engines - £1,000 Budget
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Discovering the Perfect Optics: Mirrors and Prisms for Precise Light Reflection
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Spherical Vehicle Design by Michael W. Reed
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Building a Basic Robot - Resources & Advice
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Is Peter O'Neil's Advanced Engineering Mathematics a worthwhile investment?
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How Do You Determine Gear Tolerance and Surface Roughness?
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Heat pumps and shape-memory alloys motor
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Researching Theory Resonance: Who Advocated, When & How?
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Instructional Robot Design Project
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How can I build a blast wall using polycarbonate and tempered glass?
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Designing a Pipeline to Create 30% Pressure Drop for 8" Vee Notch Ball Valve
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Designing a three phase permenent magnet generator
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Feasibility of a Warm Refrigerator
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I-beams size when smaller termination
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Measuring Mass Flow Rate of AlO2 Particles in Real-Time
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How to Measure Sunlight in Watts for a Room
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Calculating Ventilation Effect Watts in a Room
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Loss due to open channel to pipe flow transition
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What is the relationship between price and invested energy in products?
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What does the heat equation tell us about heat flow and energy balance?
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Can Hydrofoils Be Attached to a Kayak?
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Flow Batteries: Australia & Japan Pioneers
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Styrofoam, Deflection, and Treatment
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How much solar heat will my electronics enclosure put on my air conditioner?
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Cheap Subwoofer Casing: PVC Pipe & Fiberglass Options
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Feasibility of ocean wave electrical power generation
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Why Does the Microcontroller Delay in Calling Address 0004h?
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