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How Do You Determine Pumping Power for a Homemade Water Chiller?

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Bolted flange Joints load calculation

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Calculating starting/tractive force

  • snwright
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Understanding Car Suspension Equations

  • Kammy1234
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Is There a Way to Calculate Gear Ratio Based on Torque and Outside Forces?

  • Blues_MTA
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Mathematical Modeling of an Elevator System

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Estimating force required in a hand operated plunger

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Hydraulic - flow inside a pipe, how to know the direction?

  • amrfd
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How Can We Control Flow Rate in Air Ducts Using Dampers and Valves?

  • ameeno97
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Problem with 'O' Ring Tolerance?

  • suhagsindur
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Natural convection from hot pipe in water

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Mecanism for cutting peat moss bale

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Transient Thermal Analysis in Ansys (APDL)

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Chassis Stress & Strain Calculations

  • Jas1159
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Chassis Design 3g bump applied diagonally

  • Jas1159
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Heat transfer: All 3 modes together

  • chetanladha
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Support a leaning Steel Sheet Pile

  • srw2104
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Inertia Ratio and Inertia Matching

  • FlexGunship
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Pipe Design - One Inlet, 3 Outlets

  • TBen24
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How can I reduce friction in my sliding elevator design?

  • EpiGen
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Heat Loss From a Closed Box - Experimental Help

  • c.smith3276
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How to Calculate Magnetic Field and Current for Electromagnetic Disc Brakes?

  • wikicheema
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Blind hole or through hole, which is better?

  • cbor0023
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Plate cantilever stress and force theory

  • chan40
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Automotive Automotive application for absorption cycle?

  • Capri71
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My Rs.50 DIY Pulsejet Engine - See Video & Pictures

  • ganuganu
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Bolt Shear Strength: 1/4 UNF - Understanding the Difference

  • johnfin
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Calculating Head Loss in a Mitre Bend Air Passage for Beginners

  • Trigger32
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Hover bike - what is the minimum propeller rpm required?

  • gordon13
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Thermoelectric Effect: Powering a House?

  • Physiks111
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Power Plant Control and monitoring

  • Urmi Roy
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PID Control Equation in Z-Domain

  • bsodmike
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Building a Small Closed Wind Tunnel: Resources & Info

  • Xander141
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Tensile Strength and Tensile Strain

  • EpiGen
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Tachometer for Inertia Dynamometer.

  • Eng1001
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Do Hub-Motors Experience Slip During Operation?

  • Raag90
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What does this box(relay) unit do on a '68 Mustang?

  • Big Block
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Bb ford 180 degree race headers

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Design Lead Screw for CNC Machine - 48 Steps, 1mm Per Step

  • crazybuoy
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What causes faster airflow over an airfoil compared to its underside?

  • perfectz
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Rotating blades and air’s resistance

  • Eagle9
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Elementar question about steering

  • Vincent Mazzo
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Calculating Stiffness of Springs/Suspensions for Inclined Suspension

  • Vincent Mazzo
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Whats wrong with my ionocraft (HV ion lifter)?

  • arnab321
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Teflon-steel friction coefficients

  • serbring
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What's the secret behind Dyson's new bladeless fan?

  • pixel01
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Free simple physics program for simple designs

  • guitarguy84
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Why does a pneumatic motor run faster on helium than air?

  • darrelu
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Have You Used the New ASME Section VIII Div. 2?

  • CFDFEAGURU
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Stress concentration factor using combined static loads

  • usmanyousaf
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Euler Bernoulli to second order ode

  • umarkhan
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An example of a fluid with low compressibility

  • hoomanya
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Forced vibrations of damped single degree freedom systems?

  • firecool
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ANSYS Bending Moments Calculation

  • dsav
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How Do You Calculate the Power Required for a Water Compressor?

  • bluemoon2188
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Superheated Steam: What Does It Look Like in a Steam Turbine?

  • er.shashank
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How to calculate bicycle acceleration

  • Johnk690
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What Are the Best Books for Learning Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics?

  • pratikk
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How do understeer and oversteer work? (the math and the physics)

  • hari00968
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Can You Help Me Build a Cable System for Carrying a Bucket?

  • inasad
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Torque Transfer and Gear Ratios: How to Calculate the Work Rate of a Gear Drive

  • LearningCurve
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Mechanical Engineering Tools: Real World Resources

  • CERNboson
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Wheelspin in an open differential = zero torque?

  • hari00968
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What is Classical FEA and How Does It Differ?

  • Observables
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How Does a Lawn Sprinkler Work?

  • yaswanth_040
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Variable denisty in the contiuity and momentum equaiton

  • hoomanya
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Position control for DC motor driven actuator

  • opmal7
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Where Can One Find Blueprints for WWII Aircraft?

  • Sojourner01
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Vent silencer -For pipeline pre comm application

  • badri2221
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ALE (Arbitary Lagrangian Eulerian) examples

  • hoomanya
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Why are rotary lip seals and ball bearings used in lathe machine?

  • sorayahya
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Calculating forces in pulley elevator system

  • Whittred St
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Pressure relief question (thermo)

  • Smed
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Can Prairie Dog Tunnels Inspire Natural Home Air Conditioning?

  • shadowofman
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Deformation of Allen Head Screws: Impact or Wear?

  • drag88
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Estimating heat transfer coeffecient

  • jbord39
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Why Is My Torque Calculation Incorrect for a 100mm Diameter Shaft?

  • jamesy_81
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Heat transfer electrical annalogy (transient)

  • Ricewind
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Dummy proofing roll feed direction

  • Argyles
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Is Pressure a State Variable in a Fluid Momentum Equation?

  • hoomanya
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How Does Circulation Affect Lift in Potential Flow?

  • hanson
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What is the neutral axis for a rectangular beam with depth 'b'?

  • Iclaudius
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Where Does the Energy Go When a Ball Becomes Embedded?

  • barnacksam
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Help on Project Ideas for 3rd Year Mechanical Engineering Student

  • ruzfactor
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Compensate for the displacement of an accelerometer measurement

  • rabun
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Toothpaste dispenser: friction between rollers

  • thijsdb
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Torquing Stainless screws into Aluminum

  • KeninCA
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Removing Noise from sound Audio Recordings

  • devKrishnan
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Calculating Mass Flow Rate of Water in a Natural Draught Cooling Tower

  • chelonege
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Compressor Simulation: Calculating Outlet Temperature & Mass Flow Rate

  • jack_jena
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ASTM E399: Plane-Strain Toughness for Materials Testing

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Electromagnetic buzzer project help

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