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Compressor discharge pressure and temperature calculation issue

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ASTM E399: Plane-Strain Toughness for Materials Testing

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DC electromagnetic buzzer: nail stays stuck to electromagnet

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Is there a way to increase air compressor output at the race track?

  • Ranger Mike
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Tightening M20 Nut to 200 N.m with Worm Gear

  • ROGER WALL
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How Can I Motorize a Lazy Susan to Rotate at 20-30 RPM?

  • konaandcooper
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Calculating CFM hole size and delta P known

  • David Meiland
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Measuring flow through a balancing valve

  • TSN79
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Calculating Torque for Solar Tracker Platform Rotation

  • Mr Zakaria
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Locking mechanism to hold and release a 30N weight in an overspeed trip

  • xandro101
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Cavitation limits for aircraft fuel booster pump at different altitudes

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Bicycle Powered Ice Cream Maker

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Transmitting link for overspeed trip.

  • xandro101
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Weld Strength: 6061-T6 Aluminum Forklift Pocket Weld

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Why did all the high-grade flywheel bolts shear on our race car?

  • Ranger Mike
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How do identify/get the closest metal object

  • akkon83
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Load on a journal bearing in a vertical shaft

  • sainathadapa
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What skills and responsibilities do design engineers need?

  • koolraj09
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Drilling Holes in Pressure Vessel Flanges

  • chris812
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Pipe length needed to heat fluid to temperature with phase change

  • Green Zach
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Series planetary gear speed reducer

  • zain1
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Automotive Are Chevy Cars Really That Unreliable?

  • FishmanGeertz
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Re: Stress analysis requirement for fire fighting pipelines

  • chrismechy
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More efficient house: heat with the clothes dryer exhaust

  • dotancohen
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How is torque calculated on a shaft with a force applied at the end?

  • helpinghand
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Custom Trailer Project Questions

  • NightsThunder
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How to Calculate Torque for Drilling?

  • RookieLearnin
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MEMS and Duffing curve on ANSYS APDL

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Any ideas how I could fill a steel tube with pellets?

  • redarmytyke
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Calculating Stopping Torque for Rotating Shafts

  • theamalsaint
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Can condensation form with still air?

  • TSN79
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How Does Combustion Rate Impact SI Engine Efficiency?

  • blumist
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Can a Linear Regulator Effectively Control a 24V and 12V System?

  • Fracteck
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Sound Pressure inside the cabin

  • jahlin
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Cryogenic Insulation for Superconducting Transformer Project

  • mitsi_man
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How to Model Turbine Blade Boundary in FLUENT?

  • this_dude
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Is the Second Moment of Area a Universal Property of Beams?

  • Iclaudius
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Cutting 6mm diameter glassfiber disk samples without damaging edges

  • beho86
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Thermal Conductivity vs U Factor

  • Futsal1st
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Engineering project made while bored

  • richsmith
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How can we improve the output of our mechanical briquette press?

  • posterslo
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How to select tire that holds a given load?

  • em07189
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Deflected cantilever beam stress, Ansys

  • eveS
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What is the best FEM book for the engineering approach?

  • Niles
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Problems with finding moment of inertia of triangle

  • knight92
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Designing the frame structure for a CNC mill machine

  • koolraj09
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Air flow through increasing pipe size

  • bigbsonnier
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Struggling with race car set-up? Get expert advice here!

  • Ranger Mike
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Pressure Vessel End Cap Deflection

  • Spimon
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Simple systems/devices for translating linear force (pull) into torque?

  • smohyee
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How to build a pancake DC Motor?

  • bspraggins
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Designing a Tower for a Homemade Wind Turbine: Considerations and Requirements

  • fabricator01
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How is the roll centre used during braking?

  • nb89
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Is there a dedicated forum for optical lens design?

  • bobfei
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Cantilever Beams - Do you have to make the cut at the 'free end'?

  • chrissimpson
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Good textbooks for learning finite element analysis at undergraduate level

  • DC.Shivananda
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The Phyiscs of Air Hockey - Lifting up the puck

  • MrCrabs
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What is difference between in-lb and inch-lbf?

  • ram18
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Calculating acceleration characteristics

  • thehitchhiker
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Rotor diameter needed to lock all 4 wheels on a 300kg off-road vehicle

  • Bharath reddy
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What's the broken diagonal line during stress-strain curves?

  • Femme_physics
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Motor torque calculation for lift having chain drive

  • mithleshkj
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Distributed Strain Sensing with FO Bragg Gratings

  • Cummings
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Is an Analytical Solution Possible for Dynamic Loading in Contact Problems?

  • Iraphysics
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How much torque is required to move an object weighing 150lb?

  • uncoordinated
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Are hollow pipes less likely to bend under weight

  • Nicholas
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Software for calculating pipe flow, pressure drop and temperature change

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Why Won't My Mousetrap Car Move?

  • theOkilla
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Imaginary Geometry in Control Systems

  • brobertson89
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Non-Electric/Gas Water Pumping in Africa: Hydro Ram?

  • bhoke81
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How to project a water jet 20 metres without expensive hardware

  • GregMartin
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Does filling a 6mm hole in steel tube with a bolt restore strength?

  • oldfartuk
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How to Calculate Shear Stress in a Pinned Shaft?

  • fusername
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How Can You Solve the Equation (U2-U1)=259.2(U2*U1) with Two Unknowns?

  • skaboy607
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Solving Pumping Issues for Treated Water Line Installation

  • eaaaazizo
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Converting downward pressure into rotational torque on a wheel

  • mcpp
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Find Pressure from Force: Calculate PSI for 400lbs

  • infraray
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Entry-level robotics kit recommendations for $1,000 budget

  • apc3161
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Question open ansys files from a newer version.

  • beho86
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How much pressure should be inside the water pump for an engine?

  • Eng.Naif
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Heat transfer for a cold water dispensor.

  • kgmilano
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Chain drive design, long length

  • fusername
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How Can Torsional Vibration Absorbers Be Tested on Small Scale AC Motors?

  • jakedehaas
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ATV Air Suspension: Is It Suitable?

  • monty37
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When will steam turbines be replaced to directly generate electricity?

  • zheng89120
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Applying Load on an area - ANSYS APDL

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I (Steer-by-Wire Grad. Project)

  • Know_seeker
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Confined thermal stress with changing modulus

  • cindmp
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Were you on a Formula SAE or formula racing team in school?

  • Curl
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Is max bending stress the same as the yeild strength

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