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Using two 18V engines instead of one 36V engine?

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What does an FFT of an acceleration signal show?

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Torque and viscosity relations, fluid mechanics

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First year ME major with no experience in mechanical engineering topics

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Youngs Modulus in case of thermal expansion

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EasyJet Flight: Rattling Gas Turbine (V2500)

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Rope-Drive Bicycle: See How It Works!

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Lasers instead of sparkplugs: A new approach to powering cars?

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Designing Exhaust w/ VR6: Finding Velocity

  • mpaige1
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Bend Angle After Bending a Bar Around a Pin

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Effect of inserting obstacle to the velocity in a pipe flow

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Advice on working out the thickness of a U beam.

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ANSYS Weld Simulation: How to Model in ANSYS

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How Do You Calculate the Force Needed to Turn a Handle in a Pulley System?

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Self Propelled Golf Pull Cart

  • Tommy G
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Tool-Work Thermocouple: Why Voltage Appears Measuring Lathe Process?

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Hinged 30-foot antenna tower with hand crank winch

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Calculating Modulus of Elasticity for a Bending Beam with Simple Equation

  • Iclaudius
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Design of hot water circulation system

  • TSN79
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How does a crack in a free-free bar affect its natural frequency?

  • tony harrison
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Ceiling-mounted ring clamp that opens with vertical cord pull

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Average Rate of Heat Gain in Fridge

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Make Design Spreadsheet with AutoCAD Block

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Tuning fuel injector on self-sustaining M40 pulsejet

  • ganuganu
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How do I determine torque required to accelerate

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Why do we use the distance to the centroid when finding the resultant force?

  • aero&astro
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Axial load strength of PVC pipe

  • jetman
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Total Efficiency in Parallel Transmissions

  • sdvermillion
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Internal Combustion Piston Lubrication

  • Grayfox
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0 Celsius for ais , 100 Celsius for boiling water ?

  • soonsoon88
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Applying gyroscope principles to ship steering and pitching

  • Urmi Roy
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When to consider yielding vs. rupture as a mode of failure?

  • WatermelonPig
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Are there user-friendly mechanism design softwares available?

  • FAlonso
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Shaft torque and gearbox sizing for 40,000 lb cart at 1 ft/s

  • vwmeche94
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How to Eliminate Visible Lines in Aluminum Frame Corners?

  • yanikomer
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Measured PSD: why peaks are multiples of a frequency?

  • serbring
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Problem deal with accuracy of thermocouple

  • soonsoon88
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ANSYS Reaction Forces: How to Use for Calculating Bolt Forces

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Does object density affect pressure on a submerged sphere?

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Calculating Reaction Force in High Volume Air Blow through Piping Circuits

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What Is the Emissivity of Carbon Steel for IR Thermometer Use?

  • soonsoon88
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How Much Air Is Needed to Cool Water in a Copper Tube?

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Correlating Temperature to Solar Load

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Torsional stress in 1/4-28 bolts on vibration table fixture

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Heat sink + a shunt copper tape. Why shunt copper not equal to heat sink temp?

  • zhiling0229
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How to calculate impact force required for riveting pneumatic jig?

  • rahulgcek
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Mechanical / Control Engineer applying for Electrical roles?

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Measuring small steam turbine efficiency with enthalpy drop method

  • JamesWatt
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Engineering Design: Truss Bridge Questions

  • WatermelonPig
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Turbine-electric Jag accelerates like a jet

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Finding hollow shaft diameter to match solid shaft torque capacity

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Breaking point of rod under torsion

  • saim_
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How much torque is needed to sustain a 3500 lb car at 70 mph?

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Hydraulic systems problem, ly

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Entrance loss from open channel to pipe

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Can any master give me some idea

  • sporty
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Analysis of thermal and pressure stresses in y exhaust

  • mpaige1
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Stress Analysis Student Project

  • ozgurakkas
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Can CAD be replaced by 3D software?

  • scoutfai
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How to Combine Stress Concentrations for Multiple Keyways on a Shaft?

  • robs314
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Steam engine at room temperature

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Is an Intercooler Worth It for Naturally Aspirated Engines?

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Making a Device with Action-Reaction Mechanism

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Super efficient energy using infinite forced induction?

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How to connect a wire to a spinning workpiece on a lathe

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Selecting the proper motor to spin a brush

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Thread design for tubular members

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Reversible engine with three thermal reservoirs and efficiency ratio

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Mathlab Symbolic Determinat , display issues

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Convection heat transfer, Fluent vs Calculations

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Algebraic Inversion of Stress-Strain Relations?

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What is engine idling?

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Thermocouple wire connections for titanium carbide insert

  • soonsoon88
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Comprehensive finite element methods book with solved examples

  • whoyameye
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Is Total Pressure Constant at the Same Altitude for Any Moving Flow?

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Mini-Blinds on Your Car Radiator

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Cantilever Beam, Tapered in breadth, uniform thickness, natural frequency

  • jazzkiwi
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Can Alloy Wheels Really Improve Fuel Economy?

  • Dr Lots-o'watts
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Heating Air with Steam: Efficiency and Options

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Why are the resulting moment and force vectors collinear?

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How to Cool 70°C Water to 35-38°C?

  • Vig16
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Solve Simple Torsion Problem: Calculate Maximum Torque on 25mm Shaft

  • Iclaudius
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How to determine tolerance and what tolerances are reasonable?

  • nwong103
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How does a mousetrap car work and what are its advantages?

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A large truck is to transport 30,000 Kg of orange pre-cooled to 4oC

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Turning radius of a simple two-axle vehicle

  • Gnarlywhale
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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Average Normal Stress in Link BD?

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Automotive Efficient Automotive Timing Belt for Low Speed Applications

  • robs314
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