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How can I figure Crush on a vehicle accident?

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How do you find/organize equations and info?

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Thermal Expansion and Hole Contraction

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Optimum Angle for Sharp Edged Orifice Flow Pattern

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What's the Difference Between Ground Lead Screws and Lead Screws?

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Methodology to done my project

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What would you call this, in technical language?

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Method to obtain Torsion Constant (structural)

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How much lift thrust would a 252 CFM 120mm fan provide?

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Arclength method non linear fea

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Taking a chance on one school for MS thesis?

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Calculating Speed for a Mechanical Dolly Driven by Electric Motors

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How to make a air cylinder push up a gate

  • g_speran
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To find the critical speed of a vertical shaft

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Find Formula for 25 lb Weight Dropped in 100 ft Cylinder

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What is the relationship between pressure and velocity in fluid flow?

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Is the MY-T Engine a Real High Efficiency Diesel Engine?

  • NintendoKD
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Cantilever Effect on Different Thickness Plate

  • Khowe9
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Statistical Thermo for Mechies?

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Where and how do I test for motor vibration in maintenance?

  • haru87
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How Can I Enhance Efficiency of a 1.6L IDI Diesel with Custom Swirl Chambers?

  • NintendoKD
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Writing a boundary condition dependent on a gradient in COMSOL

  • Lusann Yang
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What factors determine flywheel shape and weight for a car engine?

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Engineer needed to analyze a new invention

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How far are we from gundams and an ironman suit?

  • kramer733
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Is PSI in a Pneumatic Line a Measure of Potential Energy?

  • DJM111188
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Calculate Force for Beam Shear Failure

  • Hockeyguy2026
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Automotive Is torque or horsepower more important in auto racing

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What are some recommended mechanical engineering books?

  • aussiebeef
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Orifice plate study in water tunnel

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Contact Stress - Can we add it up?

  • mecheng10
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Actual fluid mechanics used in CFD?

  • creepypasta13
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What is the maximum compression ratio

  • chhitiz
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How to calculate the force in water tunnel

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AC Motors and Variable Frequency Drives

  • JonasS
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The first and second law of thermodynamics

  • jamesd2008
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Manufacturing System: A Definition

  • bill nye scienceguy!
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Can seat suspension reduce oscillation on an unsuspended farm tractor?

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Choice of steam Turbine/Expander?

  • Sofokles
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Pressure Vessel End Cap Velocity

  • x1959
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Serial manipulator with rotational springs

  • nucloxylon
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How to counteract the rotation?

  • ex3mist
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Can the photonic laser thruster scale to kiloNewtons of thrust?

  • sanman
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What is the most commonly used CAD software in the industrial world?

  • Jones1987
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Engineering Jobs in Japan: Moving Up the Ladder and Pay Comparisons

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Propeller of a ship - construction

  • Shark018
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Principle of virtual work invention

  • srchandran
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Find the Component for 90-Degree Bevel Gear Rotation

  • glaird
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Mechanical device to lower a raised weight

  • suryag
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Simulating the flow around a 2D airfoil

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Designing a mechanism to pleat and close round dough around a meatball

  • SimpleMech
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Is there a mathematical process for calculating an objects resonance?

  • Qaiphyx
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The properties of Superheated steam

  • millsk
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Does a spring damper system work when damping exceeds stiffness?

  • skyuen9
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Calculate Flow Rate Thru 3.175mm Nozzle Tip

  • jman123456789
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Designing Chain Lifting Device for 400 Metric Tonnes

  • scott_eng
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Calculating Bending Result of Volumetric Strain in a Beam

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Calculating the energy of a stopping vehicle

  • Boowee
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Building a miniature hovercraft with 9-volt batteries

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Does Loctite Cause Helicoils to Fail During Screw Removal?

  • PhillipK
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Moistue content be inside a cylinder where a vacuum is pulled 25-30HG?

  • stryped
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Design and Test Autonomous Device in 30-24 Seconds

  • Joeys91
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What Does COMSOL Error 6250 Mean?

  • mpopovic
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Torque required to rotate a lever beam with gas spring at 32 degrees

  • hangjilao
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How Do I Calculate the Right Hydraulic Motor for My Shredder Machine?

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Does shaft diameter affect prony brake HP measurements?

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Designing a Closed Loop Water Tunnel for Fluid Dynamics Experiments

  • dcpopham
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Create Vacuum Container - Lawrence's Crazy Idea

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BTU Calculator for Solar Thermal Water Heater

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Engines: Torque Lost To Friction

  • maico760
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What is the Relationship Between Leak Rates and Different Gases?

  • madanitsuj
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Different mechanical measures of a material

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How Many Steps to Move a Table 1000 mm Using a Stepping Motor?

  • billy49
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Drawing Software for Mech Eng?

  • herpamad
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Heat constant change with temperature

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Quastion about parallel robot with rolling pairs

  • hmoein
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Are there washers or couplers available for motors with flat shafts?

  • rafehi
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How to Read Thermodynamic Tables

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Torque Calculation to Open A Door

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Calculating Heat Transfer for a Water-Cooled Fresnel Lens System

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Can Oversizing AC Condenser Cause Problems?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Tractive force exerted by a lorry

  • pattricez
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Exhaust pressure on over-run (bernoulli's principle?)

  • Deligrams
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Is it possible to calculate the surface degradation of a pipeline

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Thermodynamic Properties Free software?

  • Saladsamurai
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How Can You Design an Effective Humidifier System for a Submersible?

  • Ragesh
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Pressure drop in a water manifold

  • dschlaud
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Maximum velocity of 159 kg seat on rail with 0.304 Nm motor

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Can I vent attic heat into the garage to cool my house?

  • Ronnin
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Fluid Surface Interaction (FSI)

  • MechEng2010
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Constraint equations for a sphere rolling on a fixed sphere

  • hmoein
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