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Gasoline stoichiometry calculation
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Finding Equations for Simple Structural Mechanics Problems
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Multiple Pulley Power Transfer
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Ethanol (=alcohol) added to gasoline
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Report on dimension on the governing equation help
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Increase the efficiency of brakes in an ATV?
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Effeciency of regenerative braking
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Software for fluid visualisation
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How Can I Find the UDL of a Beam with Limited Information?
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Mechanics Test: Calculating Forces in a Mechanical Framework
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Calculating Bending & Deflection for 5" dia Pipe with 5000 lb Load
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Understanding the Coanda Profile and Its Effects
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Velocity of air thru a tube - 4th grade science fair project
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What Causes the Discrepancy in Calculating Wall Shear Stress in Pipe Flow?
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Solving Hookah Mystery: How Does Air Come Out When Sucking the Hose?
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Best efficiency DC or AC motors?
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Real life engineering problem-vibrations
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Parabolic Leaf Springs: Learn Design Differences
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What are the Advantages of a Deriaz Turbine Design?
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Vertical vs Horizontal takeoff (VTO vs HTO)
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Strain gauge to measure wood expanasivity.
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Wing Drilling: Experiments & Results Explained
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Shock waev? Isentropic reduction of velocity?
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Can Electric Motors Match the Power-to-Weight Ratio of Human Muscles?
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About thermoelectric generation
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Do most solenoid valves work for high acceleration loads?
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Where Can I Find a 18 Inch Aluminum or Steel Tube with a 1/4+ Wall Thickness?
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AV8 Harrier: Understanding Its Water Injection System
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Seals for a rotating shaft? 30k+ RPM motor?
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VD Limit - Explaining its Meaning to a Non-Aerospace Student
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Heat transfer and turbine blade
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Experimental work to prove that the Drag Coefficient of a sphere is 0.5
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Engine Idle air requirement calculation
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Complete Combustion: Higher vs Lower Air Temp
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Radio Contolled Helicopters Concept
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Refrigeration Cycle temperatures
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Mechanical Jobs: 40hr/wk, salary over 100k?
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Reading a pressure vs enthelpy graph
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Design 3-Axis Belt System w/ 1.5kW Motor & Flat Multi-Vee Belt
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Beam element vs. Finite element?
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Help with aerodynamic shape considerations
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Boundary Layer displacement thickness
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Thermo: Deriving dh=Cp(dT) & du=Cv(dT)
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Dynamic Outer Planets Expedition Planned
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[Vibration analysis] Timoskenko beam Vs.Euler-bernoulli beam ?
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Understanding Closed Feedwater Heaters and Regeneration in the Rankine Cycle
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What is the formula for calculating torque for a motor with a load attached?
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Finite element result in arbitrary point
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Calculating Thermal Efficiency of a 4-Process Heat Engine: Otto or Diesel Cycle
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Find All Stresses on a Torus Pressure Vessel
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Thermal Compression + Expansion Index
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Can Finite Element Analysis Programs Analyze Inflatable Vacuum Chambers?
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Cam Lobe Question: 60 vs. 45 Degree Angle of Lift
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Cantilever Beam Loading Type?
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Pressure, temperatur inside ic engine
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Why the Carnot cycle is not used with real engines?
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Work Done By Engine/Heat Engine
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Calculate Air Density at 18°C with Atmospheric Pressure of 782 mmHg
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Balloon neutral buoyancy + an interesting idea
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