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How Do I Calculate the Pulley Ratio for a Complex Boat Pulley System?

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Variation of Internal Temperature with external temperature in a sphere

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Shaft Encoder with Pulleys/spring/spool

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How Do You Calculate Probability Distributions for Measured Fibre Angles?

  • jamie516
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Replacing shell & tube exchanger with plate type for 30 kW system

  • maxx_payne
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Coefficient of friction for bronze on stainless steel?

  • servaa
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Exhaust linearisation in a moving piston

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Water valve for a cylindrical container

  • Quincy
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Most simple way to dispence fluid one minim at a time ?

  • GHooper
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Visualizing 2D assembly drawings in 3D

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What Machines Are These (Metrology)?

  • optics.tech
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Thermodynamic Properties Fixing the State

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Stress in cylindrical nanowires, equations 12-13

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Where to find exhaust valve materials

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Why do engines produce maximum power and torque at different speeds?

  • satya251166
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How to read the oil spill monitor?

  • moonman239
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Pressure distribution of buoyancy force

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How to estimate the Startup torque of a pump motor

  • Su Solberg
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Why does a rope have different stiffness than a rod of the same diameter?

  • crazie25
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Can a 2-Stage Reciprocating Compressor Handle Lower Suction Pressure?

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Beam deflection in a cantilever beam

  • anthonym44
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Creating a Working Prototype of Armor to Move with You

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Where can I find recommended books and tutorials to learn SolidWorks?

  • ueckerjc
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Larger Reaction Than The Applied Force

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2 identical parallel centrifugal pumps ?

  • maxx_payne
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Fast-opening valve for pneumatic airgun projectile release

  • nuclear-boy
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Property lines on the 2d projections

  • nanunath
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Understanding Buckling: The Impact of Moments vs Applied Forces

  • roanoar
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How to Apply Boundary Conditions in Finite Element Analysis Using C++?

  • dinaharchery
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Orifice plate flow measurement research and journal resources

  • Maverk
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Ground Source Heat Pump Questions

  • blimkie.k
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Pneumatic piston cylinder design

  • Naveed Raza
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Why aren't strut braced wings used on large commercial aircraft?

  • lucy_b14
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Thermal Energy storage of phase change material

  • anthro
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Determining Flow Rate from a Closed Pipe

  • vatsald
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Estimating natural frequencies of vehicle pitch, bounce and roll

  • serbring
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Transient heat transfer in heat exchangers

  • firavia
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Sideways movement in automobile

  • monty37
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What Size Crank Pulley for 9 PSI Boost with a 101.6mm Supercharger Pulley?

  • Stay Tuned...
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Newbie Converting a USb power to wall(110v)

  • dpwchanel
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What are the stresses in a lifting shackle and how do I calculate them?

  • willwoll100
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Advice for a Mechanical Engineer in a Factory

  • maxx_payne
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Is this powerful rotary engine the future of small-scale power machinery?

  • fuhandaigou
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Calculating deflection of a tube

  • Mu naught
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Amphibious Bike Propulsion Problem

  • Bohring
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What are the three fastener tightening methods and how do they differ?

  • wahyudi.jr
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Choosing between shell and tube and plate heat exchangers

  • maxx_payne
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Vonmises Stress Vs Maximum Principle Stress

  • Chandrakiran
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When Should You Use Beam Theory vs. Plate Theory for Stress Calculations?

  • leon25034796
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Heat exchanger tube expansion and floating head design questions

  • shrikanth
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Pipe stress analysis and design book recommendations

  • jehake12
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Calculate Force for Flap Valve Operation

  • Ajith Pandian
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Methode of measuring engine blow-by

  • wahyudi.jr
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Gear train for torque and holding power

  • crcr
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Selecting Motor for Load: Min Torque Req'd?

  • vengeful
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Deriving Fick's First Law in Combustion: A Step-by-Step Approach

  • Saladsamurai
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Hybrid Powertrain design in simulink

  • harvi101
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Properties of water under high pressure as a function of Temperature

  • Conwedge
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Deriving an expression using Bernoullis equation.

  • Tianman
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Are Axial Forces on a Drive Shaft Negligible in Bearing Design?

  • ckpitt55
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How Can We Accurately Convert MPG to Vehicle Efficiency?

  • ISX
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Surface Finish vs. Fatigue strength?

  • jerich1000
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How Does an Adjustable Chair/Microscope Work?

  • superaznnerd
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Bernoulli-pressure differential airfoil

  • srchandran
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How does the curvature of a fan blade affect its efficiency?

  • poptop94
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The fan mode of an Air Conditioner?

  • Riscilla
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Stator ring coil and connection questions

  • StephenD420
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Very simple tire rack holder? With drawing.

  • lyrikz
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Why Is Water Flow Uneven in My DIY Pool Heater?

  • novop
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Ram Air Effect for Drag Racing: Understanding the Math

  • sneakindeacon
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Ducted fan with bellmouth inlet

  • RandomGuy88
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What Causes the 40 Ton Recoil in a 120mm Mortar?

  • Ashkan
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Orthopedic drills research

  • mtadi
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Steel frame and wedge design for 100-150 ton wood splitter

  • BancheroTreeS
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What weights are required for this progressive braking system?

  • Puzzler24
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2-stroke engine won't start after replacing seals and checking spark plug

  • Jones1987
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Do Gearheads and Encoders Affect DC Motor Inertia and Time Constant?

  • etinios
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Postgraduate programs for learning to build CNC machines

  • optics.tech
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Relation between Serghides friction factor and Moody diagram

  • jp8weaver
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2-D Unsteady State Heat Conductivity

  • dinaharchery
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Calculating rev-gain based on engine specs?

  • ISX
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Good books for material science and metallurgy

  • debapratim4
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Strenght of Square Tubing on a trailer

  • Bluewater0650
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How much heat does a turbine need?

  • jason_85
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I was wondering if the Euler buckling method is simply theoretical or

  • roanoar
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What is a digital twin spark ignition system?

  • monty37
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The Swinging Sticks from Iron Man 2 in action

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What do you guys think of my final project idea?

  • sdusheyko
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Resources for designing vacuum systems at 10^-8 torr

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Inventor Discusses Rotary Machine with Eccentric Piston

  • emiltr
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Ramjet Engine: How Does It Work at Subsonic Speeds?

  • Gazza2907
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Calculating the load rating for a multi-bar hinge?

  • Groovio
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Electric motor size for 2m propeller at 190 kph wind speed

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How do automatic fire hose nozzles work?

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Good books on machine design and heat transfer

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