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Calculating Tension on a Plastic Ring

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Solving the Abaqus CAE 'KeyError' Issue

  • bill nye scienceguy!
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How to Place Deresonating Baffles in a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger?

  • jeewana
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Heat transfer inside engine combustion chamber

  • RadoTD
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Where Can I Find a Water Proof Pressure Sensor for Sump Detection?

  • rkotha
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Non-conventional energy storage

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Steam jet refrigeration , mini project

  • mufaddal
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Pressure vessel recertification?

  • Multihatter
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ANSYS RBE3 command vs Contact Wizard

  • CFDFEAGURU
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What is the Best Way to Repair and Strengthen a River Boat Structure?

  • Bruce Covey
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Increase CFM with Multiple Fans: Building Advice

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Designing a Low Speed Crank Mechanism: Counterweight Calculation

  • kevjcarvalho
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Is high pressure differential always a bad thing?

  • Ask1122
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Can Pure Oxygen in a Pipeline Cause Fire?

  • Ask1122
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Water Flow Rate from a Tank: Geometry or Level?

  • polezero
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Proposed new Sticky: ANSYS Tutorials for Beginners

  • CFDFEAGURU
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Discover Fascinating Aircraft Design Videos for Beginners

  • skiboka33
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Thermal Expansion Stress

  • Seraph042
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Thermal Design Liquid PVT Relationship

  • tanky322
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Help With Springs: Answers & Solutions

  • c31023
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Build a $100 Robotic Arm with CCD Motion Capture

  • tusavision
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How do I draw a blueprint for adding L-shaped welds to a hollow cylinder?

  • abhipatel
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Centrifugal pump's Test performance prediction from CFD

  • kdgarg
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A liquid/Gas simulation with Comsol Multiphysics

  • Comsol_STKM
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I Beam Size for 50,000# Tank: Get Help Now!

  • dondolittle2
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Thermodynamic equation for combustion in a spark ignition engine

  • chhitiz
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How Can I Precisely Bend a Copper Tube for a Total Pressure Probe?

  • dopeyranger
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Bridge Aerodynamics Project Ideas

  • Gordy
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Maglev Proto Model: How to Get Started

  • johnypaul
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Know of any online stores that sell strain gauges?

  • Vale-46
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How Do I Calculate the Pitch and Depth for a Cap Screw?

  • abhishekanand
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How Much Underground Pipe is Needed to Cool Water from 70°F to 60°F?

  • kjsigpa
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Tips on becoming or starting out as a Mechanical Engieer.

  • JHouston
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How to Model Transient Heat Transfer in a Stirling Engine?

  • a.mlw.walker
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Max Shear Stress Calculation for EN 19 Steel Shafts

  • ash1982
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Friction coefficient of drawer slides

  • yanikomer
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Can a Wind Turbine Improve Gas Mileage in Electric Cars?

  • lumberer
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Design of a turbine flowmeter to measure beer

  • jolyont
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Looking for Automation System to Differentiate Distinct Sounds

  • lollerskate
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Software to solve sequence of numbers

  • univeruser
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How can I ensure that my linked cylinders are in perfect sync?

  • Chantry09
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Calculating Friction Power from Fuel Consumption Graph

  • monty37
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"Upgrading to ANSYS 12.1: Thoughts on the New Workbench Interface?

  • CFDFEAGURU
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Motor selection for vertical lift door with balanced counterweights

  • davemech
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Understanding Torque Transmission in Engine Clutches

  • R Power
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Building a Tube Buggy: Safety and Strength Questions

  • hydro joe
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Smallest mechanical timer known to you

  • ramonegumpert
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Are Metric and Imperial Bolts Interchangeable?

  • Ask1122
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Working Of Additional Engine In Freight Trains

  • RohansK
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Innovative ideas for mechanical eng. project.

  • kaz_mechanics
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How Accurate Is Using a DIY Pitot Tube to Measure Vacuum Pump Airflow?

  • yessiko
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Does hot air require more work to compress than cold air?

  • Nabo00o
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How Can a Simple Device Improve Energy Efficiency?

  • dr dodge
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Doubt: Is 3 Stroke Engine Possible?

  • vyas.sr
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What are the different types of power losses in a car engine?

  • Max90
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Connect pressure transducer o/p to gauge?

  • abhipatel
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Mach Number as a Function of Area Ratio

  • minger
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Support reaction on pulley due to cable. Help needed

  • kjr
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Gears in Transmission: How to Improve Performance

  • R Power
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Pipeline pump station pipe burst modelling

  • James3849
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Torsional strength of shaft 35 mm dia grade 1020 and 4140

  • yhshah
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Calculating Electric Motor Power for Bicycle Acceleration to 25 mph

  • david90
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Which is cheap and suitable pump?

  • newton5621
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Bernoulli appliance to garden hose

  • Ferex
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How Can We Design a Compressed Air Car for 300 km Travel?

  • kandelabr
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Can Non-Newtonian Fluid Velocity Profiles be Calculated and Drawn?

  • AzeemA
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Free Body Diagram Help for Counterweight Pivot Moment

  • VooDoo
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How can I create a roller expansion mechanism for a conveyor system?

  • dsesmg
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Forced vibration system response

  • gowrath
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Innovative ideas(devices) for common problems

  • mayank153
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Been working on a new engine design

  • boostedHULK
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Why is my car vibrating when I brake between 60-80km/hr?

  • RKD89
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Benefits of Solid Tires for Bicycles: Improved Ride & Reduced Wear

  • ice109
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How to measure temperature of brakes in F1 cars?

  • ferhat00
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Calculate what would happen to the rpm of the large gear

  • njguy
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What is the modern method of finding mass momentum of inertia

  • Ameet Phadnis
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Calculate COP & VCC for Refrigerant - Urgent Help Needed

  • alexisonsmith
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Designing Gears for 0.2kg Weight Transfer

  • PCR7
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How Does the Bernoulli Principle Affect Air Flow in Fans?

  • arunk8186
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What is the Permeability of Semi Porous Materials?

  • banerjeerupak
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Compressed Air Car: Feasibility & Analysis

  • nishat
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Explaining the Viscosity and Friction Effect

  • username
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Fully Developed Flow: Definition & Meaning

  • hanson
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Identifying Fully Developed Flow Regimes: A Stream Function Approach

  • banerjeerupak
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Calculating Required Torque for Crane Shaft with 1000 lb Load

  • jxt923
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Help with Hagen-Poiseuille Flow

  • teeeeee
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Recommend best book on fluid mechanics

  • R Power
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Incompressible Navier Stokes - Short Question

  • Kastenfrosch
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What is the formula for finding pressure drop in pipe flow?

  • banerjeerupak
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