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Stress due to bending of fillet weld joint

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Can Solid Fuel Like Sawdust Power an Engine Effectively?

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Slide Rules for Engineering Students - NIU Freshman

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Fluid Mechanics Question: erivation of Momentum EQ

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Having trouble lifting solar plane off the drawing board

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Stress Concentrations in Bended Tubular Steel

  • JD88
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Help With Physics: Column Placement on Perfectly Level Floor

  • Ranger Mike
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Superheated Vacuum Steam Cycle

  • steamdreamer
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Designing a Pump to Transfer Molten Aluminum

  • lkmwong
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Understanding Bearing Tolerance: Diameter 55 k5

  • Andreii
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The Cold Jet (ducted fan/propeller)

  • kach22i
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Control Engineering: Learn the Fundamentals with Top Textbooks and Lecture Notes

  • supernova1387
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Robotics and motion replication

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ANSYS & Dentistry: Tutorials & Help

  • vladanea
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Maximizing Efficiency with a Continuously Variable Transmission

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Calculating the Reynolds Number (Re) for a non-spherical object?

  • vette982
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Derivation of Equations of Resonance

  • roldy
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Piston size and proportionate forces

  • gloo
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Questions about the GI Foundry?

  • Haroon1
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Exhaust back pressure on a 4 stroke ICE?

  • 5.0stang
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Making a Gyroscope: Get an Edge in the Competition

  • 12danny21
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Transient solution for a semi-infinate solid from a pipe

  • cgw
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How Can I Calculate the Volume of a Pressure Vessel with Limited Data?

  • narbij
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Calculating Vertical Jump Kinetics

  • Jim Newt
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Static Motor Speed Under Dynamic Load

  • omalleyt
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Design of Fan for Turbofan engine

  • Johnny99
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Precise linear motion output from rotary input

  • JJ21
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Potential Energy & Tippipng Forces

  • glocki35
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Help with Acceleration Calculations in Visual Basic

  • bsharp
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Attaching Wheels & Axles: A How-To Guide

  • T.O.E Dream
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Torque with relation to Acceleration

  • kc358
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Dyson's Bladeless Fan: Could It Revolutionize Wind Power?

  • sanman
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Simple Fequency Experiment On Bone (Advice Needed Please)

  • tom1362
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Designing a autonomous underwater vehicle

  • nithinhmathew
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Concept of Elasticity on an atomic level

  • RohansK
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Spring Volume: Solving Intro to Design Problem

  • joeTTU
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What Force Balances Weight of Bob When Swinging?

  • newtonrulez
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Simple Mechanical Design Program? (free?)

  • JnWaco
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Calculating Piston Ring Leakage at 400bar Pressure

  • g0ggs123
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Steam Turbine Design Aid: Understanding Thermodynamics

  • leon25034796
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Gas turbine blades Dimentions and Design of aircraft engine

  • MecEng
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Computing Circulation in Pipe Flow using Velocity & Angular Direction

  • womfalcs3
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Can you use the Goodman relation

  • bill nye scienceguy!
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How can visualizing a spinning disk help explain the workings of a gyroscope?

  • crazycyrus
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Pressure due to boiling a liquid

  • sc298
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Generator Shaft Power (Input) to Generator Out

  • infinite_gbps
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Creating a Bicycle-Powered Woodcutter for Logs: Suggestions Needed

  • anonymoussome
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How does the Jetpack International rocket belt work?

  • Yaddle13
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Free Mechanical Engineering Software?

  • T.O.E Dream
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Cooling VW Bug Turbo Engine: Airflow thru Radiator?

  • famousken
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How does a Studio Stand lift up and down?

  • kepano
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How to Calculate Reynolds Number for Pulsating Swirl Flow?

  • Ksum006
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Measuring Stress on Tubular Steel Chair Frame

  • JD88
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Estimating Internal Pressure in Sealed Tubes

  • tuoni
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How Does Reducing Mass Affect Torque and Speed in Rotational Systems?

  • infinite_gbps
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Getting Started with Vehicle Chassis Design

  • grey
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Effect of Downstream Pressure Fluctuations on Choked Mass Flow Rate

  • arhanbezbora
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To find water or not to find water?

  • Alain47
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Mechanical trigger in a crossbow

  • kevjcarvalho
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Idea for indirect evaporative cooling

  • EdP
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Tempreature Rise In Gases On Compression

  • RohansK
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Calculating driving force from wheel rpm, wheel radius and engine power

  • paul_harris77
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Balancing of reciprocating masses

  • monty37
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Cherry Pickr Tippng Angle & Potential Energy Req To Tip

  • glocki35
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Finding Expression for Theta with Flywheel and Piston Movement

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Thermal Conductivity in a Copper Cable

  • c928jon
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How Do Engine Components Like Airflow and Cams Determine Horsepower?

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What's the Average Temperature on Mt. Palomar?

  • bigislander72
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Design of Wave generator mechanism

  • Whatamiat
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ASME Section I vs ASME Section VIII Div.1

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How Does a Thin Plate with a Central Hole React Under Stress?

  • peer
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Classification of Engineering drawings as per Standards

  • greenclover
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How can I make a manual hydraulic log splitter using a lever?

  • anonymoussome
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Pressure coefficient of a diesel engine

  • Ry122
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How to determine the NPT fitting's engagement

  • jack2100
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Mechanical & Electrical Engineering degrees (UK)

  • Byllie
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Latent heat of vaporization Water thermodynamic

  • firavia
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Heat transfer from a tube into a solid

  • cgw
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Calculating Torque Friction Between Pipes with Contact Pressure

  • sadanand08
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Lifting line theory numeric estimation

  • lnpsivan
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Whats the best fluid model to use for water?

  • HappMatt
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Heat Treating of 800 Series High Nickle Alloys

  • CFDFEAGURU
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What are the variables in Roark's formulas for stress and strain?

  • kieren12345
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Can Pro-E Conduct Buoyancy Analysis for Underwater Autonomous Vehicles?

  • only_huce
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Dryness factor / vapor quality relation to Pressure

  • Doctor_Doom
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Fluid Mecanics : Force on a Y pipe

  • LoiS
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Mechanical Calculator: How Does it Work?

  • kevjcarvalho
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Problems understanding imperial hole sizes

  • Chris_N
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