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Sheet Metal Joining: Crimpable or Snap Fit?

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Designing a Centrifugal Clutch: How to Achieve Optimal Engagement

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Torque to speed reduction ratio

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Knife edge thickness/surface area

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Bearing Failure in Motor-Driven Shaft with 40 kW Load

  • Koenigindia
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Finding Outlet Diameter for Compressible Fluid Flow

  • johnmane
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Looking for a Mechanical/Pump Engineer

  • EnquiringMind
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How Do I Design an Effective Gearbox for a Small Generator Project?

  • herpamad
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Heat Capacity/ Density/ Conductivity

  • Skyeagle
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Ideal heat exchange for welding cooler?

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What's a good way to measure liquid's pressure and/or velocity?

  • cave_cat
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What kind of motor do you think i need?

  • ABHIdAVIATOR
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Moment of inertia for a 25-foot steel beam

  • nevil7b
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Determine the thermal transmittance of the floor

  • stevenH
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CVT transmission for small-scale wind turbine generator speed control

  • nmenon
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What Parameters Are Needed for 1D Laser Annealing Simulation?

  • bonbunsg
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Designing a porter governor to control a cone pulley sliding mechanism

  • nmenon
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Which school is better for studying the M. Tech of mechanical engineering?

  • ramushtef
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Best books and kits for learning robotics on a budget

  • darthxepher
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HiI've started a mechanics module and just wanted to know, what is

  • jase951
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Military Standards / ANSI / Mil Spec

  • dingpud
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Books on heat pipe design and analysis

  • Baltistani
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Temperature lift of a heat pump

  • TSN79
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Impact Attenuator-Experiment Design

  • berty_g
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Discharge coefficient

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Can ABAQUS accurately predict fatigue life using crack propagation?

  • shawn87411
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How Much Torque is Needed for an Electric Vehicle to Move a Trolley?

  • tcitizen
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Supporting spring, object, top spring problem.

  • mechdesignron
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How to determine the torque of a rotating disc?

  • MechaMZ
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Will Closed Valves Damage Heating System Pumps?

  • TSN79
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Where Can i Get Basic aircraft Maintenance BOOK

  • Ahmedshawki
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Force in two dimennsional frames

  • tariqb
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Can JANAF tables be adjusted for different pressures?

  • engineer23
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Will the pressures even out because the elasticity

  • Jordy Wells
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Needed: Equation for Complex Loading

  • tommy100
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Mass Spring Damper System Model

  • zaurus
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Calculate the torque required to rotate a pipe

  • vtmike
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CFD Result Files - Convert plot3d(fast) > cgns

  • minger
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How does wire loop shape affect RPM in a simple DC motor?

  • Eggroll451
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How to design rupture disc leak detection sensor element?

  • ummux
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Vibration Texts: Best Books for Undergrads

  • skaboy607
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How to determine appropriate wter pump

  • jmikl
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Motor power and RPM for a sepak takraw ball launcher

  • MechaMZ
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Can a Lightweight Hydraulic Car Jack Be a Viable School Project Idea?

  • Ludapower
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How would a hobbyist machine gears?

  • DaveC426913
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Centrifugal Force Calculation for Spinning Fluidmass

  • 1000_Words
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Geodesic dome struts not lining up in Solidworks

  • Byron C
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Horizontal oscillations to vertical.

  • ABHIdAVIATOR
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Boundary Equation for Water Cooled Cylinder

  • sangy
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Hydraulic jack pressure for pipe pinching machine with 12 pins

  • ahrouhi
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Failure analysis of a 2 OD solid 6063 aluminum round bar

  • EMCSQ
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Inertial Propulsion Discussion: Energy Conservation

  • Gitirana
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Why do my enthalpy values match in ideal and isentropic compression cycles?

  • skaboy607
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Thrust calculation for hovercraft

  • yablonski
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Can Switching from Gear to Roller Drive Reduce Noise in Toy Mechanisms?

  • starcrossed
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Torque Requirement for 25mm dia Shaft 600mm Length w/ Gear

  • Analysis
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Understanding Natural Frequency and Mode Shapes in Structural Analysis

  • subbu.mepco
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Design of assembly line for two (particle) robots

  • Andreii
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Number of gear teeth in two-stage reduction gears

  • cabellos6
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Deflection at any point in fixed beam

  • sunil.hk1
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Should I lubricate the DC motor in my electric shaver?

  • Mårten
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Polytropic efficiency vs isentropic efficiency?

  • jason.bourne
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Liquid in a Rotating Cylinder - Pressure

  • kimkat
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Linear force transfered from an electric motor to a screw.

  • dingpud
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Cylinder head pressure at expansion phase

  • cnjsurf
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Why Is the Dam Wall Area Constant in Fluid Pressure Calculations?

  • Enzo
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Air pressure needed to launch 1 lb projectile at 100 ft/s

  • carguy454
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Calculating Water Flow from Burst Pipe in Chicago

  • berniebs
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Looking for radio control components - wireless stepper motors

  • DaveC426913
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Clark Y-14 Airfoil: Solidworks Sketch for COSMOS Analysis

  • physicsCU
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Can a Dual Machine Setup Improve Efficiency in PV Energy Conversion?

  • alevis
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Calculate the discharge between two pipes

  • amjid1709
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Sizing a DPF or wet scrubber for Euro 0/1 diesel exhaust soot

  • Su Solberg
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How to Design a Thermostatic Expansion Valve for Refrigerants?

  • johnmane
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Calculating Torque for Car with Hub Motor - Yanikomer

  • yanikomer
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Calculating Head Loss from Enlargement in Compressible Fluid

  • johnmane
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I was wondering is there a way to connect two rotating cicrcles

  • beedle bard
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Selecting a Chain for 11kW Electric Motor Gearbox

  • gimini75
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Free Engineering Video Lectures from IIT

  • scothoward
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Modelling wind resonance in turbines (linear)

  • ivyperdok
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What is the Ideal Gas Law and its Application to Specific Volume?

  • Su Solberg
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Manufacturing Processes for Unconventional Drilling

  • karven
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What is the method for calculating forces exerted by a leaf spring?

  • assafwei
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Are torque and moment the same thing in engineering?

  • flatmaster
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Pump head, discharge, and lubrication oil comparisons

  • karven
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Effect of wheels turning at different speed?

  • Annon
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Momentum eq for cylindrical element

  • shair44
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A simple design for a solar-stirling engine

  • grey
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Designing a System to Isolate Higher Order Modes in a Fixed-Fixed Beam

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Airflow dynamics over house and effect on roof vents

  • dmcroof
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How Do 2-Way Valves Regulate Water Flow in Heating Systems?

  • TSN79
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Need help building a Lawrence cyclotron?

  • Degeneration
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Two-Stage Gearbox for Industrial 10:1 Ratio: Advantages

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What input data matters most for FEM analysis of a gearbox?

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