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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

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Finding Outlet Diameter for Compressible Fluid Flow

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Looking for a Mechanical/Pump Engineer

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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

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Ideal heat exchange for welding cooler?

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Question about centre of mass and load centre of gravity

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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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Question about Moment of Inertia

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Determine the thermal transmittance of the floor

  • stevenH
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Help in designing a simple transmission system for a wind turbine

  • 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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Getting Started in Robotics: Books and Kits for Beginners

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

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Military Standards / ANSI / Mil Spec

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Heat Pipe Design: Books for Design & Analysis

  • Baltistani
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Temperature lift of a heat pump

  • TSN79
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Impact Attenuator-Experiment Design

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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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Help Understanding Simple DC Motor Design & Maximizing RPM

  • 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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Launcher machine design (Need Help)

  • 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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Solidworks Modeling Help: Geodesic Dome Pentagons, Hexagons, Struts

  • 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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Help me for calculate a Hydraulic pomp pressure

  • 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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Is an Ideal Cycle Possible? Examining Enthalpy Values in a Lab Experiment

  • 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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Hovercraft Help: Can Yamaha 440 Handle 130lb Load?

  • motomax99
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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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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 Cannon Physics: Projectile Motion Analysis

  • 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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Reducing Diesel Engine Exhaust Soot w/ DPF & Scrubber

  • 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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Torque vs. Moment: What are the Differences?

  • flatmaster
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Pumps: Head, Discharge & Lubrication Oil Recommendations

  • 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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FEM for Gearbox Design: Key Input Data for Finite Element Method Analysis

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Can Electro Hydraulic Valves Revolutionize Cam Shaft Engines?

  • wolram
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Critical Load in Buckling problem

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Analyzing Car Engine Efficiency: Understanding Loss of Energy

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