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What is the formula for calculating torque for a motor with a load attached?

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Forces on a pressure vessel containing a vacuum

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Finite element result in arbitrary point

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Find All Stresses on a Torus Pressure Vessel

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Thermal Compression + Expansion Index

  • EngNoob
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Heat transfer through open garage doors with temperature difference

  • Lowis
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Entropy in an irreversible process

  • supermesh
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Mech/Aero Engineering and Mechanics

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Cam Lobe Question: 60 vs. 45 Degree Angle of Lift

  • moo
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What is a pneumatic dental handpiece used for metalworking?

  • bobbobwhite
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Cantilever Beam Loading Type?

  • ACT
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Solving Engineering Mechanics Dynamics Problems

  • Fat Ryan
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Pressure, temperatur inside ic engine

  • muthu2007
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Why the Carnot cycle is not used with real engines?

  • electric_head_uk
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Work Done By Engine/Heat Engine

  • EngNoob
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Calculate Air Density at 18°C with Atmospheric Pressure of 782 mmHg

  • moust
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Balloon neutral buoyancy + an interesting idea

  • Medula_O
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Dynamic head, pressure drop formulas?

  • engineering
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How Does Fluid Flow in Nozzles Impact Jet Engine Noise?

  • vincentryan
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Run Internal Combustion Engine on Liquid Oxygen

  • iamapilot94
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Payphone Mechanics: An Investigation

  • banerjeerupak
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Will the Jules Verne ATV successfully dock with the ISS today?

  • D H
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Properties, generation and behavior of vortex flow

  • vincentryan
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The Controversial Water Engine: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Centrifuge Tech: Parameters of Best Centrifuges Today?

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Why do car specs list both power and torque?

  • rohanprabhu
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Radial Acceleration in cylindrical coordinates

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Do Small Water Masses Between Close Plates Generate Large Forces?

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Questions for a mechanical engineering interview

  • manmelvin
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Rotary Vane Compressor Question

  • alexdg
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Difference between Gleason and Revacycle bevel gear profiles

  • rishi07
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Making a Plywood Wind Tunnel for Heat Exchanger Testing

  • shriramjegan
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Disadvatage of PIV measurment system

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GE90-115B Turbofan Engine: Thrust Analysis

  • vincentryan
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Anybody with understanding of how Air pressure regulators function?

  • Mattsnooze
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Derving piston position and instant velocity

  • VooDoo
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How Does a Pile Driver Work in Terms of Physics?

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Reducing turbulence through 90 degrees prob

  • engineering
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Theoretical pressure drop higher than experimental in sudden pipe contraction

  • nebousuke
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Calculating Supersonic Drag Force on Netting

  • mccaly
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Wing covering material for a WWII aircraft replica

  • ABHIdAVIATOR
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How fast does air escape from a container at 120 psi through a blockage?

  • sokolomi
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What would a good design for a High RPM Altenator be?

  • Qaiphyx
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Fluid flow out of a tank design

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What Alternatives Exist to Mercury Seals for High RPM Generators?

  • kumar_raj78
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Automotive Center of pressure location for formula one diffuser downforce

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How can a flight simulator be any useful?

  • Ulysees
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Where to find costs for ERW, DOM, chromoly and titanium tubing

  • OutCell
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How to create a solor powered working steam turbine?

  • douglasg14b
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How can I prevent my shoulder bolt axle from causing my wheels to lock up?

  • amfmnsam
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Improving Fly Ash Deposition in Horizontal Circular Ducting

  • cucu_datoonn
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Lifting Solutions - 100 lbs Capacity

  • brianp1285
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Crush 1" from End of 1.5" Tube - Press Requirements

  • Dell Johnson
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How to calculate flow rate from a manometer with a venturi meter

  • serfinos
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Hand-crank thermoelectric cooler power and design ideas

  • tandoorichicken
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Efficiency of RWD vs. AWD at high speed

  • Braymond141
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Simple knife-edge (aerodynamics) question.

  • 5.0stang
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Draw Lines in COMSOL Without Knowing Point Coordinates

  • ra123
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High-Pressure Combustion Research: Investigating Spherical Flame Expansion

  • jaap de vries
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Water bath system - flow rate problems

  • Allan758
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How to evaluate the performance of air conditioning

  • vinhphysics
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Calculating Bearing Temperature with Empirical Cooling Factor

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Rotating Shaft Advise: Solving Problem at Sea Level

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Deriving Joule-Thomson Effect: CNGA Approximation

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Engineering Physics Mechanical Engineering Student

  • Scott Mitchel
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Is every mechanical process or mechanical reversible?

  • ABHIdAVIATOR
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Why Is the First Point of a Tube Design Crucial for Your Project?

  • ara_anandv
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How do I stick the panel onto the shaft so it can rotate ?

  • rngd
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Efficiency of a modern internal combustion engine

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Modeling a piston-like rod-mass-spring system in C++

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Why Does Reynolds Analogy Overestimate Heat Transfer?

  • hanson
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Finding aerospace engineering internships in SE Minnesota or Wisconsin

  • edosqclbe699
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Can you clean a HEPA filter with compressed air instead of replacing it?

  • Ulysees
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Airgulper Concept: Injecting Air into a Tank - Darin Selby

  • charioteer
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Heat exchanger capacity (condenser and evaporator)

  • plucker_08
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What are the essential parts needed for a robotics project?

  • petitericeball
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Windmill blade design for a 2-hour competition with foam and cardboard

  • TheRyan
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Hydrostatic Test and Air Entrapement

  • Filippo54US
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Calculating Nusselt No. for Natural Gas Pipeline

  • codicil
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How Can I Balance the Center of Gravity in a Model Hovercraft?

  • sandeep1623
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FEA of a viscoelastic damper in Ansys11 or Workbench

  • waqaskhan200
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Calculating Torque Needed to Roll 9000lb Roll Across Floor

  • scampbel
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How Can I Improve My Rubber Band Car to Reach 10 Meters?

  • godzillafan868
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Vertical Movement from a Threaded Rod

  • Stephii
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Finding damping coefficient from spring-mass system measurements

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