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How Can I Calculate the Size and Angle of Loops on a Rollercoaster?
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Calculating tension on chain fence with someone sitting on it.
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U or SCU: What is the functionality of a Secondary Cooling Unit in Aerospace?
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Max Force from a Car: Decoding the Limits of Torque and Final Drive Ratio
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Take Continuum Mechanics Class: Pros & Cons
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How Can I Design a Mechanism to Retract a Large Blade with Consistent Force?
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Multistage/cascaded refrigeration system
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Ball and socket contact stresses
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Boundary layers seperating from a baseball based on the viscosity of the air
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Air flow through a 90 degree bend
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Understanding Airfoil Wingtip Effects on Lift & Drag
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FSAE Chassis Design, Need Direction
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Escape Velocity and the Atmosphere
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Evaluating furnace heating capacity.
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Uses of Shoulder Bolts: A Comprehensive Guide
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Can Brakes on the Drive Shaft Improve Vehicle Performance?
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Help with Aluminum Corrosion | Auto Repair Shop Dispute
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Math and Mechanics: Job Opportunities Await
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Is a Gasoline Engine with Water Spray Cooling Feasible?
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What is the most beneficial minor for an engineering student?
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Which Layout is Best for a Double Reduction Speed Reducer?
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Calculating Allen Screw Diameter with Parallel Load
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What is the Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics and Propulsion?
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Combined Gas Law: 3L Air Increase in 300K Tank
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Thrust Vectoring - Jet Aircraft
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Compressibility and divergence-free flow
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Question on Fluid Dynamics book
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Determining Tensile Stress on Pressurized Sphere Skin
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Determining Thread Length Engagement for Optimal Boss Length
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How Do You Calculate Heating Time for Fluid in a Closed Loop System?
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Any open source alternatives for CAD and simulation?
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Liquid static head vs. dynamic head?
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Calculating CFM for a 4" to 3" PVC Pipe Reduction
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Books about Designing Building Mechanical Systems
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Which Fluid Mechanics Book is Best for Beginners?
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How Does Compression Ratio Affect Heat Generation in ICEs?
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What are Transducers and How Do They Measure Different Physical Quantities?
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Odyssey Moon: Making History with Google Moon Prize
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Which CAD Program Should I Learn?
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Forced induction and wastegates
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Mulyiplying the effect on the load in a rope system?
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New Efficient AC: Is There a Maintainence Issue?
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For all the mechanical engineers whom had working experience in mines, oil rigs
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Engine room ventilation system
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What Are the Best Paddling Techniques for Dragonboating Downstream?
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Information Regarding Surface Modifiers
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Thickness of insulation material
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Maximizing Airflow: 2 4" Fans on 1 Duct - A Cost-Effective Solution?
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Roark's formulas for stress and strain
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Recovering 3D Surfaces from Flattened Panels: A Metropolis Approach"
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High voltage electromachinery - the key to absurdly high power to weight ratios?
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Tooling question: List of Diameter Sizes?
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Gasoline engine modification - ethanol fuel
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How Does a Delta Wing Create Lift?
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me with my (ThermoFluid Project)
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How To Fing Angular and Natural Frequencies WITH ANSYS ?
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Jet + ion lifting hovering jet will it work?
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Should I leave my heater on 24/7 ?
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Calculating Air Intake Pressure: A Beginner's Guide
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Help with static and stagnation pressure
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Solve Solar Drag Race Model Equation
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Axial Play & End Play in Rotating Assemblies
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Can a Ducted Fan Serve as Both a Propulsor and a Wind Turbine?
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Where can I find information on overhead crane wheel derailment and maintenance?
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Convection & Shapes: How Would They Affect Heat Plate?
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Help me with the leakage rate of a crack in a pressure pipe.
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Water distrubution system design
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Can a 250 cc Honda Engine Be Integrated into a Car with a Button Gear Shift?
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Gimbaled Flywheel: Portable Flywheel Solution
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Sizing furnace of firetube boiler
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Newbie needed torque/moment arm design assistance
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More questions than I can count
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How Can I Calculate RPM and Torque for Different Bottling Line Speeds?
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What decrease in torque can be expected with a 3mm hex compared to a 4mm hex?
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How can I incorporate gaseous conductance into my COMSOL model?
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Solving Cable Tension Question with Proportion
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What Size Should the Shoulder of the Bar Be for a Press Fit?
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Wind Tunnel Testing Questions & Experiments
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Building a small electric vehicle
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Lock washers what's the point?
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Which Design Should I Use for a Paper Bridge
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Thermal Expansion on Piping Systems
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An aerodynamic simulation using panel method
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Diametral Pitch: Pinion & Gear Compatibility?
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Controllable Valve to Maintain Constant Flow Rate
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System condition monitoring and maintenance
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How Does the Average Frequency (w1+w2)/2 Affect Undamped Forced Vibrations?
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Calculating Minimum Thickness for Aluminum Alloy Tube Supporting Steel Rod
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DC Motor Torque with PWM Control: Bill Black in South Florida
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What Are the Best Software Tools for Engine Simulation?
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Finding if the correct pump is installed
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Validation of Ansys FEA solution
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Special pattern in the directivity of loudspeaker
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A passenger car with an non-shaking room
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Can a plane crash from turbulence and wind gusts?
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CFM and PSI Requirements for Abrasive Blasting 80' Steel Pipe
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Aerodynamic Drag Stabilization (Ballistic Application)
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Moleculer viscosity? Eddy viscosity?
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Variable compression ratio engine
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