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How Can I Start Modeling a Heat Pipe?

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Mechanisms for 2kg cylindrical robot arm with base rotation

  • kennykck
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Can a Steam Engine Be Made with Carbon Fiber Components?

  • miloziz
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Calculating Torque Needed for M20x100

  • miloziz
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Heating water with JP-8 exhaust in a compact heat exchanger

  • yujean
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Formulation of Flow generated by a cylinder

  • eaglemre
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Bending Rectangular Cantilevers Under Gravitational Force

  • vidar
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Building a Rube-Goldberg machine for physics class

  • aditya88
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Rolls Royce Trent Engine Technology

  • Astronuc
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Screw threads and bearings (how to )

  • Andreii
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Calculating Helicopter Downwash Force on a House Roof at 700ft?

  • richwigmore
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What happened to my gasket goop?

  • Ivan Seeking
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What is the best design for a miniature hovercraft for a race?

  • Gambit
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Erossion in air to steam heat exchanger

  • kulkarnidinesh
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Is the Jet Fan's Reliability Enhanced by the Coanda Effect?

  • kach22i
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Chassis Dynos: Measuring Shaft Torque/Power

  • gfhfgh
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Has sb done such a super mechanical test

  • uiulic
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Which air intake duct type is most efficient at under 100 mph?

  • kach22i
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How do I use bend coefficients in the Darcy-Weisbach equation?

  • VMS1
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I35W Bridge Collapse - Potential Flaw

  • Astronuc
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Velocity of escaping gas while depressurizing a tank

  • sahilk
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A simple but efficient Diesel burner?

  • Inventus
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Dynamics Problem, Relative velocity of rigid body in planar motion

  • CaityAnn
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Automobile energy cost - Dust to Dust report

  • Andrew Mason
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Nondimensionlization of Pressure

  • hanson
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Transmission that can change gears while stopped?

  • ice109
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Designing a most powerful/efficient vacuum

  • Paulo Serrano
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Are There Part-Time Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering and Research?

  • ArcherVillage
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The Demise of Mechanical Engineering?

  • Physics_wiz
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Formulas for acoustical dampening?

  • Sean Powell
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What does the Oswald efficiency factor measure?

  • ank_gl
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How Can We Safely Transport the Heaviest Payloads Through the Air?

  • sanman
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Find Answers: Calculating View Factors for Tilted Cylinder

  • Marcus.McCallum
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Collisions Problem: Finding Gs During Impact

  • tonytnnt
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Can an inviscid flow rotational? Potential Flow?

  • hanson
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What is drip disposal in a Rankine cycle?

  • ank_gl
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Why were early aircraft biplanes if they had more drag and complexity?

  • ank_gl
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Heat generated by friction force

  • Prune_man
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How to Build a Reliable Hydraulic Pressure Resistance Tester for Paper Surfaces?

  • DAVID DIAZ DIAZ
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Advantages/disadvantages of disc brakes in any vehicle

  • banerjeerupak
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Reynolds Transport Theorem and Conservation Laws.

  • me24
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How does VASIMR propulsion heat gas without thermonuclear reactions?

  • Astronuc
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Aerodynamic of shipping contatners on trains

  • Joe Maxwell
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Crimp vs Compression: Which Hose Fitting is Best for Your Needs?

  • araanandv2
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Does friction depend on area of surface of contact?

  • ank_gl
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Idea for a high speed craft would this work?

  • Jota
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Servo steering for a 1993 Mercury Sable RC conversion

  • Gigabyte111
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I am a new guy at this forum. .

  • theaviator
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Rc Hovercraft Race @ Shaastra 2007,india

  • dopa
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What is MLI Blanket Composition?

  • Baltistani
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What is FAA Aerodynamics Video(s) about?

  • Cyrus
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Continuum Mechanics - Solids and Fluids

  • Astronuc
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Why doesn't the rudder turn the aircraft?

  • ank_gl
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Can Electronic Manipulation Solve the Curvature Problem in Book Scanning?

  • dmehling
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What is required to convert the USA to Diesel?

  • brewnog
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Where can I find an Online Calculator for Mechanical Engineering?

  • Donglas
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Dry Lift Testing: Resources for Turboshaft Fuel Pumps

  • robsmith82
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Math and physics for a battery-powered go-kart project

  • t_olhanoski
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How do compressed air cars work?

  • harpreet singh
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Engine sounds again this time its all about diesels

  • enginelover
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Top CAD Software Used by Professional Engineers

  • ank_gl
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Choosing Electives for a Mechanical Engineering Degree: Tips and Advice

  • animalcroc
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Converting 10,000 pounds vertical thrust to 50-100 RPM shaft torque

  • ENRG
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Siemens CompetitionMHD Generator

  • Shelnutt2
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What is a snug fit and where is it used?

  • araanandv2
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Relationship between static pressure and CFM

  • dmehling
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Calculate Energy of Compression for Hydrogen

  • aboElFod
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Dynamic & Static propeller pressure

  • ash01
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Fine. I'll make my own air conditioner.

  • Math Is Hard
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Is AutoCAD 2000 lacking in table creation capabilities?

  • Mike Phan
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Curved Conveyor Belt Rollers Motors Placement Airport

  • arehman1289
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Boiler Monitoring with Piezoelectrics - Dalisu (South Africa)

  • dalisu
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How do they make chairs that move on their own?

  • wolram
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Temperatures in a central heating system

  • TSN79
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Is My Formula Accurate for Calculating Vehicle Transmission Ratios?

  • mahoutekiyo
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How Is Piping Design Implemented in Unigraphics?

  • johneng
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Best method for generating suction

  • dmehling
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Convert British and SI Units Easily

  • ank_gl
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Why are compressor tanks and gas containers cylindrical?

  • Analysis
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Car at 60 degree inclination without slipping

  • shine
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Effects of finish of heat transfer capability

  • ddelaiarro
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Building an electric using a 3 phase 40 hp AC motor

  • d_oliph
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Jet Engines and the Forces They Create - Confirmed?

  • buster
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What Causes the Noisy Sounds of Engine Performance?

  • buster
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What is the elliptical distribution of lift along a wing?

  • buster
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Nitrogen inflation of car tires

  • AlephZero
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Automotive How do rear tires in FR cars provide perpendicular force for turning?

  • mahoutekiyo
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Need Materials for Stability and Control Helicopter

  • havythoai
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Why isn't there shock wave in this case

  • havythoai
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How to Calculate the Moment of Inertia for a Whisk?

  • remz
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Spring Constant: Compression vs Extension

  • tandoorichicken
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Estimating Wing Weights for Aircraft Designers

  • gaming_addict
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