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Electric motor as wing hinge for flapping aircraft

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Instantaneous centres of rotation

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Calc Power Source RPM: How to Do It

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O-ring Reaction to High Altitudes

  • wxrocks
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Finding Information on Thermal Louvers

  • Baltistani
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What is an optic solar reflector and where can I find information about it?

  • Baltistani
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Flywheel Diameter: Calculating Capacity for Energy Storage

  • moo
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Designing a custom dry sump system from scratch

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Vegetable Oil conversion for diesel engines

  • dingpud
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Car seat design to safely secure a baby pram in the back seat

  • Aceofspades1185
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What do the two wires on electronic fuel injectors do?

  • machinest
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Drag calculation in 3D, 'virtual wind tunnel'?

  • optimistx
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What causes a sonic boom when traveling at Mach 1+?

  • QuantumCrash
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Can a Cylindrical Thermistor be Used to Build a Fuel Flow Meter?

  • BtrM
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Why do I-beams resist bending better when oriented vertically?

  • jiayen87
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How can I determine engine cylinder pressure during a compression stroke?

  • 5.0stang
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Which Reaches Ground Early: Coin or Ring?

  • abhishek_sai81
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How do variable pitch fan blades work?

  • Shawnzyoo
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Designing a 2-ton foldable engine crane with free body diagrams

  • ad08
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Levitating an Object with High Speed Fans: Calculate Energy Needs

  • Ronhrin
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Forces in Intermittent Gear Drive System

  • wolram
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Is Hertzian Stress a Factor in Blast Resistant Door Design?

  • ajay_vjti
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Does high maximum flow rate mean high maximum back pressure in pumps?

  • hanson
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Finding launch angle and hill height for projectile to hit moving boat

  • the_d
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Mechanical efficiency of IC engine

  • aruneswaran
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What is the formula for calculating pump power and efficiency?

  • hanson
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Can a Car Airconditioning Compressor be Used as a Pico Steam Turbine?

  • obibask
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Generalized aerodynamic force matrix

  • traianus
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Increasing supply and return temperatures

  • TSN79
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Is Combining Measurements a Proper Technique in Extended Kalman Filters?

  • Ultimâ
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Thermodynamic question?

  • abhishek_sai81
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Calculating Rated Horsepower of an Engine

  • machinest
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Find Fluid Flow Pump to Hit Plate Radially - 50-75 Knots

  • urbsurfer
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What does bifurcated fan mean in mechanical systems?

  • kach22i
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Can the Pseudo-Reactionless Engine Truly Revolutionize Technology?

  • SkepticJ
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Can Vacuum State Propulsion Enable Near Light-Speed Travel?

  • Rade
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Diesel engine classification: which combinations of categories are valid?

  • abidansari
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Hydraulics instead of internal combustion engine

  • avemt1
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Finding a research interest/project

  • eku_girl83
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Detecting Spectral Lines in Explosions

  • rp895
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Subsonic-Supersonic Supersonic-?

  • H_man
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Hot research topics in heat transfer

  • hanson
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Mechanical engineer who want to work for Biomedical field

  • Kinn Sein
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What is the recommended CFM at 90 PSI for various pipe sizes?

  • mapair
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When can one assume Incompressible Flow?

  • Clausius2
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Sheared Parabolic Grid Generator

  • minger
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Can Wake Riding Slow Down a Lead Boat?

  • russ_watters
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How do gearboxes work and how do you calculate gear ratios?

  • ecid
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Flow of a Newtonian fluid down an inclined plane.

  • siddharth
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How do I configure a gearbox and motor together?

  • Ronnin
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Inexpensive heat pump and A/C enhancement

  • Ivan Seeking
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Iran Airforce Capabilities - Analysis by Iranian Aviation Analyst

  • Jet-designer
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Solving a Confusing Fluid Flow Problem

  • Cyrus
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Stress, Strain - Axial loading (axial forces)

  • Andreii
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Applying heat exchanger design methods to hemodialyzers

  • hanson
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Centrifugal Accelerator-Kinematics Problem

  • roamer
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How does D3O technology revolutionize impact-resistant body armor?

  • DaveC426913
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Hovercraft Thrust - Velocity verses Static Pressure

  • kach22i
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How Much Force to Lift a Pivoting Beam at an Angle?

  • pityocamptes
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Understanding Structural Physics and Steel Tubing for Utility Trailer Design

  • pityocamptes
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Nose Cone Design: An Overview for Aerospace Engineers

  • Astronuc
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How Can Unreacting Flow Dynamics Be Modeled in a Packed Bed Reactor?

  • niketas
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What circulation minimizes induced drag in a biplane?

  • traianus
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Is a Stirling Cycle Engine Still Valid with an Open Cold Reservoir?

  • NateTG
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Would submersible aircraft carriers be better than surface carriers?

  • tumor
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Thermodynamis - oil pump efficiency?

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Journal/References for MHD Propulsion

  • tictac
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Can spinning valves improve efficiency in IC engines?

  • triden
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Stress or deflection which is important

  • chandran
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Cause and Effect from an Engineering Perspective

  • Q_Goest
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Scaling in fluid mechanics and other physical discipline

  • hanson
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How to approx. Total pressures and Flow (CFM)

  • aero_ub
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Wildfire 2.0 (pro engineer) tutorials

  • boaz
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Could a three-rotor Wankel engine run efficiently on steam?

  • wolram
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Rotating shaft and ball-surface life

  • chandran
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Hybrid Efficiency: Gaining Actual Efficiency Benefits

  • sid_galt
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Pressure of stagnant fluid volume in rotating cylinders

  • RedCoat999
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Designing a Custom Chain Case for Bike Rebuild

  • wolram
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Construction are or aren't able to hold? (tutorial)

  • Andreii
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Convert Rectangular Motion to Rotary Motion - Dan

  • TrippingSunwise
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93 Ford Aspire won't start, blue powder on electrode

  • Clausius2
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Static pressure in ducts and vessel

  • GordonC
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Optimal tolerance in millimeters for tight mechanical fits

  • jarvezs
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Radial stress from hoop stress in a disk with cut

  • pervect
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Water friction in pipes, hot vs cold?

  • TSN79
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Can Shape-Changing Robots Revolutionize Robotics?

  • sach1tb
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Effective Methods for Securing a Rotor Disk to a Shaft

  • Jdo300
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Modeling Filters in Airflow CFD: How to Simplify and Analyze

  • ChrisHarvey
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Steam Turbine generator work done

  • JSBeckton
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How do you calculate heat transfer in photovoltaic panels?

  • xharville
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Can I Pursue Mechanical Engineering Without Junior Physics?

  • jactrigga
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Why would a velocity stack improve an IC engine's performance?

  • wolram
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Combustion Temp's for an IC Engine

  • TexanJohn
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