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Designing a dual lead screw system for 200 kg opposing loads

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How Many 1 Steel Tubing Pieces to Support 500lb on 40 Cantilever?

  • reg7066
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External gear pump with higher inlet pressure and flow rate

  • MickMcC
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Delete Old Revision Clouds on Drawings When Doing New Revisions?

  • kkline116
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Elevator capacity and social distancing in office buildings

  • anorlunda
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Looking for Push-along walking "robot"

  • some bloke
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Designing a jig to hold a motor without stressing its plastic base

  • dejan95
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How fast will this torsion spring open a lid?

  • Prockey
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Why do circular wheels roll more efficiently than polygonal shapes?

  • fog37
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Removing an inside weld line in a pipe

  • Amir Sedieqy
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Mechanism to Automatically Lower Heater for Sealing Packaging

  • Shees
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Maximum compression for spiral wound gaskets and reuse?

  • Osvaldo
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Breaking solid shaft in torsion purposefully

  • thissong
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Is My Tractor Stable Enough to Support a Lift at Maximum Height?

  • PeterH48
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How does an LPG tank gauge work?

  • karamss
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Journal Bearings Clearance Calculation

  • Osvaldo
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AC condenser 80Hz noise seeping through neighbor's fence and into my home

  • ptdeskhk
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Where to place portable A/C for best effect?

  • DaveC426913
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Can I apply Bernoulli's equation to this situation?

  • Atouk
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Divergent nozzle for releasing pressurised gas

  • T C
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How to determine Wind turbine RPM

  • alokkumar
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Venturi injector suction not adequate

  • kunalvanjare
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Max lifting capacity for an average human adult

  • Yashi234
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Automotive Low RPM-high torque vs High RPM-low torque -- durability?

  • John Mcrain
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Cable and pulley ratings for 3500 lb winch with snatch blocks

  • Handysmurf
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Torque equations for sideways differential

  • schofieldius
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  • Poll Poll

How many people hand-draw schematics anymore? (versus CAD)

  • TheQuietOne
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Pipe Design to pump sea water from the ocean to a boiler via intermediate tanks

  • AverageEngineer
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Cooling nozzle - convection power

  • FEAnalyst
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Building Small Lifting Device with Kohree Motor

  • reg326j
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Principal Stresses in a Shear Flow

  • Kushwoho44
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Most accurate scale for weighing objects

  • Secan
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Almost a Jetpack: Is My Crazy Idea Viable?

  • justsomeonenew
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Cooling Tower Sizing for 20 MW Power Plant in Weymouth, England

  • Harkaran Singh
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How much deceleration is reasonable for a free fall impact?

  • assafwei
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Is the Total Radial Force on a Current-Carrying Hoop Zero?

  • etotheipi
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Simulate the temperature inside an aquarium tank

  • bartlino
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How to calculate pipeline length without pressure drop data

  • Amirul96
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Why Do Spur Gear Pairs Have Different Face Widths?

  • cherish
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Automotive Aerodynamic drag on a car and recovering some of that energy using a fan

  • Andrea Vironda
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Convection powered bladeless fan style ventilation?

  • George Albercook
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Is the 3 Gorges Dam Structurally Secure Without Bedrock Anchoring?

  • Ranger Mike
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HVAC - Primary airflow temperatre

  • Puzzled
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How Do You Calculate Air Surge Tank Fluctuations for Engine Intakes?

  • siddharth23
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Natural convection enhanced by a "chimney effect"

  • gnurf
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Expansion in non-adiabatic Otto / Diesel cycles

  • racctor
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Linkage Analysis and force study

  • jai_helsing
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Can this version of pneumatic piston sustain a certain load on its own?

  • Polar24
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Experience using Xometry for CNC machining and 3D printing

  • TommyGnosis
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Dirt, debris, dust, moisture and machines

  • kenny1999
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Which vehicle pulls down a tree: semi truck, tank or bulldozer?

  • Watuplol
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Design of a cell phone stand - force balance question

  • rudy
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How to fix a quad bike handlebar starter

  • Siviwe Nkosana
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Peak Amps of a heat pump based AC vs compressor based AC?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Force from a 13-tonne chain falling onto a 5m round sling in seawater

  • BasileDiver
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Effect of initial stress on the natural frequency of vibration

  • Hassan2
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Buckling and modal FEA of a submarine structure

  • Vigardo
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Direction of Frictional Forces on Balanced Force Objects

  • physicsnoob204
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Meaning of Wx and Jx symbols in mechanics

  • nipume07
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Deriving the 1-D Linear Convection Equation

  • Mr_Acceleration
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Internal forces acting on a dive system

  • Boyles
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Bearing race diameter inequality question

  • MrMoe
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Pressure/force calculation for combustion in a cylinder

  • Stormer
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Calculate the air pressure needed for a projectile to travel X distance

  • DrPython
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How to determine the airflow due to a change in temperature?

  • foal_11
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Water flow from tank A to tank B through 2" PVC pipe with 6 ft head

  • saxman2u
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Structure adding rotational stiffness to a plate

  • petterg
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Deflection of a cantilever beam with applied tension at the free end

  • mrbec
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Modeling Pressure Change in a Pressurized Chamber

  • mattie
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The most efficient nozzle shape

  • T C
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Dual-Axis Solar Tracker Torque requirements

  • LukeTanner
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Rack and pinion in an Ultra-High Vacuum

  • LaunyO
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How Are Stress Lines and Streamlines Related in Physical Models?

  • person123
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Bicycle gear system's Input-Output ratio?

  • Stevengouws
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How Can I Connect Two Cylinders Coaxially to Transfer Pulling Force?

  • verfu
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If two gears are connected by a shaft do they have the same torque?

  • Stevengouws
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Understanding forces acting on a pipe bend when fluid is passing through

  • tomtomtom1
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Automotive Vehicle Parking Brake Test on a Slope [How Convert to a Flat Ground test?]

  • physicsnoob204
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Pressure loss pipe system: Conversion from known fluid1 to fluid2

  • Brainface
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Cantilever beam deflection with point mass and point load at the end

  • koolraj09
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How Does V-Belt Tension Arise in a Free Body Diagram?

  • etotheipi
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Outdoor project - adding stability by filling a column

  • RB2314
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How does a motorbike central stand provide mechanical advantage?

  • Alec98
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Wedge Tensile Grip Design - UTM Testing Machine

  • fede280385
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PWM for controlling liquid flow through a Solenoid Valve

  • kunalvanjare
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Searching for Thermally Conductive Fabric / Film

  • normynormand
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What Is the Contact Patch Between a 0.5 mm Radius and a 3 mm Diameter Ball?

  • Ranger Mike
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Need a compact linear drive for a hexapod table

  • some bloke
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Will 32mm bore hydraulic cylinders lift car ramps?

  • Dukeman
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Undefined log-mean temperature in heat exchanger design

  • mastermechanic
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Does an impeller need a driveshaft?

  • theycallmevirgo
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Coefficient of Thermal conductivity

  • imselva
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Concept for a repeat-reset rat trap

  • kahakura
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Calculating heat recovery from engine exhaust gases

  • LT Judd
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Kindly name the accessories for bolting this apparatus to the floor

  • T C
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How Quickly Can a Conical Spring Expand from Compressed to Free Length?

  • mhalc
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How does air behave in the daisy chaining of compressors?

  • Dan Lannan
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Build a pressurized container to infuse herbs

  • uscmedina
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Motor Choice for Belt Movement: Stepper vs DC

  • kolleamm
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