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The simplest things are the hardest?

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What is Capstone Design and How Is It Used in Engineering?

  • redgoat
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What is a gear and what does it do?

  • sid_galt
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V Pulley Source for Japan - 500 psi Air Compressor

  • Eric Lee
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Efficiency of Brayton Cycle with Reduced Pressure & Temp

  • sid_galt
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Books on the field of Mech. Engineering

  • dekoi
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Overexpanded Flow: Low Temp Air Discharge at High Velocities

  • sid_galt
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Aerodynamic fairings for road bike frame and legs

  • Shawnzyoo
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What Could Be Causing My Ride-On Mower to Fail to Start?

  • Snowy
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Calculating Annulus Area in a Compressor

  • sid_galt
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How Do You Calculate Impact Force for Falling Objects?

  • david robinson
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Problem with the fixed collar on a smooth rod

  • Cyrus
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Air Launching Rockets:The Possibilities of the A380?

  • Shawnzyoo
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Static Mass Balancing: Procedure for Assemblies of 2.5-10kg

  • kashoo
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How Can I Build a Small Electromagnetic Train for a Model Setup?

  • JAFO
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Inviscid Incompressible Low Speed Flow Thrust in Nozzle: Is it Possible?

  • sid_galt
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Does oversized air conditioning reduce humidity removal?

  • Cliff_J
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Advantages/disadvantages of biplanes over monoplanes?

  • sid_galt
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Diesel-powered faired recumbent trike for 50mph and 400-500mpg

  • lyeinyoureye
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Wind Tunnel Apparatus: Why Strain Gages Preferred Over Pressure Sensors

  • sid_galt
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Solidworks or Autodesk Inventor?

  • BasketDaN
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Noise vibration harshness(NVH)-fea

  • chandran
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How do 4 sticks joined at one end walk when the other ends move?

  • Persefone
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Negative pressure supercharging -comments?

  • greasemonkey
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Mechanical engineer and car engine

  • redgoat
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Draw a T-s diagram of the improvements

  • skysurani
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What happens to teh air pressure when a fan is used?

  • infamous_Q
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Resistance Moment: What is the Polar Variation?

  • TSN79
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What causes the condensation trails behind airplanes?

  • Clausius2
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Effects of Rotation on Strain in a Disk

  • sid_galt
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Drag coefficient PVC over water

  • cronxeh
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Getting Started with Computational Fluid Dynamics: Coding Basics

  • stan
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What characteristics must an airplane have to avoid radar detection?

  • redgoat
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Determining combustion burn time

  • fkatzenb
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Effect of high temp. compressor

  • sid_galt
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Calculating Flow Rates in Pipe Networks: Head Loss Equations

  • theoriginalh
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Increasing Air Temperature in a Small Metal Box

  • sid_galt
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How to convert a fridge into dehumifier?

  • julee
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Helium gas is compressed form 1 atm and 25 degree C

  • skysurani
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Organizing motor wires in a remote control robot

  • theknownothing
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'Real life' Differences B/w Mechanical Engineering Qualifications

  • Mana
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How can I calculate the range and trajectory of a ping pong ball launcher?

  • chris_tams
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Super to Subcritical, and Super to Subsonic Flow

  • Clausius2
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Finding torque and rotation in a fully plastic shaft

  • morry
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Designing rectangular bamboo fly rods with calculated bend curves

  • dedoo
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Neutral Point and Static Margin?

  • phiska
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Why does the Hazen-Williams model give infinite flow rates at Reynolds 10^5?

  • Clausius2
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What is the Geometric Balance of an Object in a Fluid Flow?

  • Raparicio
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Stiffness Influence Coefficient Fea For Plate

  • chandran
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How do I start a drafting business?

  • mathwurkz
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Mechanical engineering programs at Clemson and UNC Charlotte

  • BillBLack
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Is the entropy change of the ideal gas equals zero?

  • tony_engin
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Entropy production would be negative in these cases

  • tony_engin
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Learning to design an intake manifold with CAD software

  • morry
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Energy increase as air pressure increases

  • dbwmi
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Finding forces in a truss

  • morry
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Lowest possible pressure (greatest vacuum)

  • infamous_Q
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Do Design Engineers know what they're doing?

  • kleinjahr
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Calculating Thrust from Propellers for Model Airplane

  • reg
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What Oil to Use for a Nikota Air Compressor?

  • Shawnzyoo
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Chance for a foreign-born engineer

  • redgoat
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Build a Battery-Powered Dragster for Physics Class

  • midcourtassassin
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How Does Size Affect Air Compressor Performance?

  • infamous_Q
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What causes minor calibrations for wrenches

  • stan
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Fracture Toughness of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels

  • kashoo
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Why does water overflow when vacuum is applied to an elastic tube?

  • JohnGe
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Jet Engine Intakes: Why the Squashed, Flat Design?

  • Alan G
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More Information I'm Sending With A Diagram - For The Hydraulic System

  • Eng_Luqman
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Calculating Efficiency of Heat Engine with Steam in Saturation Dome

  • Naeem
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Why Is the I-Beam Shape Optimal for Moments of Inertia?

  • joe tomei
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What is thrust vectoring and what are its applications?

  • EngTechno
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A380 Makes History With First Flight

  • FredGarvin
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Calculating Volumetric Flow Rate Without Cross-sectional Area

  • Ehsans
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Coanda or Bernouli, which describes lift?

  • MR. P
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Can specific gravity vehicles reach NEO with balloons?

  • MR. P
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Isentropic compression in a spark ignition engine at 7:1 ratio

  • bruce999
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Radius of Circular Disc for Mech. Engr Problem

  • Robust
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Why Are Reynolds Numbers Higher When Reducing Flow Rate?

  • tony_engin
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A possible replacement for a torque converter

  • Serj
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Auto n Aero Design - Learn Mechanical Engineering

  • mans
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Many students pursue Mechanical and Electrical Engineering rather than

  • redgoat
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Test rig to demonstrate propulsion

  • stan
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The correlation between vibration and flow rate

  • tony_engin
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How to print rotary encoder patterns with custom pulse counts

  • Physics_wiz
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Turbines for hydrogen fueled cars?

  • RGClark
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Where to find air compressor schematics and homebuilt designs

  • Shawnzyoo
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Plate top vonmises stress in fea

  • chandran
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Ok, so I know its been a topic before-H20 power

  • Ayrity
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Superheated vapor tables for propane

  • nineeyes
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How to Model High Viscosity Layered Waste Pumping in CFD?

  • sergkras2000
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Can ground effect rotors make a more efficient aircraft model?

  • Ayrity
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How do you compute the force to deform a flat plate?

  • TonyTheTiger
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Re-Learning AutoCAD 2004: What Are the Best Books?

  • VSCCEGR
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Nonlinear Vibration: Find Behaviors of 3D Structures

  • kashoo
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