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How Do Wave Heights Impact Pleasure Boat Speed?

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Compressible Navier Stokes in cylinder coordinates

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Softwares do aerodynamical engineers generally use to model airflow?

  • sid_galt
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Calculating Work Done in Thermodynamic Problem Q

  • Naeem
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Jobs available for a PhD in Robotics

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Is My Lego-Based Scale Design Accurate and Feasible?

  • Physics_wiz
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Fatigue analysis from market data

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Does blowing hot or cold air over a wing increase lift?

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Tuning fork to stop engine vibration?

  • oldunion
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Calculating Boiler Radiation Loss from Chimney Gas Analysis

  • TSN79
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How far should rear motors turn to rotate a 3-wheel vehicle by a given angle?

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Hydraulic Damping Information Needed

  • shalmaneser
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Minimum force for insect-sized helicopter takeoff

  • aminakoyum
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Calculating Shear Stress in a Fluid Mechanics Problem

  • Nenad
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What are dislocation sources S1 and S2 and why do they emit dislocations?

  • tony_engin
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Calculating Boiler Efficiency for Year-Round Use

  • TSN79
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Is that a pneumatic pump driving that arm?

  • PrudensOptimus
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Can Microwave Propulsion in Spacecraft Really Generate Movement?

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Speed of catamaran boat with bilge pump propulsion

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Why Did the Connecting Rod in an Ultra-Light Vehicle's Engine Fail?

  • manuni
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Book for introduction in aerodynamics

  • sid_galt
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How do hydrogen combustion engines work?

  • Pengwuino
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Calculating gear train ratios

  • PrudensOptimus
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Starting a Physics Club in High School

  • jai6638
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How do servo motors work in robot arms like ASIMO?

  • PrudensOptimus
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Air Pressure and flow to power calculations?

  • infamous_Q
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How Do You Calculate Force on a Pipe Bend in Fluid Mechanics?

  • theoriginalh
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Find NAS/MS Bolts Near Detroit: 8 MS21250-05056 Needed

  • faust9
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Carbon Fiber Kits: Safety Test Results for Motorcycle Parts

  • cronxeh
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Calculating Max Deflection of Simply Supported J Section Beam

  • phiska
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Differential forms in Mechanical Eng.

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Expandable Arms (like Transformers)

  • PrudensOptimus
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Streamflow and lift for Micro Aerial Vehicles?

  • sid_galt
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Where Can I Find Reliable Sources for Pyrotechnic/Explosive Bolts?

  • kashoo
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Pressure Vessels: Calculating Stresses for Spherical Pressure Vessels

  • pervect
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Products of Inertia Table for Common Shapes

  • quantumdude
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Neumatics, Pumps, and suspension.

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When I turn, the car hops up and down.

  • PrudensOptimus
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What Are the Smartest Humanoid Robots on Earth?

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Subsonic diffuser is an expanding pipe

  • omgitsroy326
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Advantages of pre-setting thermostatic valves in radiator systems

  • TSN79
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Solving Water Pressure Problem with 8" Pipe and 90 Degree Turn

  • meggs521
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Temperature Change in Room: +22 to 15 Degrees C

  • TSN79
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Thermodynamics question you only see once.

  • slicey
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Hydraulic piston/ram diagrams or schematics?

  • Shawnzyoo
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Hydraulics for Landing Assemblies?

  • Arctic Fox
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Cut a metal like aluminium in very small parts

  • sid_galt
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How does a power screw work?

  • stan
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Is a Portable Air Conditioner with Water Cooling Feasible for Garage Use?

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What causes wheel to go in straight motion?

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Solving Fluid Model Question with CFD

  • SergejVictorov
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What's the proper terminology for elements, control volumes and nodes?

  • Q_Goest
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Why Is My Calculation of Maximum Car Velocity on a Banked Curve Incorrect?

  • stupidpig
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Fixing Unstable Wheels in Autonomous Car Project

  • PrudensOptimus
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Best way to gather things on the floor?

  • PrudensOptimus
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ME 354 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory

  • Astronuc
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Torque wrench lost click sound after reassembly

  • stan
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Pressure difference in a hydraulic system?

  • hectorbvo
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How do I increase closing force on a claw mechanism with geared drive?

  • PrudensOptimus
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Design of Large Lightweight tubes

  • lengould
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Finite element analysis problem

  • brewnog
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Deflection of Cantilever Beam Arrangement

  • phiska
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Aeronautical engineering helicopters

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Spring Locking Mechanism in a Micrometer Torque Wrench

  • stan
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How do you design a flame holder for a jet engine?

  • Serj
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Would adding more Gear in a series increase TORQUE?

  • PrudensOptimus
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How does a torque wrench work?

  • stan
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Alternative way to replace CFC?

  • scilover89
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Minimizing I-Beam Deflection for Cantilevered Loads

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Mechanical Engineering in different countries

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Aerospace Engineering Course Outline: Math, Physics, Computing

  • himanshu121
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Forced Vibration of a Cantilever Beam

  • phiska
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H a rm onic analysis on sandwich panels with orthotropic properties

  • kashoo
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Which calculator for mechanical design and FEA analysis

  • kashoo
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Can CO2 Capsules Power a Rocket to New Heights?

  • salamander
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Calculate Room Temp with Radiator at 0 C Outside Temp

  • TSN79
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Diesel Cycle - Heat Engines - Thermo.

  • Nenad
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Resources for learning mechanical vibration and harmonic analysis

  • kashoo
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Measuring wire tension with a spring scale at the center

  • EnhancedMonkey
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How does fuel injection cause isobaric expansion in the diesel cycle?

  • Nenad
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Understanding Dwell Time in Electronic Ignition Systems

  • Andy
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How Do You Calculate an A/C Unit's Cooling Time for a Room?

  • xJuggleboy
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Can I become a mechanical engineer without hands-on building skills?

  • EngTechno
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Calculating Density/Specific Volume

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Draw Line Easily: Quick Cad Ques. For E4', S2', E120', N2', E4', N1.5

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How Does Physics Enhance Electronic Fuel Injection Systems?

  • davy9
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Where Can I Find the Best Robot Research Resources?

  • SkepticJ
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Find Damping of Material: Practical Experiments

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