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Could pressure washers solve the Australia bushfires problem?

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Differential Equations and Damper Curves

  • aeb2335
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How to Calculate the Force Required to Lift an Arm

  • kgp43
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What are the causes of thermal stress?

  • FEAnalyst
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3d simulation of a rolling ball

  • scottla
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Water level in a submerged closed vessel after it is turned upright

  • vepexu
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Steam Flow through holes in a pipe

  • saruvanan
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Analytical mathematical modeling of the torque caused by the laundry

  • OussamaSscn
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Perpetual Motion Idea: Is It Possible?

  • jrm415
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Find the Right Motor for a Vertical Load Torque

  • SALMAN22
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Automotive How is variable engine braking implemented in a vehicle ECU?

  • cosmik debris
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Stiffness Matrix Method: Symmetry vs Introducing a new node / joint

  • Master1022
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Surface speed of a strip over a deflection roll

  • omega_minus
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Extendable/retractable Telescopic shaft/rod

  • TJPMusic
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Maintaining higher air pressure in an "open" leaky container

  • cashflow
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Forces in a Howe truss (2D) pinned at BOTH ends

  • Vigardo
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What is the problem with Tesla turbine Nozzles?

  • Storm_Eagle
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What Equation Is This? (Fluid Mechanics)

  • askor
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Quick Method of Calculating the 2nd Moment Of Area Of an I Beam

  • tomtomtom1
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Vertical Cantilever Slurry Pump Critical Speed

  • SlurryPumpPro
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Mathematical Modeling of an evaporator for evaporating water

  • vishnu123
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The torque (and stalling torque) of a servo motor

  • Owen Ransen
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Locking gear on container doors

  • Optymista93
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Understanding the Direction of Rotation for Stress State Equations

  • Master1022
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Help with Building a Vacuum Chamber

  • Bam654
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4DOF Spur Gear System - Eigenvalues not corresponding with the Eqns?

  • Sirsh
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Integrating FE and Dynamics

  • Trying2Learn
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Hyperelastic, elastic, hypoelastic

  • Trying2Learn
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Optimisation software for trusses (or frames)

  • Vigardo
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Maximum load capacity of a time dependant Force on the surface of a metal

  • bravopipo
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Kinetic friction coefficient of aluminum on lubricated cast iron

  • Thijske
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Tire Traction on Sand: Maximize Friction

  • garkoi
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Abuse of the Finite Element Method

  • Trying2Learn
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Inlet and outlet design for a cylindrical tank

  • vetenar
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Calculating the bending stress of a simply supported beam

  • tomtomtom1
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Understanding Poisson's Ratio and Its Effects

  • guideonl
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Automotive Unexpected Behavior with Audi A3 e-tron Turbocharger boost

  • Vanadium 50
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Bending Moment & Bending Stress

  • tomtomtom1
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High-Accuracy & High-Precision Launcher for Ping Pong Balls?

  • WorldWiz
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What Is the Correct Non-Dimensional Time Scaling in CFD for 2D Channel Flow?

  • member 428835
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Understanding the Value of the Second Moment Of Area

  • tomtomtom1
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In search of.... Solidworks Tutorials

  • Tone L
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Bolt dimensions for a bolted joint

  • KavaKovala
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Calculating the spring displacement response from an acceleration input

  • Raddy13
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Fracture in Switch Rail: Investigating R260 Steel

  • sadegh2020
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Difference between Absolute and Gauge Pressure

  • tomtomtom1
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Can We Design a Tube to Resist Fluid Flow?

  • ramadhankd
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Bistable spring mechanism with a different transition point?

  • Storm_Eagle
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Crane Arm Model using beam theory

  • Trying2Learn
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Finding the torque of a robotic arm

  • David lopez
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Higher gear ratio but less torque?

  • kolleamm
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Impact of Atmospheric Pressure on the Water in a Tank and a Pipe

  • tomtomtom1
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Calculating Capacity of Steel Rack: Yield Stress Issues

  • RJCanz
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Timoshenko Beam Theory (Violin String Shape Functions)

  • Srinath
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Are these internal combusion (IC) engine claims physically possible?

  • member 656954
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How Do You Calculate Compressive Stress in a Square-Sectioned Support?

  • dkaczan
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Hyperloop - what happens if the evacuated tube ruptures?

  • member 656954
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Pressure vessel made with a metal tube and a clear polycarbonate lid

  • carveranderson
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Abaqus FEA - how to choose temperature for the sky on a clear night

  • Wille
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Serial Link chain with constrained geometry

  • nucloxylon
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Automotive Spark length of a points ignition compared to an HEI system

  • Charlie Cheap
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The power of a multistage compressor

  • vishnu123
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Pitch axis location of aerodynamic profiles of wind turbine blades

  • Jess1980
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Understanding a subsurface pipe failure

  • hogwildwa
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Stirling engine LTD (Low Temperature Differential) plate size / energy

  • jeff jones
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Focused Acoustic Shock Wave Device for Generating High Pressures

  • BrandonBerchtold
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Mathematical modeling of a screw compressor

  • vishnu123
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How to get a 180deg shaft rotation out of a 180 deg hidden hinge?

  • David Knight
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District heating vs. electricity generation

  • TSN79
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Robot Maintenance & Replacement in Manufacturing Plants

  • StatGuy2000
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Reflective inserts for home gas fireplaces

  • berkeman
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Missing or mistaken door slam force formula?

  • Duffy
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Alternative to a Proportioning Motorized Valve?

  • kunalvanjare
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FBD of two translating rollers connected by a belt

  • ramadhankd
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Calculations of the needed horspower for a granulator

  • Henk Trekker
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Need Some background on Clutches

  • Ronnin
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Build a Shaker Screen Box: Source Eccentric Drive Gears

  • parttimefarmer
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Heading as a function of wheel rotations

  • fishingspree2
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Using a Squirrel Cage Motor in an Induction Generator

  • dragonlucian
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Was the Spitfire Area-Ruled?

  • Alan1000
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Controlling (liquid) flow and pressure at very low flow rates

  • John Archer
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Drum rotation, lateral loads and point of pull

  • Powderbullet
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Can I Build My Own Tree Limbing Boom System?

  • parkland
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Mechanics of a front wheel on a bicycle

  • bollen
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A force exerted on a plastic ball in a rubber tube

  • Lidor
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Completely stuck - Attempting to construct a trommel

  • DAY1865
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What size nylon insert for an M6 lock nut?

  • donverse
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Tracking pieces for robot chess

  • theycallmevirgo
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What would be the optimum torque/angular velocity for a waterwheel?

  • anonymous99
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Understanding energy losses in a compressed air system

  • tenichols94
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How Do Pumps Increase Pressure According to Bernoulli's Equation?

  • fog37
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Need a Hand Calculating the Maximum Load on a Structure

  • LukeCollette
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