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Forces On a Moving Train Traveling Around a Curve

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Creating a Long Life Helium balloon

  • Laurencet
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Where can I find small speakers like the ones in smartphones?

  • kolleamm
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Does Fan Speed Remain Constant Under Varying Loads?

  • ventilation
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Can ultrasonic waves be stopped or mitigated?

  • Zakaryae Laoujihi
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How to calculate if a part will fail at a specific spot

  • ENGBIO
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Wheelchair ascending a carpet/step

  • danielp3
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Is weight a better way to derive energy than flow?

  • CherryB
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Move Stewart platform without Kinematics

  • Bern123
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Understanding the concept of Axial Loading/Force

  • tomtomtom1
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Calculating the normal force due to moment load on a thrust bearing

  • vatuhiva
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Why does the resultant Fy have opposite values in my calculations?

  • tomtomtom1
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How will this vibration system generally behave?

  • Mohammad Halawa
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Get data from Simpack Post channels

  • stefanxfg
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Calculating Fluid Flow: Help with Q, A1, A2, Delta h, g & C

  • tomtomtom1
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Help with this formula for the Thermal Expansion of a pipe please

  • dirk_mec1
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ProProgram for drawing functions

  • NAVIER
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Automotive Need help badly -- Hybrid Vehicle

  • german_cargo
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Saw characteristics influencing efficiency in sawing steel?

  • Alfreds9
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Maximum of the First Moment of Area

  • a1234
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Shear Stress Distribution Along a Beam

  • a1234
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Help with anchor and bolt sizing calcualtions

  • JCSS
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How do I calculate the tension on top of a pole?

  • telephonedude
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Help Walk Me Thru Motor Sizing Calculations Please

  • jeff davis
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Engine wont start unless I heat up the engine first

  • Moonbaby39
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Why is static pressure called "static"?

  • fog37
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Water Pressure at the tap and practical Bernoulli equation

  • fog37
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Suggested starting points for 3d scanner design

  • theycallmevirgo
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Mechanical Testing Options for Sandwich Panels

  • jonnyjhh
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Micromechanics of High Strain Rate Loaded Composite Media

  • FutureEngineer1720
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Faster or slower to crush cans?

  • John Archer
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Hot Box Apparatus: Guarded Method vs Direct Heating

  • Nisarg_p
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Estimate the temperature change due to vaporizing liquid

  • men5j2s
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Max Deflection Hand Calculations: Find 1.734in Plate Bending

  • Stephen Miller
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Need an ME for a rack and pinion design, what is needed from both of us

  • faxibe
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Motion transmission through a mechatronical wrist

  • Factao
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Thermodynamic Challenge Problem

  • Chestermiller
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Press and release a button to rotate an object?

  • faxibe
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Calculating a force on a piston

  • Auto Engineer
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Automotive Placement of disc brake calipers for best performance

  • berkeman
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Planet Gear System: Sun Gear Input, Same Torque in Ring & Carrier?

  • Trying2Learn
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Pressure drop due to holes in a pipeline?

  • Rizkyffq
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Calculating Shock imparted by an Impact

  • Panda
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Energy Balance on heat exchanger

  • thelorax
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What is the limit of liquid propane in a tank?

  • tpv
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Problems in understanding kinematics

  • arifle
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Calculating the force from a pump + nozzle system

  • CCM_CAN
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How do peak flow meters measure flow rate?

  • areamer02
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Why does a piston-powered wheel keep turning in one direction?

  • danihel
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How can I create a constant flow? (not sure where to post)

  • Parker Hame
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Formation of an internally statically determinate truss

  • GreatBlitz
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Post form of a living hinge as a joint

  • mikesydwest
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Collapse and deformation of a circle (tube)

  • jeff davis
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How Does Origami Influence Modern Engineering?

  • jedishrfu
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Mass Flow at the Mid-Plane in a closed container

  • c.teixeira
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Can you help me calculate the required torque and power of this motor?

  • nashsth
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Need stress value of aluminium for project work

  • Hakuyu
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Calculating the Suction Generated by a Shop-Vac

  • mbeard9
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Understanding Streaklines: Uses & Differences

  • SirVonny
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How to calculate TDH of PVC downspouts and water tank height?

  • saxman2u
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Need Help with Free Body Diagram of Oil & Gas Packer Tool

  • Sanjay1005
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Effect on air pressure and volume in an enclosed container

  • falcon999
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Time-dependent axial deformation

  • Ryan Gardner
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Calculating Thermal Expansion and Bending in a Pipe

  • the4thworld
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Predicting flow rates of a pressure driven system

  • brunopeniche123
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Compressed air problem (pressure and flow rate calculations)

  • tenichols94
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Automotive What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Using a Turbine Engine in Cars?

  • Time
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Ballscrew position in a scissor mechanism

  • Dave7000
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How do I calculate the torque of an Internal Combustion Engine?

  • Mbenj
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Collaborative Robotics: Where to Read & Get Started

  • debelino
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Electric Singing Saw - Spring Steel Alloy (Material Science)

  • RRouse
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Calculating Shear Force between a Moving Film and a Cylinder

  • MartinSa
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Buoyancy - (helium in a sealed vessel)

  • men5j2s
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Dual heads on a 3-axis machine, without interfering?

  • some bloke
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What Size Aluminum Angle for 200-Pound Load on Attic Hoist?

  • RetSysEng
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Venturi pipe in engine exhaust flow

  • Dteeter
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Relevance of IIHS crashworthiness ratings

  • new6ton
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Pneumatic cylinder and working speed

  • ganesh1984
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Wheel ground pressure vs wheel size

  • petterg
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Transient vibration of an engine

  • vco
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What is the normal force in A and B?

  • Karl Karlsson
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Reducing the stiffness of a spring?

  • some bloke
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Static Analysis Of Bolted Joints

  • Satonam
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How to calculate a pressure drop in a branch of a loop ring pipe

  • Amaelle
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Single motor sequence mechanism

  • PsiQss
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Pressure of Slurry in a Stainless Steel Pipe

  • stevenkyle96
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Simplified Tapered Cantilever Beam Generalizations

  • fpjeepy
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Where Can I Find Replacement Pinion Gears for My Microscope?

  • Petes
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Lubricate a Chain with Grease & Solvent?

  • Osvaldo
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The force required to move an object (piano)

  • ebineezer
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Need Advice: Passing a Ball Bearing from Air to Water

  • Frank Dorrian
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Protective Gear Against Extreme G Forces in High-Speed Vehicles

  • new6ton
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What are interesting/cool topics about material deformation?

  • ENGBIO
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Equilibrium equations - spherical coordinates

  • jhongg7
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