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Ultimate Waterproof Padlock for Outdoor Use | Durable and Strong

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Calculating the Torque to mix a liquid

  • SevenToFive
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Turning Moment of Single Cylinder 4-Stroke Engine | Explanation

  • Athi Sankar
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Function for the Thrust of a Ducted Fan

  • Blanchdog
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Exit flow rate in a Plate Heat Exchanger

  • harishree90
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Outlet Volume flow rate from a steam turbine

  • Izazo
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Converting PSI Pressure Loss in a Pipe to Fluid Loss Rate

  • CWPeltzer
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Wind Forces on Roof: Calculating Amount of Weight Needed

  • petterg
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Signs of Tensile and Compressive Stresses

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How to calculate this torque? (steel ball in a spiral tube)

  • vxiaoyu18
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Number of pins? & Point of contact?

  • Yogi patel
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Calculate the gear ratio for every gear

  • robax25
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Direct steam injection into cooling water line at pump suction

  • tinakaran26
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How does glue reinforce two sheets of paper joined together?

  • Phylosopher
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Solving Shear Force and Bending Moment at Reaction Point R

  • fredmahy29
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Beach Cleaner Machine Research in Ontario, Canada

  • ENGBIO
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What is the relationship between pipe diameter and frictional loss?

  • Minghan
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What Motor Setup is Needed to Rotate a 75 lb Cube at 6 RPM?

  • PortCityMardiGras
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Torque required to spin a hollow cylinder

  • Slikatel
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How does a low charge on an A/C cause the subcooling to be low

  • fourthindiana
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Overall Thermal Conductivity of Three different layers

  • Izazo
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Heat Transfer Through SS Corrugated Tubing

  • greatbigsea26
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Deflection of an aluminium plate

  • lavecchiasignora
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Help me build a mathematical model

  • ramadhankd
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Best speed reducer for a simple project (gearbox design choice)

  • awer
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Principles behind a ball pitching machine

  • dilby
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Hydraulic/pneumatic paradigm shift

  • Michael0456
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Trying to build a miniature binary geothermal plant for education

  • chemisthypnos
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Calculating Steam Turbine output power

  • Izazo
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How Can Closed Loop Drive Systems Achieve Precise 1000 mm Movements?

  • Ranger Mike
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Need help with a force calculation (deformation of a cylinder)

  • las59036
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Fluid passing through a convergent-divergent nozzle

  • T C
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Shearing / Cutting Force - Rubber bale

  • vivek_salman
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Solving Problems in Engineering Mechanics

  • RTFVerterra
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Automotive Wind Turbine on the grill of the car

  • JTG15
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Difference in genset speeds i.e. 3600/1800 rpms

  • mellotango
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What factors determine the viability of regenerative power plants?

  • El Moriana
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Is the Breguet Range Equation Enough to Determine Aircraft Range?

  • earthgoodboy
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Emergency beacons and airplane crash

  • pitot-tube
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Help understanding pressure involving water in two different cylinders

  • Branson Sutter
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I need to know the power of a flywheel

  • mohammad irshad
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Can Vector Analysis Help Find Replacement Weights for Spin Balance?

  • jdk944
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Flow rate of steam in power plants

  • T C
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Decreasing Motor Torque Requirement With a Gearbox

  • crooper
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What is the density of a constant? (spring constant)

  • zazi77
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Resultant moment of beam fixed at one end

  • SubZer0
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MHD Generator Performance with Ionised Gas

  • T C
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Finding torque around a structure

  • flashskate13
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What Characteristic Length Should Be Used for Fluids in Low Gravity?

  • member 428835
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Designing a Neural Network Control System

  • date.chinmay
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Are There Multiple SCRAMjet Designs or Just One Accepted Model?

  • Sickwayne77
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Can Anyone Program Artificial Satellites or Do You Need Specific Skills?

  • LovePhysics
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Hydraulic Analogue - Mapping Electric Circuits to Fluid Flow

  • arithma
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Electric mining truck creates electric power

  • jrmichler
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Needed: Equation for line drag in water

  • Tully
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Springy wire with custom cross-section

  • Swamp Thing
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Light testing for leaks in a thin metallic membrane

  • spiri
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ASME Piping Standards: Superheat Corrections & More

  • JBA
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Force to propel a sliding gate up a 2,4 degree incline?

  • James Nilsen-Misra
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Relation between temprature and pressure of a gas bieng compressed

  • vishvajeet kadian
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Free Vortex Flow: Vorticity & Streamlines at Eye of Vortex

  • Death eater
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Why doesn't the stagnation temperature change in a stator?

  • granzer
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Can I calculate the flow rate of a compressed gas from pressure?

  • men5j2s
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Landing forces at aircraft touchdownequations?

  • tac_r
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Huge pressure drop after changing pipe length (Don't think it's loss)

  • stanley650586031
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Automotive Gas Turbines in Cars: Efficiency, Power & More

  • Pogona
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KNO3 Sugar rocket propellant and safety

  • ebanfa
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How to choose the right power screw dimensions given the maximum load

  • Prialen
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Building a vibrating plate compactor

  • stryped
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Automotive Car Hazard lights turning on by itself

  • lucas_
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Static or dynamic pressures in duct

  • Jonny6001
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Air pressure and water height vs valve operation time

  • MrCedgy
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Internal heat exchanger on Evaporator

  • recreated
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Simulating Inertia of a Vehicle

  • Oli166
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What are the forces acting on the container?

  • Chuzzled
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Homemade Parachute for Model Rocket

  • Shawnzyoo
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Automotive Maximizing MPG in a 1973 Ford 200 Inline 6-Cyl for a 65 Mustang

  • Charlie Cheap
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Flow rate through large air duct

  • mattibo
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Sub Nitrogen Phase Change Compressor unit

  • jebusv20
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How Does the Log Mean Temperature Difference Affect Heat Exchanger Efficiency?

  • tehallchemist
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Automotive For those who do their own automotive work

  • Averagesupernova
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Flow around a reducing bend - effect on pumping work

  • goodmans87
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Air line gauge in a T fitting, error vs flow

  • MikeTheLost
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Beginner's approach to CFD software?

  • deltapapazulu
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Water invert house, fill it fail?

  • johnsonb.engr
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How is the turbine speed controlled by Grid but not by itself?

  • Chandrakanth_balusa
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Solar Furnace: Build an Engine with Water & Sunlight

  • Ahassan54321
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Motor sizing query for design project.

  • ukmitch86
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Finished Floor Level (FFl): Measurement Explained

  • Hulah
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Designing an Automatic Coolant Monitoring System for CNC Machines

  • kunalvanjare
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Can We Use a Thread-Making Machine to Seal a Leaking 20 Offshore Pipe?

  • jackmell
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What are some affordable alternatives for a high pressure air regulator?

  • suprant0010
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How can I calculate the bending moment of a pin in double shear?

  • itsBart
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Automotive Can I have a multi-stage reciprocating compressor?

  • royp
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