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Deflect Steel Plates for Crane Outriggers

  • jw2007
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Fluid Interface Frequency Transform

  • member 428835
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Why did the superheat go up as I added refrigerant?

  • fourthindiana
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Optimizing Hydraulic Flow Rates and Motor Sizes for a DIY Stone Saw

  • Whitewolf4869
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Wondering about how to deal with a deflating balloon?

  • jeebs
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How Does Gear Interference Affect Gearbox Design and Longevity?

  • Simply Is
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Solving Impeller Analysis: 3 Unknowns & 0 Inlet Velocity?

  • billy k
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Fluid Oscillating in a Channel CFD

  • member 428835
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Why true strain is always smaller than nominal strain in tensile test?

  • HongTechnology
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Why have a feed force in the cutting process?

  • exln
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What is the force required to upright a tipped drum?

  • MacMurchyEHS
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Tank Venting vs Expansion Cooling

  • JBA
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Utilizing Fan Coil Unit return to fullfill fresh air requirements

  • tj00889
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Linkage design for Excavator and Dump truck

  • robax25
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How to calculate the stability and strength of a simple chassis?

  • zaraf
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Regarding Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers

  • AthlonFX
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Water Skin Effect in Plastic Pipe

  • DeereAdam
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Comparing Remote Heat Exchangers for Cooling Circuit

  • mickdangerous
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Gerotor style turbine , or gasoline engine

  • Low-Q
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How can I calculate heat loss in a hot water pipe system?

  • wolverin
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Questions regarding temperature gradient in thermocouples.

  • f_nosferatu
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Calculate Gas Behavior Step-by-Step in Simple Model

  • Innovine
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Help with a trailer unloader idea

  • stryped
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Calculating bending stress on a pipe

  • dustball23
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Converting Pipe Displacement into forces on a Bend

  • Kevin-Newcastle
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Definition of friction coefficients in a t-pipe

  • Appa
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Passive Solar Stirling Hydraulic Free Piston, is this possible?

  • steamdreamer
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Flow From a Tank through a Pipe

  • kicks66
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Automotive How to plot a power and torque graph for an engine?

  • Sai Bhagavan
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Torsion of a thick-walled arbitrary open section bar

  • FEAnalyst
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Steam system pipe sizing inquiry

  • mandoto
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Complete vaporization time of water into superheated steam - DESUPERHEATER

  • SimonTecnoil
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Calibrate Rotameters for Helium Flow Rate

  • Q_Goest
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Air pressure vessel safety valve size

  • guideonl
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How to use the Double integration method for an overhanging beam?

  • Guruprakash
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Calculating Objects Floatation Height

  • eightwgt
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Heat Transfer Calculation

  • Gokul43201
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Marine Propeller Shaft Flange Design

  • Destiny
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Water / Steam evaporation calculation

  • FloidRose
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Federal A/C Unit Efficiency Standard Up

  • russ_watters
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Music Box Mechanisms: Cylinder Music Info

  • Wanderer
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Is Insulating a Roof Drain Pipe Necessary to Prevent Condensation?

  • TSN79
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How Would You Calculate the Force of a Falling 220kV Conductor?

  • Chadwick
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Water flow from Tank B to Tank C sizing questions

  • nudgemar
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How to Calculate Orifice Size for Fluid Flow Dispensing?

  • Fred Evans
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Pump Selection/Head Calculations

  • GishEng
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Is Momentum Conserved in a Lever System?

  • kmarinas86
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Shredder Cutting Area Calculation

  • ramadhankd
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Calculating a Submerged Tank: Questions & Answers

  • Gunter1977
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Pulling a vacuum on a heat pump with a recovery machine

  • fourthindiana
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Automotive The "pendulum turn": angular momentum or rotational energy?

  • vco
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Design problem with a constant torque motor

  • pete
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Calculate the time it takes for gas to fill a chamber (high P -> low P)

  • schang04
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What is the consequence of a very low number of teeth on a gear?

  • Factao
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Finding out the forces acting on a finger tendon

  • Iacob Sorin
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Question about the Ramping-up procedure for a steam boiler

  • Chandrakanth_balusa
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Has anyone moved 40lbs using 4 sets of 10lb motors?

  • jamesmatheson
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Water Tank Refilling via Hydraulic Water Pumping System

  • Don Bori
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Pump rainwater into the bottom or top of a tank? Which has the lower head?

  • saxman2u
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Help with lattice hinge calculations

  • jamesson
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Impulse divided by area equals granule strength?

  • Jared409
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Gravity Mechanism: Examples and Possibilities

  • Technohedge
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Need help calculating bearing life for gearbox in mixer application?

  • SevenToFive
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Gearbox Selection and Calculation

  • SAFA2019
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Fluid Mechanics-head loss/GPM change adding 2nd line for pumping

  • saxman2u
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Air Motor Applications for Shredders and Choppers

  • CristianEc
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Nonlinear Structural Analysis with Finite Element Method

  • Hassan2
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PHES model (pumped hydro energy storage)

  • Meneer
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Help with a Bending Stress Calculation

  • Joe591
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Omnidirectional air conditioner allowed by physics?

  • Fooality
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Use of an Impact Test in the cross section design of a component

  • SurajS
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Static Analysis of Bolts on Multiple Surfaces

  • jsed
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Noisy Chiller: Solutions to Reduce Vibrations

  • kublaikhan
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How do I select the right motor and gear ratio for a mid-drive e-Bike?

  • evbkezz
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Model Pendulum w/ Damping: Newton's Laws & Rubber Band

  • bsmith6661
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Solving Torsion Spring Problem with 100 lb Force

  • bpaliwal
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Automotive EV hub motor torque for pulling a roller

  • bal_jop
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Turbo pump - vibration and noise at a certain RPM

  • Plat
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Making torque calculation from spring specifications

  • pete
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Commercially available flywheels

  • jamesson
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Automotive Are some car glasses more resistant to acid rain?

  • lucas_
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Fluid pressure close to an accelerating plate

  • chocolativore
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Fully Developed Flow: Laminar vs Turbulent

  • Kensiber
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How to calculate the failure point of a pin

  • pete
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Automotive Design of a Valve stem cross section in a Steam turbine emergency valve

  • SurajS
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Calculate Braking Torque in Wind Turbine Design

  • Hassan Elkady
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Comprehensive treatise on hydrodynamic bearings?

  • rhb
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Determining the required properties of a submersion cooler system

  • orris
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Precession in a 45 m high metalic antenna tower

  • luislb
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How does a cooling tower function?

  • dRic2
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Maintain a constant velocity for a rotating wheel

  • AamsterC2
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Automotive Jumpstarting a dead car battery

  • lucas_
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Pendulum Hammer Impact Force Calculation

  • GabeRM
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Olds Elevator vs Traditional Archimedes Screw

  • Swamp Thing
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Ansys tools for different software applications

  • Rachelye
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Why Is the Force for T1 Doubled in the Torsional Deflection Problem?

  • grunt58
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Steam Engine Questions: Confederate Torpedo Boats and Operation in the 1860s

  • Livernips
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Energy interactions of a stationary closed system

  • mech-eng
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