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Automotive Jumpstarting a dead car battery

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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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Is the refrigeration process reversible?

  • heatupgrade
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Work related problem: Yield strength as well as max load

  • kardai
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How important is it to keep an air motor warm?

  • some bloke
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Angle of attack for a rod/piston in a cylinder

  • Charlie Cheap
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Induction heating flat spiral springs

  • Trevordean
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Contact Stresses in Cantilevered Journal Bearing

  • jsed
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Measuring the Discharge Coefficients of a Rocket Injector

  • Roy S Ramirez
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Fixed-End Beam with Center Static Load

  • Satonam
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Stresses on a 3/16" fillet weld due to bending

  • Satonam
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Replacing ATV Trail Bridges: Cat 259D Skid Steer Impact

  • jrmichler
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What is the best resource for information on mechanical springs?

  • hermano
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Can we make electricity from heat?

  • heatupgrade
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How is it possible to use only 1000 W to transfer 10,000 BTU/h?

  • maudzked
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Hole Sizing to Drain Fluids [Pressurized Container]

  • nn2e19
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Calculating Force on Springs in a Vacuum Chamber

  • hermano
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Is meshless modeling truly meshless or just hiding mesh generation?

  • meandcfd
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"Assembly" of elements of different dimensionalities (1-D, 2-D)

  • Ali Baig
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Mutual Thermal Resistances between Pipe Layers

  • HumanistEngineer
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Heat transfer between double window panes

  • zzinfinity
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How many spikes does it take to build a wall?

  • DaveC426913
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What machinery can these parts be used in?

  • StormRampage
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Pulley Diameter knowing only force and motor specifications

  • mr_xyz
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How does the pressure in a steam header react to a sudden load change?

  • Chandrakanth_balusa
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Mathematical modeling of driveline impact test of an automobile

  • k.udhay
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How to find the radius of the circle that a car will follow

  • dpapadim
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Automotive How much power is needed to haul a weight up an incline at a certain speed

  • gmatt244
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Irregular free-free beam, non-numerical solutions

  • Teslosifone
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Need an exhaustive list of Vibration-Diagnostic Rules

  • manoj99
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Motorized Stages for the smallest incremental movement possible?

  • xandervolt
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How can I plot the drag coefficient vs x-coordinate using Fluent 6.3.26

  • barkat
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In-wheel suspension system design

  • jack action
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Unsteady filling of a vacuum tank

  • whiteskulleton
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What does negative manifold pressure mean?

  • amare
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How do indoor and outdoor humidity affect A/C suction and discharge pressure?

  • fourthindiana
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Vacuum bag vs bolt force (fabricating a carbon fiber wing)

  • lovethepirk
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Burst valve obligation on hydraulic lifting cylinder

  • guideonl
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Gearing a lawnmower engine for a chainsaw mill

  • PlantPictures
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DC Motor / Current Control and Torque/Speed Relationship

  • samsharp99
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Gear ratio calculation question

  • david90
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Need a better physics engine for my AI robotics

  • rouncer
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How to calculate flexural yield strength?

  • tellmethetruth
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Which Tap is Best for 303 Stainless Steel?

  • Agrean
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Connecting two axles in vacuum with Z-axis motion only

  • CookiesNCream
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Video lectures or online course in thermodynamics

  • rudy
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Maximum Working Pressure in Steel/ Brass Fittings

  • Roy S Ramirez
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Calculating condensation rate in a gas pipeline with energy balance

  • wsabol
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Elastic deformation of a jar lid (continuüm mechanics)

  • Hubabuh
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Getting Qideal from Bernouli and continuity

  • Sheogoroth
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Fluid Flow Loss Analysis Using Real Gas Properties

  • ScottAllenRauch
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How Do You Calculate Torque for a Pusher Arm with a Dead Plate Friction?

  • John9490
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Torque required to rotate an object at an angle

  • jhogue74
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Condensation-Expansion Turbines

  • Sat D
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How does flow field density change with time?

  • Kirik
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Fire sprinklers - residential vs. quick response

  • TSN79
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Spring constant that withstands 110 kg

  • Ahmadd
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Modeling Hydraulic Brake Behavior

  • Andrea Vironda
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Alternative to a square linear bearing?

  • CWatters
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Is Drying Air Before a Compressor the Best Way to Limit Water Vapor?

  • LotteVV
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Where is the tension applied in a 3 dimensional cable?

  • Factao
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How to model the opening and closing of valves?

  • amare
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Will switching to a lower resistance resistor damage my coil on long trips?

  • Charlie Cheap
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Single Propeller load asymmetry in turns?

  • WrathofAtlantis
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Can I Verify the Flow Rate of an Exhaust Fan Based on Specifications?

  • JoshDeM
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Lifetime of an oil filter compressor

  • LotteVV
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How Do Multi-Head Drill Mechanisms Operate?

  • jgk381
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What is the pressure change in this wash nozzle?

  • newsunxu
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Is there a mechanism that can mimic our applied force and time duration?

  • Sameh soliman
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How to estimate the time it takes to generate steam?

  • Chandrakanth_balusa
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Sonic velocity inside a convergent nozzle

  • T C
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Water pressure question involving pipe, flexible hose and a filter

  • jkramer
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Automatic Lid Opener for a Lifting Box

  • shabab
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Hayward 1/4HP pump won't draw water from pool despite priming and inspection

  • DaveC426913
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Analog (mechanical) pressure gauge for a single cylinder filter

  • theycallmevirgo
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How to calculate the flow rate?

  • amare
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Compressibility of a Refrigerant

  • Saladsamurai
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Is the stream function for cylinder flow unique up to a constant?

  • aqualonebear
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How can I model thermal contraction in Comsol for an elastic solid?

  • Markes
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Cantilever Beam - Maximum Strain @ Deflection

  • mikesankey
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Pressure and Force in Fluid Dynamics: Clarifying the Application of Pascal's Law

  • noobie_doobie
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Non-dimensionalizing the N-S equations

  • hanson
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Mechanics of Materials: Design Analysis of Structural Elements 4th Ed.

  • Cyrus
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Comsol-Fluid flow and shear stress

  • baranii2000
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Inexpensive motorized turntable up to 10 lb load

  • Darryl Gilley
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