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Automotive Idling or turning the engine off?

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Beam width: connected vs dispersed

  • Elquery
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Design a non-linear conical compression spring

  • jinnkraft
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2 pole 3hp motor keeps shutting down on VFD at low speeds

  • Organic nutrition
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Automotive What Causes Spark Plugs to Spark?

  • fourthindiana
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Air Compressor Model Analysis

  • Donahue Maverick
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Is there any way to vary the torque of a gerotor

  • David lopez
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Can Reynolds Number < 70 Cause Turbulence in Elbow Fittings?

  • prashanth
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Programming to learn kinematics

  • Avatrin
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Mounting Arm Torque for Short Throw Projectors on Different Walls

  • SaiQmon
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Recovering heat from gas boilers and ovens to warm attic space

  • Nandomech
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Wind tunnel calculations (making my own)

  • Kevin_787
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Automotive Can anybody suggest some forum about internal combustion engines?

  • callmesb
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What force keeps the ball levitated?

  • Change in pressure
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Surface temperature of a Cylindrical heated rod

  • Gurasees
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The Physics of how a toilet flushes

  • fourthindiana
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Automotive What happesn if you disconnect the driveshaft and rev the engine in Drive?

  • Akita
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Turbine Design for fire-hose driven shaft

  • Clay2
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Force and Torque Calculation and Observation

  • DPress
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Will the Internal Gear Rotate with Gear 1? - Gear Rotation Question

  • Setareh7796
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You're welcome! Good luck with your project.

  • snox700
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Hydraulic winch torque questions

  • John Vorberger
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Finite Element Model of Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory

  • Ali Baig
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Automotive Torque formula to throw a mass with two pulleys and a belt

  • jayjay
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Automotive How Do You Calculate Shaft RPM for Different Pulley Sizes?

  • jayjay
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What causes low pressure on a wing?

  • Change in pressure
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Steam turbine start-up degree of superheat

  • Justin Powell
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Snowblower project: max torque at the impeller blower

  • jayjay
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Torque required to rotate a hollow cylinder containing chips

  • Sandeep Swarup
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Collision avoidance for moving robotic limbs

  • kolleamm
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Using Fuel as a Combustion Engine Coolant?

  • Delta Force
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Heat transfer through insulated ducts and tanks

  • stryped
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Vibration testing on shaker - High amplitude observed

  • FAlonso
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Automotive Velocity vs Volume in the intake

  • Charlie Cheap
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Modeling a mass hanging by a spring: motion in 3D time/freq domain

  • Gunjan
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Automotive Calculating header primary tube length for 350Z at 6k RPM

  • leafjerky
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How Long Will It Take A Tank Of Water To Warm to 70 Degrees

  • AlexDRO
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Normal Stress Balance at a Fluid-fluid Interface

  • tse8682
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Reducing Noise of Linear Actuator up to 125kg Force

  • Neekman99
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Calculating flexural stress in four-point bend test on concrete

  • Rich76
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Calculating Horizontal Reaction Forces in L-Beam

  • JHensley
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Can a Jet Engine Remove drag from the Hyperloop tunnel?

  • physicsforumsfan
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Connecting a motor to a gearbox with CV joint driveshafts

  • zaraf
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Calculating angles of rotation for 2 interconnected levers

  • gumanov
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Mechanism with a linear actuator

  • Neekman99
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Most efficient convergent nozzle

  • T C
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Can Using a Mass Heater Improve the Efficiency of a Radiator?

  • some bloke
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Find normal force, shear force, bending moment

  • rugerts
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How do I Calculate Maximum Length for a W24 X 94 Beam with Moment Loads?

  • Jerry Graham
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Calculating the cl_max of a wing from airfoil characteristics

  • MaAl
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Distance between a box fan and a perforated plate

  • nomisme
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Maximum Force of Compressed Air

  • bob012345
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Design a shaft considering torsional failure

  • ajayravishankar14
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Self-levelling inner sphere in nested shipping containers

  • I Question
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Calculating gear ratio from the motor's graph for an EV?

  • zaraf
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Hydraulic Modeling of Central Heating Network

  • HumanistEngineer
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What is the most efficient way to create steam with the desired properties?

  • physicsnoobian
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Suspension location for suspension pedestal

  • Bart van Driessche
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Shear force at the free end of a symmetrically supported beam

  • Master1022
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Inertial force acceleration (vertical axis)

  • Justin71
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Automotive Death of a car battery and related issues

  • Wrichik Basu
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Linkage analysis of forces and stresses?

  • jai_helsing
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Acoustic Resonance in Fluid-Filled Cavities

  • nawidgc
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Is von Mises stress applicable before and after yielding?

  • xJJx
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How does a metering device on an A/C lower the pressure?

  • fourthindiana
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Ansys beam and solid geometry not connecting properly

  • jackhero
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Automotive Can 10w 30 oil work in a Honda CRV 2000 that requires 5w 30?

  • Abimotek
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Automotive "Engine fuel consumption map" without the torque possible?

  • joker1319
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Steel I Beam Falling Through Water

  • Michael1234513423643
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Automotive Automobile HP and Gas mileage question

  • gtacs
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How to get the best pressure control for branches

  • happylearner
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Automotive Can the Mass Flow Rate of Air Change with Propeller RPM?

  • JBM1234
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How can the Tesla car go up a steep hill without a gearbox?

  • Jonathan212
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Bolt Tightening - Torque versus Tension

  • clurt
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1st class lever question (I think) -- tilting antenna erection mechanism

  • TymerTopCat
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Max Shear Stress in 3D Stress State?

  • xJJx
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Slowly Rotating Device For a Camera Pan Timelapse

  • EzraF
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Placing Dehumidifier in Cold/Warm Space for Optimal Condensate Flow

  • randomjuice
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How effective is a pocket car window breaker?

  • seazal
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Aspect ratio for a motorcycle tire

  • mec_divi
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Is strain uniform in a material?

  • jendrix
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Calculating Torque for Rack and Pinion Lifting System

  • SevenToFive
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Speed of a sound wave (compressibe flow)

  • xJJx
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Calculating KV for BLDC Motor Re-Winding with Different Wire Materials

  • metastable
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How Did Steam Explosions Contribute to the Chernobyl Disaster?

  • sofia_rian
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3D Equillibrium Statics Problem - Reaction Forces/Moments

  • mjgarrin
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Automotive Normal load on the tires of car

  • Yanna
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Tabular Method for a Unique Spur Gear Differential System

  • Nick Amos
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Calculating if a Pipe Clamp will slip

  • SteveGlow
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Why does the outdoor fan on a heat pump need to run on heat mode?

  • fourthindiana
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Acceleration forces acting on an elliptical mirror

  • Doc
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Balancing Physics of Farmer Carry Handles

  • MGXM26
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Water filtration thumping problem

  • Electron Spin
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Coordinates from Ansys Mechanical to Ansys Fluent

  • superduke1200
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Hydraulic machines (Francis turbine)

  • Mohankpvk
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APDL Programming buckling FEA C Section Cold Formed Steel

  • gears
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