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Cone drill bit with threads to drill in hard rock formations?
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Bernoulli's Principle and Fans [split]
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How can trigonometry be used to simplify lever problems?
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Leverage problem -- Need to calculate why my mechanism is breaking
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Inertia tensor v.s pincipal axes moment of inertia
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Extending an aircraft landing gear that has gotten stuck
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What is the difference between water power and turbine power
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Pressure and a Manual Valve's Effect on Pressure
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FBD of Two rods pinned together
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Automotive What is the compression force of a ring seated inside a cylinder
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Difference between phase and grain in a material
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Automotive Automotive MAF sensor vs temperature
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What is the force generated by a lever in a closed position?
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I want to fit 2 radiators in parallel....
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How to calculate the force on sliders?
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Propeller - Rearward flow of air
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FEA for Water Tank: Weight & Pressure Analysis
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Is DeLaval Subsonic Effect the Key to Energy Harvesting from Ambient Air?
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Why Euler-Bernoulli beam theory does not work in this case?
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Theories of failure and tensile testing
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Blower fitted with a convergent nozzle
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Why is a beam supported by two cables more stable than one?
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Automotive Calculating the angular acceleration of a swivel seat
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RTG crane -- hydraulic motor and linkage design to turn these wheels
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Friction Loss for gravity fed rainwater downspouts/pipes?
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No material, real or in theory can be perfectly rigid
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PD pump (Rotary lobe pump) -- loud noise
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Calculating Pressure from Air Displacement in Gasoline Tank
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Why is the flow rate reversing in this fuel delivery system?
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Automotive Can two motors rotate about the same axis?
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Increasing Diesel Engine Efficiency with Retractable Plates
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Otto and Diesel Cycle: Heat Addition & Cutoff Ratios
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Automotive Flash Point of Petrol & Diesel: Pressure & Self Ignition
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Calculating velocity of a potato
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The right reason for lift force on an aerofoil
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How Can I Make My Winch Spool More Grippy for Lifting?
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Thickness from Moment of Inertia
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Max torque that can be applied to a threaded body
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Laminar flow in a tube, heat transfer coefficient-sanity check
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Possible to calculate shear stress from this?
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Force Calculation -- Hydraulic cylinder and a rotating arm
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Automotive How to find weight load on each car tyre during cornering?
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How to modulate the output of automotive injectors?
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Pressure upstream and downstream of a filter
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What factors should be considered when calculating motor size for a trolley?
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About Sonic Booms and Quiet Aircraft
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How to couple/connect a shaft to a disk?
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Pipes & loads.... will it topple over?
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Preserving Vehicle Transmission in Park
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To what degree does a hole in a tube make it weaker?
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Automotive Single Setting Torque Wrench with extension calculations
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Gas Turbine Engines: Expansion Away From Compressors
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How to ventilate a room with no windows with one inline fan?
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Tensile Test of Slip Ring - Working out Tensile Strength
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Difference between flash point, fire point and self ignition temperatures
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What gearing system is best for a TV lifting linear actuator?
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How to measure pulsations in a tube?
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Beam and Load: Understanding Uniformly Distributed Loads and Moments
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Understanding how to calculate power from force
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Seal rotating parts/reduce friction (hand-tight thread)
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Question about A36 steel strength
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Where could one buy an electromagnet for lifting 200kg
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Harnessing Solar Power for a Sustainable Farm
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Automotive Good books to understand detonation in engines
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Thermodynamics question: venting a tank of liquid oxygen
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Throttle Valve vs Carburetor: What’s the Key Difference in Airflow Dynamics?
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Timoshenko, Strength of materials example solution
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Compressible flow or incompressible flow equation?
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Installing an EOT crane in a factory (ceiling clearance issues)
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Automotive Why flywheels are needed in automobiles?
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Adjusting the pressure drop in an injection plate
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Heat Loss of Hot Air: Get the Facts on Temperature & Insulation
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Can Einstein Index Notation Help Me Solve Equations in Continuum Mechanics?
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Pressurizing Argon Gas: Pump or Compressor Options?
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Can you give every-day examples of how statics work?
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What is the difference between nozzle (or a ventury) and flow control valve?
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Automotive Exhaust brake for gasoline engines
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Relationship between volumetric flow rate and pressure
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Automotive The effect of a flywheel on a car's launch
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Vibration of a mass connected via preloaded spring
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Hydraulic Head Loss (minor) loss coefficient References?
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Refrigerant Storage in Off System: Gas or Liquid?
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How Do You Calculate Miller Stability in Excel?
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Help with calulating a cyclic rate
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How to calculate the force required to lift an object into the air (helicopter)
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Discharge of a Pressure Vessel Containing Liquid Nitrous Oxide
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Comparison of thermal shock profiles
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Steel support frame for a freestanding loft
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Puzzling issue in gas mileage improvement
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When the COP of refrigerator is greater or less than 1?
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Total energy (ETOTAL) is not zero and increasing (Abaqus)?
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Automotive Calculation of the efficiency of an engine
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What Are Tolerances on Dimensions with Deviations in DIN 16901?
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Why Doesn't My Air Purifier Have a Suction Feeling at the Intake?
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Cooling System-What is the main purpose of the Compressor
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How to slow down a battery wall clock from the 1960's
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Derivation of EoM for two interconnected rigid bodies
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Automotive Torque Convertors: A Physics Puzzle
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Effect of load and load distance on peak and avg power
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Compound lever: Best fulcrum location to increase mechanical advantage
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