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Derivation of the expression for exergy

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Suitable net head for a hotel wastewater

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Planetary gearbox speed calculation - Simultaneous equations

  • xxChrisxx
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How Can Scattered Data Impact Tool Performance Analysis?

  • serbring
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Help with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing....

  • Doc
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Turn the press of a button or pulling into a rotation?

  • xuzigemov
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How to calculate effective pump flow-rate across a filter?

  • Kaeros
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A Question of Impact and Damaged Components

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How to approach the design for a boat step by step?

  • Ripcord96
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Which fan/pipe combination is the most efficient?

  • Mads C
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Help with high friction material choice

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Calculating Max Pull for M30x2mm Threads on Chrome Rod

  • Jimbo86
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Trim and roll (or heel) for submersibles

  • ENGBIO
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Is Upgrading to a Wider Conveyor Belt Worth the Investment?

  • Volantis92
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Calculate Heat Loss from Pipes: Tips & Example Calculation

  • M1gu3l
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How can we calculate the power of a heating element?

  • Bhisma Thapa
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Automotive Estimation of the damping coefficient of a suspenion

  • serbring
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What makes a connecting rod turn a crank one way?

  • HeavenFun
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Is My Servo Motor Calculated Correctly for My Gearbox?

  • SevenToFive
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Partial Thermo analysis of a Crower engine

  • Larry27183
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Dow Molykote 3402C: What is the Friction Factor (K)?

  • rqjoe
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What is the weight increase of a dredge when hoisting it out of water?

  • Crane operator
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Nitrogen pneumatic gas ram -- force to compress the piston in a cylinder

  • Ted Farkas
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Regulatory bodies for manned submersibles in Canada

  • ENGBIO
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Why can't we use the hydrostatic pressure gradient to do work?

  • Mohankpvk
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Class 3 Lever: Non-perpendicular Effort

  • Jimbo86
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How does the circle method help with leverage problems?

  • Ted Farkas
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Cone drill bit with threads to drill in hard rock formations?

  • ahmed11
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Bernoulli's Principle and Fans [split]

  • T C
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How can trigonometry be used to simplify lever problems?

  • Ted Farkas
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Leverage problem -- Need to calculate why my mechanism is breaking

  • Ted Farkas
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Inertia tensor v.s pincipal axes moment of inertia

  • kasoll
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Extending an aircraft landing gear that has gotten stuck

  • Physicsterian
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What is the difference between water power and turbine power

  • Ballena Joseph
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Pressure and a Manual Valve's Effect on Pressure

  • Alex_d
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FBD of Two rods pinned together

  • Master1022
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Automotive What is the compression force of a ring seated inside a cylinder

  • SirMarx01
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Difference between phase and grain in a material

  • Mohankpvk
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Automotive Automotive MAF sensor vs temperature

  • Ryoko
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What is the force generated by a lever in a closed position?

  • IanPibworth
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I want to fit 2 radiators in parallel....

  • Shivam2112
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How to calculate the force on sliders?

  • alik braz
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Propeller - Rearward flow of air

  • JME23
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FEA for Water Tank: Weight & Pressure Analysis

  • Thomas Plank
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Is DeLaval Subsonic Effect the Key to Energy Harvesting from Ambient Air?

  • Tomstudy
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Why Euler-Bernoulli beam theory does not work in this case?

  • kravky
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Theories of failure and tensile testing

  • Death eater
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Blower fitted with a convergent nozzle

  • T C
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Why is a beam supported by two cables more stable than one?

  • Tom Lever
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Automotive Calculating the angular acceleration of a swivel seat

  • marellasunny
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RTG crane -- hydraulic motor and linkage design to turn these wheels

  • Ridzuan
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Friction Loss for gravity fed rainwater downspouts/pipes?

  • saxman2u
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No material, real or in theory can be perfectly rigid

  • Suppaman
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PD pump (Rotary lobe pump) -- loud noise

  • Theerapat
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Calculating Pressure from Air Displacement in Gasoline Tank

  • Caleb_P
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Why is the flow rate reversing in this fuel delivery system?

  • Kieran989
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Automotive Can two motors rotate about the same axis?

  • ahmed11
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Increasing Diesel Engine Efficiency with Retractable Plates

  • venkata
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Otto and Diesel Cycle: Heat Addition & Cutoff Ratios

  • venkata
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Automotive Flash Point of Petrol & Diesel: Pressure & Self Ignition

  • Mohankpvk
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Calculating velocity of a potato

  • PhysicsFreak321
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The right reason for lift force on an aerofoil

  • Mohankpvk
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How Can I Make My Winch Spool More Grippy for Lifting?

  • Killavolt
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Thickness from Moment of Inertia

  • Mechanical-909
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Max torque that can be applied to a threaded body

  • aander3120
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Laminar flow in a tube, heat transfer coefficient-sanity check

  • gpsimms
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Possible to calculate shear stress from this?

  • EngChrisP
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Force Calculation -- Hydraulic cylinder and a rotating arm

  • IanPibworth
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Automotive How to find weight load on each car tyre during cornering?

  • Sprotz
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How to modulate the output of automotive injectors?

  • FarmerTony
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Pressure upstream and downstream of a filter

  • Aptx4869
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About Sonic Booms and Quiet Aircraft

  • royp
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How to couple/connect a shaft to a disk?

  • zuryum
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Pipes & loads.... will it topple over?

  • cheebase
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Preserving Vehicle Transmission in Park

  • gfd43tg
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To what degree does a hole in a tube make it weaker?

  • Afiaki
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Automotive Single Setting Torque Wrench with extension calculations

  • Spoolx
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Gas Turbine Engines: Expansion Away From Compressors

  • Mohankpvk
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How to ventilate a room with no windows with one inline fan?

  • attaboy_jhb
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Tensile Test of Slip Ring - Working out Tensile Strength

  • Delvaurius
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Difference between flash point, fire point and self ignition temperatures

  • Mohankpvk
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What gearing system is best for a TV lifting linear actuator?

  • RobustZA
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How to measure pulsations in a tube?

  • PhysicsBabexo7
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Beam and Load: Understanding Uniformly Distributed Loads and Moments

  • dahoa
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Understanding how to calculate power from force

  • pslarsen
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Seal rotating parts/reduce friction (hand-tight thread)

  • thereddevil
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Question about A36 steel strength

  • IndMechJeff
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Where could one buy an electromagnet for lifting 200kg

  • ScurvySam234234
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Harnessing Solar Power for a Sustainable Farm

  • FarmerFred
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Automotive Good books to understand detonation in engines

  • Mohankpvk
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Thermodynamics question: venting a tank of liquid oxygen

  • msteves
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Timoshenko, Strength of materials example solution

  • akmkeng
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Compressible flow or incompressible flow equation?

  • ulfaazmi
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Installing an EOT crane in a factory (ceiling clearance issues)

  • GANESH SHETTI
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Automotive Why flywheels are needed in automobiles?

  • Mohankpvk
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Adjusting the pressure drop in an injection plate

  • Roy S Ramirez
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