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Thermodynamics question: venting a tank of liquid oxygen

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Why doesn't the continuity equation apply to a throttle valve?

  • Mohankpvk
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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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Verifying matrix inverse using Einstein notation with repeated indices

  • Theta_84
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Pressurizing Argon Gas: Pump or Compressor Options?

  • Shirish g
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Can you give every-day examples of how statics work?

  • dahoa
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What is the difference between nozzle (or a ventury) and flow control valve?

  • Mohankpvk
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Automotive Exhaust brake for gasoline engines

  • HeyJoe
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Relationship between volumetric flow rate and pressure

  • Roy S Ramirez
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Automotive The effect of a flywheel on a car's launch

  • Emre
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Vibration of a mass connected via preloaded spring

  • sfensphan
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Hydraulic Head Loss (minor) loss coefficient References?

  • Oleg Fomin
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Refrigerant Storage in Off System: Gas or Liquid?

  • M.Kalai vanan
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How Do You Calculate Miller Stability in Excel?

  • cody g
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How to calculate the cyclic rate of an item

  • Senngenn
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How to calculate the force required to lift an object into the air (helicopter)

  • SIDDHARTH MANWANI
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Discharge of a Pressure Vessel Containing Liquid Nitrous Oxide

  • Alexander Fernandes
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Comparison of thermal shock profiles

  • mrajkumar
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Steel support frame for a freestanding loft

  • ClaytonBarton
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Puzzling issue in gas mileage improvement

  • Ketch22
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When the COP of refrigerator is greater or less than 1?

  • Mozaix
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Total energy (ETOTAL) is not zero and increasing (Abaqus)?

  • hari123
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Automotive Calculation of the efficiency of an engine

  • vroy
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What Are Tolerances on Dimensions with Deviations in DIN 16901?

  • patehi
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Why Doesn't My Air Purifier Have a Suction Feeling at the Intake?

  • kyphysics
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Cooling System-What is the main purpose of the Compressor

  • JME23
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How to slow down a battery wall clock from the 1960's

  • John1397
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Derivation of EoM for two interconnected rigid bodies

  • RubinLicht
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Automotive How do torque converters increase torque without a stationary reference?

  • Rx7man
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Effect of load and load distance on peak and avg power

  • Mark-01
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Compound lever: Best fulcrum location to increase mechanical advantage

  • NewEnglander
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Measure the max angle of a 3D pendulum

  • cuallito
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Compressed air, heat and pressure?

  • Ed Lenarduzzi
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Seawater sample temperature control – heat exchanger design

  • thereddevil
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Fan Performance and Pressure Distribution in Parallel Centrifugal Fans

  • Mech_guy_al
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How do multiple impellers in series affect flow rate and head?

  • ron_adigross
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Some points about a vortex tube

  • T C
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Cooling load calculations for hotel rooms

  • tj00889
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Force required to stop a given torque

  • bijoy Thomas
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Ideas to prevent falling - Drawing attached

  • tbaron27
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Automotive Connecting a drive wheel to a second wheel

  • Fizzics
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Bicep curling spring device questions

  • SilverJW
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What causes pressure in form drag?

  • JTC
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Flow Rate of Liquid O2 Cylinder w/ 24 Bar Pressure

  • Vedoc
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Automotive How can I accurately determine the necessary wattage for a motor in my vehicle?

  • Gnana guru
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Stress intensity factor using Ansys APDL for a 3D plate

  • Sagar Thakre
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Water / steam homogeneous mixture

  • T C
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How long will it take for compressed air to reach 29 psi?

  • Matt13
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Laminar to turbulent flow transition

  • Anashim
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Why are 3 planes needed to define stress at a point?

  • Sirius
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Natural frequency of spring-mass-damper in rotating vs stationary frames

  • tricha122
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Automotive How do hydrogen car fuel tanks prevent hydrogen permeation through fill valves?

  • chemisthypnos
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Methods to convert linear movement to circular

  • physea
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Ansys Workbench - Beam 188 and Link 180 element - together?

  • SukiLeinen
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Static pressure in a water pipe system

  • Frasarn
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Which is harder to pull apart, a circle or a triangle?

  • AmateurHour
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Will the liquid flow split evenly at a T-junction?

  • Nicotik
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Solution approaches for large strain mechanics

  • bcl
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Rotordynamics: unbalance loads due to displacement - FEA

  • tricha122
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Why pressure decreases during isothermal expansion?

  • Mohankpvk
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How to evaluate pure Mode-II SIF using Abaqus?

  • Sagar Thakre
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Can a magnetic field create a force on non-magnetic object

  • Nithin naidu
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The diameter of the exhaust nozzle of jet engines

  • royp
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How is static torque calculated for constant speed?

  • NewtonianAlch
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Air resistance: cylindrical rotor in stator with air gap

  • Joep van de ven
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Pressure drop does not match theory

  • Omish
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When does a cantilever beam fail in reality?

  • Thomas Plank
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Temperature drop in an insulated pipe over 12 hours

  • Mark Deuchars
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Force required for cutting sheet metal

  • eng_taha_a
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Belt drive torque transfer function equals angular velocity transfer function

  • Alex Paul
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Valve to vent entire volume upon reaching a set pressure

  • nlis12
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How can I modify this drawing to have fail safe

  • Keeeen
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Operation of this hydraulic circuit?

  • Keeeen
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Automotive How to calculate brake power in IC engines?

  • Vijayent
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Steel hardness vs yield or ultimate strength?

  • JAG-E
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Stresses on penstock supported by ring girder

  • Zohra
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Difference between a propeller and a fan

  • D.B.SriHridai
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Supersonic vs Suborbital planes?

  • Algr
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Automotive Flow simulation for Gadgetman Groove throttle body mod

  • Killavolt
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Stiffness matrix for elastic materials

  • doubled132
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Determination of delivery pressure from pump

  • kunalvanjare
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Geometry of a slot punch

  • Osvaldo
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Calculate Torque Needed for 100lb 11ft Propellor @ 1RPM

  • Metahedron
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Why Is the Calculated Velocity for Lifting a Person in a Wind Tunnel So Low?

  • Suyash Singh
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Angular velocity inside a vortex tube

  • T C
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Why does my propane heater scream like a rocket engine in wind?

  • DaveC426913
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Finite difference conjugate heat xfer: internal flow

  • pm272
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Calculating forces and stresses in a plastic bottle shredder design

  • Hammad
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Blower fitted with De Laval Nozzle

  • T C
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How to calculate the pressure on a piston in a damper system?

  • LogNels
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Boundary layer thickness confusion

  • MexChemE
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