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CFM at Different PSI: Understanding Compressed Air Systems
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ANSYS Workbench: revolute joint problem
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Acceleration resistance in crane design
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A question about condensing turbines
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Undetermined beam problem supported by three different springs
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Clarification about a Power screw's specifications please
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Locking Mechanism reducing load on locking pin
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Mechanical expansion or compression of a material
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Conundrum about meaning of "Dwell" and "Dwell Meter"
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How Do I Calculate the Change in Head When Reducing Discharge Line Size?
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Why Is My Porsche 911 Fuel Consumption Calculation So Different?
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Drawing constant pressure lines in flow field
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New Definition derivative for Horsepower
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Crossbow Physics: Calculating Spring Constant, Tension Force & Power
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Air Levitation Skis Research: Stability, Optimal Air Funneling
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Strength of materials vs Theory of Elasticity
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Does the load matter to a clutch?
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Can a fish swim in incredibly viscous-dominated liquids?
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How do I properly mount a needle bearing for a trike swing arm?
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Need a material -- stiff like broom bristles, long, impact resistant
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When to use the material derivative?
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Increasing the Power Output of a Turbine
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Heat Transfer From Resistance Element to Metal Component
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How Does Load Cycle Frequency Affect the SN Curve?
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Offset Torque: Solving the 1000N Problem
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Calculating spring/motor requirement
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Why are the traction vectors on each surface independent?
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Moment of Inertia Calculation for Offset Mass
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Building a Diesel-Powered Car: Pneumatic Starter Questions
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Can you create a hydroelectric generator using a pump from a fire fighting pump
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Automotive Formulas For Engine Cylinder Perssure
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Effects of engine torque on engine to chassis mountings
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Ansys Fluent Help: Troubleshooting Geometry File Creation in 34 Seconds
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Why does pure axial loading cause shear stress?
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How to specify carbon fibre material properties in ANSYS ACP
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Asphalt modified racecar aero tips and ideas
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Automotive Effect of vibration on engine efficiency
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Can rotating shafts experience changes in deflection due to inertial effects?
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Torque needed to start rolling motion on a inclined surface
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Mechanical vibrations + Aerodynamics?
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AutoCAD inventor as CFD software
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"Fluid particle is an abstraction" (ANSYS simulations)
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Forces transferred to beam and to supports from box
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Characteristic lengh in Reynolds number
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Maximizing Strength: Square Tubing on Fulcrums
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Calculating Airflow Decrease of Backward Inclined Centrifugal Fan
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Calculating Pressure and Volume for an Air Cannon Tank
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Solving a torque equation with two force angles
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How to obtain the parameters of DC motors?
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Torque needed to rotate a cylinder
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Exploring Hysteresis Friction: Compressibility & Forces
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Tube Bending Stress: Hand Calcs vs FEA Analysis
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Rotor Analysis -- Big deformation problem
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Designing Shear Link for Multi-Point Loads - Hey Guys!
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FEA Hand Calculation Validation
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Steel tables for calculating axle diameter
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What are free solid modeling modeling programs?
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ANSYS Workbench contact problem
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Torque -- units and transfer thereof
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Chain Conveyor Speed Calculation
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Can Different Curvatures Exist in Equilibrium for Fluid-Filled Pipe?
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What is the functioning principle of magnetometers?
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Is the Flow Rate Across a Split Gas System Additive?
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Calculating Axial Thrust for a Wheelchair Axle
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Why is this rigidity constant decomposed using a squared cosine?
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Second moment of inertia for a bent rectangle
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Torsion in Shafts: Conceptual Doubt Explained
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Static Force Analysis of Linkage
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Two flow lines (pipes) meging into one
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Centrifugal Pump: Water Pressure at 50m & 4 Bar Gauge
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Automotive HCCI Engines - Benefits, Complexity, and Alternatives
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Motorized rotating platform (180 degrees, periodically)
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Automotive How to calculate Torque on the rear wheels of an RC car?
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Adjustable spring tensioner for 90deg rotating arm
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Can someone explain the theory of impact of jets?
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Multiphase Flow in Fluid Dynamics - Energy Coupling
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Specifications for elephant-resistant steel poles
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Automatic Window Lift: Get Help Setting Up Low-Cost, Efficient System
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Calculating gear ratios for a drivetrain
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Automotive Why Don't Engines Use More Steel?
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Vapor pressure of water between two heated plates on a press
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Choosing the Right Tolerance for Bearing Housing Design: A Scientist's Guide
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Energy loss/transformation due to Aerodynamic drag?
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Load Shoulder Pressure Stress Calculations (Sketch Attached)
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Internal Combustion Engine question
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Where can I find tiny U-joints for precision joint connections?
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Automotive Calculate the position for a linear acutator
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Nesting Hollow Hobby Tubing: Alternatives to Brass
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