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Automotive Engine Torque Control to Automatics & DCTs
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Work Energy Equation Help (what size shock absorber to use)
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How to calculate the Torque for a Set screw
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Something every Mechanical Engineer should watch
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Kinetic Vehicle [flywheel powered] mass and energy
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Carnot cycle - Zero Power Extremes
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Automotive Car downforce: accelerating air under the car vs blocking
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Impact force from rotating object?
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Where Can I Find an Affordable One-Way Rotation Mechanism?
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How Can I Build a DIY Tire/Wheel Balancer?
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Material Selection, material indexes
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Final Flow Rate for 900 lpm Diesel Pump & 30m Hose
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Ideas for a catapult design for an engineering report
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Further cooling evaporative cooled air.... would this work?
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Calculating Forces on an L-Bracket for Supporting Large Pipework
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How does a 5th wheel contribute to the accuracy of car speedometers?
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Calculating the load on planetary gear from driving torque
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Automotive Calculating HP from time/distance
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Why is there only one set of blades per wind turbine?
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Varying the strength of a spring or something similar
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Checking My Gearbox RPM Calculations for Conveyors
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Steps to calculate Air Consumption of a Pneumatic System
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My dilema in proving a theory (bending a steel tube)
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Is My Understanding of Spring Energy Conversions Accurate?
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Can Damping Values for Aluminum Cantilever Beams Be Easily Found?
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Air Pressure Lift: Lifting 250 lbs 6-12
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Force needed to drive a Keiser Force Machine 10" with 1 hit
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Force exerted by hand on a lever
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Is Stress dependent on the material properties?
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What is Autofrettage and How Does it Improve Material Elasticity?
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How Do Climbing Anchors Handle Maximum Loads?
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Fan Current to Speed (Percentage)
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Finding Check Valves for Water Droplets
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Automotive Friction force, Coefficient of friction &Traction
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Can I use symmetry in modal analysis in FEA
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Making Energy Generating Gym Equipment
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Specifications for elephant-resistant steel poles
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How to choose a fan for open circuit wind tunnel?
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Steam Condenser Not Working: Pressure & Temperature Issues
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Radial bearings to take load off a movable pulley/sproket
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Where Can I Find Properties for Silicone Oil DC-200?
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Should I close the door when running AC in fan mode
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Annulus force in a Hydraulic Cylinder?
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Automotive Aerodynamics help -- small scale car powered by a CO2 cartridge
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Meshing a multi body part as shown below (ANSYS)
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Buckling Simulation: Questions & Answers
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Weight distribution on several floor anchors
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40 foot shipping containers, yield strength / buckling
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Hydraulic piston force as a function of angle for a launcher
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How to optimize this part for production
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What is Tapered land thrust bearing?
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Engine Modification Help: Automotive Technician Q&A
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Airflow Calculation Help: Velocity, Temp, Pressure, Diameter
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How to make a simple mini compressor for small needs
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Automotive Why race cars have stationary spoilers?
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Automotive What does it take to make an F1 GP engine
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Fatigue analysis with JIS standard book
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Cardboard Robotics: Building a Desktop Robotic Arm
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Hydraulic Press actual Press Force (tons)
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Understanding Failure in Helical Gears: The Role of Rolling and Sliding Contact
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Mass-spring-damper problem for kayaking waterfalls
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How to Calculate the Torque of a Rotating Cylinder?
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Conservation of Mass Fluids Wave
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Self teaching basic average shear stress calculation
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Static structural ansys, rigid body boundary condition
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Calculating Cavity Pressure in Injection Molding: Tips and Considerations
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How to calculate maximum gearbox input torque
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Computation of maximum pressure in heated closed vessel
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Mechanical design -- What is the part shown in the drawing?
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How to measure the air pressure of a pipe without having water resistance
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What is the best type of locking mechanism for a watch band?
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Does Surface Preparation Affect Tensile Strength in ASTM E8 Tests?
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Do mecanum wheels move foward and sideways at the same rate?
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Understanding torque -- impact guns and high torque drills
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Understanding Dyno Readings -- is HP "real world" HP?
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What HP/torque Electric Motor to lift 1K lbs w/ sprokets
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Mass Flow Rate of Flue Gas in Sugar Industry
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Transferring Images to PCBs with Laser Prints: A Successful Test
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How to increase the stiffness of a simple structure
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Based Sketches, Closed Profiles and Self-Intersection
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Calculate Torque Needed for 6" Auger on 17% Incline
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Renewable Energy Concept - Stirling Engine Composting
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Initial compression of a spring
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Dittus Boelter coefficient M range
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How Missile ballast stability works?
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Formula for bending a rod in the elastic range
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Handling Rotational Degrees of Freedom in Coordinate Transformations
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Simulation of Dynamic Charateristics
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Formula for bending a rod in the elastic range
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Automotive Replacing a centrifugal clutch with an Electromagnetic clutch
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Automotive Conversion of CVT Scooter to Hybrid
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How to combine two lines in one in mechanical sketches
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How does adding material affect stress in FEA results?
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Difference Between Musket and Rifle Trajectories?
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"Surface Body" in mechanical sketches....
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Calculating Pulley Size for Band Saw Motor
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Saturated steam inside a vortex tube
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Comsol Help -- How to Enable Rotating?
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Calculating Friction between Tapered Cylinders: A Math & Engineering Challenge
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Adding a shape to make a disc spin?
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