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How to Calculate Drag Load of Sticker on Fast Moving Vehicle

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What do you think about conditioning the outdoor air?

  • masihsamara
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How to determine Steel Grade? [BS 5950]

  • HarryKoh
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What is the meaning of the arrow symbol on this gate valve schematic?

  • KiltedEngineer
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Fracture mechanics - understanding required

  • kajalschopra
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Problem with spring -- ansys APDL

  • Radek Vobejda
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Harvesting energy from pipelines

  • Pranav_Indian
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Question about liquid flow into a vessel, is it going in?

  • rwooduk
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Can convergent nozzles convert heat into motion?

  • pranj5
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Why Does My Thermocouple Show Incorrect Temperatures?

  • Kaly
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Derivation of discharge over rectangular weir

  • Ravikant Rajan
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Air Pressure between two air tanks

  • System1459
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Can I Measure Total Pressure with a Thin Pipe Instead of a Pitot Tube?

  • yangshi
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Simple home-made hydrogene compressor

  • Randoms
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Accounting for Pressure Drop in Propeller Calculations

  • KarenRei
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Conditions for optimum isentropic efficiency

  • MattH150197
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Measurement of grinding wheel waviness

  • Anand Nambiar
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Rotator for heavy object around 400kg

  • Trainee Engineering
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Ideas for refrigerator door design

  • Trainee Engineering
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How do I calculate acceleration of a tube at the uncoiler reel?

  • Pieter-Jan De Loore
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Solar PV Community Project Connection without Net Metering

  • Manuel Colibri
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Building a Magnetic Motor Using a Computer Fan

  • Vincent Punabantu
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Idea for a ball point pen that makes dashed lines

  • Andrew Bridges
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String knotting itself when twisted around a rotating rod

  • john101
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Calculating Force/Moment to Bend Strip into Circle

  • stressdave
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6D calculation of spring-forces/moments

  • Helferlein
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Calibrated Pressure gage (Digital)

  • Kaly
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Relationship of discharge and minor loss coefficient

  • mg-eng
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What is the efficiency of an accelerometer?

  • Tony17
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Powder Injection Molding, Binders

  • _Bd_
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What would be the Flow Rate of 7.5 Hp Pump

  • Milind Nachane
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Automotive Why automotive alternators are mostly driven by belt drives

  • Prasad birari
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Automotive Coupling electric motor to gas engine in series

  • Roberto palacio
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Would turning a pump on and off repeatedly damage it?

  • rwooduk
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Structural Support Triangles for a rope-climbing robot

  • joshbr32
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Radius Calculation for Gear Rotation with Rack and Pinion

  • Parsifal1
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Calculate motor torque requide to drive a cart

  • Udaya
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Filter water as rolling it in a barrel

  • Mambo999
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Deriving stress equations for plane stress bending with stiffness focus

  • Strife_Cloud
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Hydraulic motor-AC generator coupling

  • Vardges
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Real life examples of spring energy storage

  • Ryan_m_b
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Finding the flow rate through an open-end pipe

  • TSN79
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What is the Force on Pool Walls at 88 Feet Depth?

  • briangiles
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Finding thermal expansion problems for measurement technique

  • mech-eng
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Estimating energy losses and efficiency factors for task-specific robots

  • Erik Bethke
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Effect of ice cooling on steam condenser temperature and power output

  • pranj5
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Fluid acceleration down inclined channel – unsteady?

  • humphreybogart
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Automotive Where should I place the spring on a kayak loader and how stiff should it be?

  • broncoracer104
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Measuring the deflection of a beam

  • saybrook1
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Selecting a 12V gear motor for 3.92N*m lifting application

  • ramzerimar
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3D printing transparent plastic objects with affordable printers

  • fog37
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Cantilever Pipe Assembly - Statics

  • NewEngineer
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Advantages and disadvantages of 2-pole versus 4-pole motors

  • James3849
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How Do You Calculate Hole Size from Leak Rate in a Vacuum Vessel?

  • carogelso
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Variable gear ratio [Worm gear - Worm Wheel]

  • thiru
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Water spray to steam during compression in a hybrid diesel-steam engine

  • pranj5
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Vibration in "cantilever" rotating bar

  • sempiternum
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Shear Stress, Area of Projection

  • dlacombe13
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Can a Bubbler Effectively Mix a Release Agent in a Sealed Vessel?

  • Joshua Brian Rivet
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Traction question -- Best braking strategy in snow and ice

  • chrissyinoregon
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Sealing overlapping cylinders to prevent water leakage during rotation

  • Parsifal1
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Budget drone with infrared night vision and good image quality

  • Aero_Arnendu
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Synchronising dual linear actuators on CSP dish tracker

  • marellasunny
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Bicycle suspension system types and motor rating for 5 kg load

  • Hareesh Venkatraan
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Calculating Torque Needed to Roll up Mats

  • SevenToFive
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[Cam Design] Calculation of torque required by cam shaft

  • kingneptune11
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Calculating Power of a Water Pump: Enthalpy vs Pressure Difference

  • Benjamin Crump
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What is the best factory layout software for importing Autocad drawings?

  • Mohamed_Wael
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Slip -- should it be used with effective radius?

  • Payam30
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Impact force calculation of a Full Suspension Mountain Bike

  • MechE
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Why does Gruebler's equation give DOF=1 for a four bar linkage?

  • Sanchayan Ghosh
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Does von Mises stress below yield stress guarantee elastic behavior?

  • mattyboson12
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Heat Exchanger Vs Cooling Tower?

  • UdayShah
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Column under a concentric axial load (Buckling)

  • okinaw
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Advice for the design of an automatic door opener

  • cherrycoke
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Congratulations Mechanical Engineers

  • Aufbauwerk 2045
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How might I liquefy small quantities of natural gas?

  • diligentExplorer
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Calculating Steam Flow in a Nuclear Power Plant Turbine System

  • JohnPickerill
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Where Can I Find a 6 Hour Mechanical Timer for a Pill Bottle?

  • Mark12344567
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Temperature and Power Plant Output?

  • Delta Force
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Determing torque so that I may determine the diameter of my axle

  • blinddog22
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Does compressor efficiency account for intercooler energy costs?

  • Sorade
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Automotive Electronic Torque Managment in an EV

  • Raazi
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Controlled Energy Release Mechanism

  • person123
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Learning beam calculations and moments

  • Molly Brown
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Would an air check valve prevent backpressure through a lift fan?

  • Piper84
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Acoustics and Fluid Flow - COMSOL 4.2

  • Ss Ss
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Engineering Software for Mechanical Simulations

  • Kaura
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Bosch Automotive Handbook (edition selection query)

  • n10Newton
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Liquids: Pascal's Principle and fluid collisions

  • LegendLength
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How are two mechanical systems equivalent to each other?

  • mech-eng
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Favorite software for generating b/w mechanical drawings

  • OutWest
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Fluid mechanics: Rigid column theory

  • axe34
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