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Can an electric motor and gearbox control the speed of a rotating shaft?
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Design a converging/diverging nozzle
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Calculating Reaction Forces in ANSYS: Step-by-Step Guide"
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Centrifugal pump restricted output
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How can I approximate this transfer function?
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Entropy vs Enthalpy: Which is the Better Calculation for Heat Transfer?
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Solving Gearbox Ratio for 12" Wheel Travel @ 2mph
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Formula to calculate force as a function of angle
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ANSYS Material Models: Compression vs Tension
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Writing Vector Loops and Geometric Constraints for a Mechanism with a P1 Joint
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Calculations involving a Forced Venturi system
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Mechanical deformation question
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Clothes Drying (Evaporation) Equation
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Resulting force forward from a flat sail
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Efficient Venturi Tube Calibration for Digital Peak Flowmeters | Thesis Design
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What is the most efficient way to use a pool pump for winterizing?
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Undergraduate Thesis - FEA and Quantum Computers
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Automotive Spoilers vs Wings: A Car-Lover's Debate
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How Do You Properly Attach Magnets and Bearings in a BLDC Motor Rotor Design?
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How to Compute Area of Rectangle: 157x210
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Force Feedback control - Capstone project
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Cantilever Beam Stiffness Calculation
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Understanding Composite Laminate Stresses
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Microcontroller tech vs. Computer-aided engineering
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Model Reduction and Substructuring in Dynamics, CMS
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How can i separate water vapor from biogas
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Is 1MW 6kV 1600 RPM Motor Really Worth Only 40 Euros?
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What is the best location on a 60' hinged tower to attach a line for lifting?
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Calculation of water flow rate in heat exchanger
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Pneumatic safety valve question
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Moment effect of canoe paddle stroke
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Solidworks thermal simulation: is this logical?
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Optimizing Tolerances for Chain Link and Bolt Connections: A 3 Sigma Approach
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ANSYS Mechanical APDL - How to scope results to specific elements of an assembly
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Are Adjusted Partial Factors Required for Each Element in Structural Design?
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How fast can you cool water, given a large enough area/run?
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Automotive Driveshaft Material for Extreme Torque Applications?
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In a cylinder, why do we use just the ground area to get p?
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Understanding elastic tensor matrix intuitively
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Determine number of chill rollers for cooling
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What is the standard for wheel rim sizes and offsets in electric vehicles?
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Understanding Pressure Regulators: Static & Dynamic Pressure
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Calculating Maximum Velocity Electric Longboard
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Understanding the Importance of Particle Reynolds Number in Fluid Dynamics
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How Does Temperature Affect Pressure in a Sealed Fuel Tank?
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Help designing bearing influenced by spring
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Why does the top shelf slump forward?
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Increasing the Earth's Rotational speed?
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Replace a Track roller bearing with a Sleeved Bush bearing
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Energy harvesting from hot pipes in home
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Mass Flow Rate of Pressure Regulator
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How to change desired flow rate of the nozzle
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What is shear stress on the Key
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Mass flow rate through a regulator
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Making up for hardness and strength with size
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Crower steam expansion stroke for two stroke/rotary engines
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Contact analysis in Flexible gear
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Alt azimuth mount for heliostat design
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Can Hydraulic Pressure Convert into Kinetic Energy?
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Synchronous Speed to Shaft Speed
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Does a Belt drive actuator isolate motor vibration?
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Air Tank Discharging Through A Nozzle - Unsteady Flow
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Automotive Vapour absorption cooling system for cars
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Sub Zero Temperature Chamber (around -50°C.)
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Energy needed to inflate approx 0.1m^3 under water
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What kind of air compressors are better?
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Control Volumes - Fluid Mechanics
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Making a shop press using a electric motor
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How much reduction in temperature can be achieved?
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Compressible air flow from a tank through a regulator
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Formula For Calculating Output Power of a Turbine
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I need to interview an engineer for a school project.
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Automotive What Gear Ratio Is Needed for a 30-40 km/h Electric Longboard?
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Static coefficient of friction between copper or brass
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Calc L/min air compression to different pressures & temps in my compressor
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Calculating Bending Stress for a Cantilever Beam
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