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Cutting a Groove -- Power Requirement

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Reducing Radiation Heat from Induction Furnace on Lifting Magnet

  • dormo715
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What heat capacity is needed to evaporate water in oil

  • Adrianus
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Picking an element type for FEA

  • mattyboson12
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Finding a Second Hand Vector Motor for Warehouse Crane

  • Matilda Salazar
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Pressure and flow speed relationship in wind tunnel

  • FQVBSina_Jesse
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Automotive Twin engine vs inline flywheel supercharger idea?

  • Roberto palacio
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Hydrolic calculations of fountain

  • BANKAR
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Gears: when Base circle less than the root circle/dedendum

  • bkhan10000
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Advice for representing experimental data

  • RobosaurusRex
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Operation of mechanisms and machines

  • flamengo
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Assembly drawing number conventions

  • Shady99
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Calculating Poles in a 3-Phase Induction Motor

  • rictor
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Are mechanical engineering textbook problems based on real systems?

  • flamengo
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Stress for v-band clamp under loading

  • formula428
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Cryogenic heat exchanger cooling power

  • freddie_mclair
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What is a feed through term in block diagram?

  • gaus12777
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Calculate theoretical static pressure drop in moving fluid

  • frozenguy
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Testing water pipes with air pressure

  • TSN79
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Automotive 24V Delco starter latches on after solenoid contact replacement

  • Averagesupernova
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Prop Shaft load parked on a grade

  • JGM
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How to calculate time to change the temperature of metal

  • JoeSalerno
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Design of Spur Gears for a Gearbox

  • Charles Muscat
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Torsion on a shaft calculated by hand vs FEA

  • fahraynk
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How do you choose reference dimensions in dimensional analysis?

  • goonking
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Different results with Explicit method and Implicit method

  • Angel Ochoa
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Load Distribution of a Beam with Multiple End Connections

  • George Zucas
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Time History Fatigue Analysis - Ansys Static Structural Quer

  • kepler456
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Fatigue analysis of a 150m wind turbine hub with rain-flow counting

  • kepler456
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How can I increase output speed without a significant decrease in torque?

  • Jgerzsik
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Can an electric motor and gearbox control the speed of a rotating shaft?

  • Sean Agius
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Vapour pressure vs saturation pressure; too much confusion

  • Ravi Singh choudhary
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What will be the equilibrium state in the liquid N2 chamber?

  • Ravi Singh choudhary
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Design a converging/diverging nozzle

  • aerograce
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Solving Conveyor Motor Tripping Problem for Foundry

  • SevenToFive
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Why is internal energy u(T,v) and enthalpy h(T,p)?

  • Kushwoho44
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Automotive Electric Turbocharger Questions

  • camerafinn
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How to calculate reaction forces in ANSYS hand calculations

  • Laurry
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Torque required to tighten the cap for leak proof

  • Acchu
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How to tell if a spring is fatigue, creep or degrade?

  • Travis T
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Does back pressure give incorrect flow reading?

  • CadisEtramaDiRaizel
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Why Is My Valve Exhaust Port Calculation Different?

  • arokisbobcat
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Centrifugal pump restricted output

  • Dan Steill
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Calculations need to know if my drill will go through or not

  • ahmed11
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How can I approximate this transfer function?

  • gaus12777
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Automotive One piece or multi piece crankshaft

  • Prasad birari
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Power generation from mini turbine in water flow to overhead tank

  • Rohan Mahadikar
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Entropy vs Enthalpy: Which is the Better Calculation for Heat Transfer?

  • causader90776
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Solving Gearbox Ratio for 12" Wheel Travel @ 2mph

  • SevenToFive
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Formula to calculate force as a function of angle

  • PM22
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Upstairs bathroom radiator stays cold after boiler startup

  • Greg Bernhardt
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ANSYS Material Models: Compression vs Tension

  • Martin1234
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Can I Validate My FEA Study for a Rotational Component?

  • Jameseyboy
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Calculations involving a Forced Venturi system

  • William Burleson
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Does heat from drilling cause damage to drill bits?

  • ahmed11
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Calculating torque on revolving sign

  • Lourenssign
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How does a couple vector differ from individual moments on a rigid body?

  • ual8658
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Mechanical deformation question

  • Alex Katko
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Clothes Drying (Evaporation) Equation

  • SueSueSue
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Resulting force forward from a flat sail

  • cosy
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Calibrating a venturi tube for peak flowmeter without standard equipment

  • CadisEtramaDiRaizel
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What is the most efficient way to use a pool pump for winterizing?

  • DaveC426913
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Undergraduate Thesis - FEA and Quantum Computers

  • Sirsh
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Automotive Spoilers vs Wings: A Car-Lover's Debate

  • Foshasta
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How to Compute Area of Rectangle: 157x210

  • physocs1
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Force Feedback control - Capstone project

  • MacLaddy
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Cantilever Beam Stiffness Calculation

  • kev.thomson96
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Understanding Composite Laminate Stresses

  • RKD89
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Microcontroller tech vs. Computer-aided engineering

  • MacLaddy
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Model Reduction and Substructuring in Dynamics, CMS

  • Zirkus
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How can i separate water vapor from biogas

  • Abdallah
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Is 1MW 6kV 1600 RPM Motor Really Worth Only 40 Euros?

  • Obaid Mir
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Calculation of water flow rate in heat exchanger

  • abcxyz
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Pneumatic safety valve question

  • kunalv
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Moment effect of canoe paddle stroke

  • jesdreamer
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Maximum play per bolt hole in chain with 15 links and 0.4 mm elongation limit

  • f00drunner
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Are Adjusted Partial Factors Required for Each Element in Structural Design?

  • NARESH NULU
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How fast can you cool water, given a large enough area/run?

  • Arqane
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Automotive Driveshaft Material for Extreme Torque Applications?

  • Ibexe
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In a cylinder, why do we use just the ground area to get p?

  • MicroCosmos
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Understanding elastic tensor matrix intuitively

  • chiraganand
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Determine number of chill rollers for cooling

  • roldy
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Calculating Maximum Velocity Electric Longboard

  • NoSignal
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How Does Temperature Affect Pressure in a Sealed Fuel Tank?

  • hybro
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Calculating eccentric bearing diameter for wave machine with spring return

  • Haim1404
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Why does the top shelf slump forward?

  • Minhtran1092
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Increasing the Earth's Rotational speed?

  • RonL
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Replace a Track roller bearing with a Sleeved Bush bearing

  • Karthikeyan SR
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How to Calculate Starting Torque for Rotating Weldments?

  • SevenToFive
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Energy harvesting from hot pipes in home

  • GBA13
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