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Torque specs for 6,000lb party bike
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Why Does My Axial Fan Wobble at Certain Frequencies?
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Mechanism to move things around
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Selection of gearbox for rotating a solid shaft
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Cauchy's equation in terms of material acceleration
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Can ANSYS Analyze the Difference in Gap Values for Contact Surfaces?
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The yield strength at temperature SA-789/SA-789 М
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Automotive Automatic brake applying system
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Sum of Translational and Angular Forces
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Automotive Radiator Sample Calculations Help
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Does Adding a Finned Heat Sink Justify Improved Heat Transfer Rates?
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How to Calculate Temperature in a Multi-Layer Copper Box?
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Finding the force acting on the helix of the thread
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Is an Automated Tapping Device the Solution to My Flowmeter Issue?
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How Powerful Should My Compressor Be for a 3L/Day Atmospheric Water Generator?
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Storage vessel stress analysis using ansys
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Clarification of the laws applied
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How Do You Calculate Hydraulic Cylinder Speed and Force with Dual Cylinders?
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Choosing an efficient compressor
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How Does the Jacobian Process Work in Kinematics?
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Calculating Weight Capacity of Steel Storage Shelf
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How to solve the large deflection of the cantilever beam
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Cylinder filled with water deflection study
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Universal Joint Manufacturer/Supplier
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Effective Strain of Frictionless Punch on Deep Plate
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How to design a wind axial turbine working with an air stream....
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Toilet Tissue Held by Air Velocity or Pressure?
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Conversion of friction energy in to electrical energy is possible?
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Calculating g force for flywheel
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Question about torque as a cross product
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What is the recommended wrench clearance according to TEMA Table D5?
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Comparison of 20" and 26" bicycles uphill
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Relationship between water flow and pressure drop
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Where can I find an NTU equation for a counter flow plate heat exchanger?
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Mounting Shaft to Plywood or Plastic - Ideas?
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Air time/displacement calculator for floor vibration
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How do I design a pressure vessel with given data?
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Fins Inside or Outside the Pipe for Optimal Heat Transfer?
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Help me design a simple time delay (not electrical)
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Fluid flow equations for a frisbee
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Sound transfer through duct wall?
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Is There a Fastener That Combines a Set Screw and Thread Hole for Mounting?
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What Is the Principal Moment of Inertia in Robotics?
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Need guidance on pneumatic motorcycle fuel system
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Maximizing insulation (conduction, convection and radiation)
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Will the air in the shaft condense?
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Why do we use Cp while finding the work of the compressor?
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Bending moment diagram for overhanging beam
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Which Skill is More Vital for Mechanical Engineers: Illustrator or 3D Modeling?
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How much energy can be generated by a swinging pendulum 60 kg
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How Does Reynolds Number Change Along a Pipe's Length?
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What causes a trailer to fishtail on the highway?
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Can a 4 base circle camshaft affect rocker ratio and lobe profiles?
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Understanding the Splitting of Velocity Fields in Reynolds Averaging Equations
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System for turning Rotational into Linear movement
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Battery and torque in a hand drill
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Understanding Torque Transfer in Coupled Objects
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Vertical alignment mechanism on eccentric shaft
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Gas Turbine & Psychrometric chart
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Calculating reaction forces on 3d object
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Fluid Powers: Determine what class lever I'm using
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What are the standard sizes for nozzle thickness in pressure vessel design?
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Calculate output forces of machines
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Can the vacuum pump outlet air acts as a blower?
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Design Factor with known reliability
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NonLinear calculation of structures
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Is Your Brake System Simulation Tool Accurate and User-Friendly?
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Calculating Force and Energy in Pneumatic Air Testing
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If you were to empty a full tank 16 gallon tank of fuel, how
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Slipping 4WD Mobile Vehicle Wheels Without Oil or Water
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Turbocharger: Mass flow rate and pressure ratio
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How Does Removing Degrees of Freedom Impact Mechanical Linkages?
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PIPE16 vs PIPE288: Ansys v.14 Tutorial Differences
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Why don't we just block off the exhaust pipe to prevent CO2
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Why Do the Last Two Sprinklers Have a Smaller Spray Pattern?
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Connecting rod failure Hyundai Veloster 1.6
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Simple torque transfer question
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Why is there a negative torque in TMD of 4 stroke engine?
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Confussion with setting up loading conditions on cylinder
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How to calculate Stress Intensity Factor?
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How to design flow rate of a lubrication system?
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This futuristic jet engine is very real
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Orbit Determination Issue (Method of Gauss, in Escobal's text)
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How do I calculate the braking band forces in this system?
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Expandable Gear CVT: Michael Warren Reed's Project
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Torque Required To Move a Vehicle
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Is Interviewing an Engineer for a School Project Allowed at PF?
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What are some good ideas for capstone project?
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How to communicate 3d CAD with complex surfacing?
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Calculating CFM Needed to Move an Object of 2lbs
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Reynolds transport theorem (1st year undergrad fluids)
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Compressor Water Cooled Chiller Thermal Calculations
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Deciding Between Baldor & Leeson Motors for Smaller Size
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Modeling mathematically a rotary flexible beam
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