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Static structural analysis on a solid sphere?

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Bending shear stress distribution

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Need a device or method to generate cool air outside

  • dmehling
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Calculating ideal wheel radius for submersible vehicle

  • Upsilon
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How fast Coil Springs are? Greatest mystery today?

  • Darp
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Modeling Jet Fans in Parking Ventilation in Ansys CFX

  • tj00343
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How many 0.3 micron particles in 0.1L volume of room air?

  • curiouskk
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Automotive Removing Stubborn Windshield Residues: The Bon Ami Solution

  • Ronie Bayron
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Force exerted by a agitated fluid on vessel wall

  • billy_boy
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Effect of Gear Mass on Motor Torque

  • gwynnbleid
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Use Transfer Function to Predict input for desired output

  • swraman
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Looking for ball bearing assembly with easy disassembly

  • OutWest
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Calculating Shear Force and Bending Moment

  • zaakir
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Torque and power of electric motor

  • Prabhjyot Singh
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Automotive Why is an FFT done after a noise signal is captured?

  • k.udhay
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What Drives Your Decisions and Challenges in Mechanical Engineering?

  • averycasille
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Calculating torque on a wheelchair

  • Hovda
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Automotive Understanding Gear Ratios: Inputs vs Reality

  • 961008
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Gearing & Torque: Can My Tricycle Motor Get the Job Done?

  • drwly
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Change of pressure simple cylinder

  • ajd-brown
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Solve Plane Elasticity w/ Airy Stress Function

  • popbatman
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Forces - Concerning Spindles with Out of Balance Loads/Help

  • zanner
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How to calculate edge shearing of a member?

  • minoroctave
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Plotting pressure distribution of fluid flow in a pipe

  • shevir1
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Control the rotation of several discs along the same axis

  • cidadao
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Calculate Pressure Drop of Air Across an Opening

  • Futsal1st
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Does this gate construction look okay to you?

  • berkeman
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Is this steel structure stable/ready to build?

  • Pastean
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Finitely Deforming an Elastic Band to Launch a Payload

  • SerArthurRamShackle
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Which L Bar Orientation Offers Maximum Downward Force Strength?

  • zardiw
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Outdoor electronics casing. Airflow, condensation & temp.?

  • TomJones
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Automotive What speed do chassis aerodynamics affect power output in motorcycles?

  • Rishabh Sharma
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HP to spin the fan in a VW type 1 air cooled engine?

  • scotty c
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Pressure vs speed in an immersed object

  • serbring
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A question about diesel engines

  • larsa
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What does this mean? (equation for viscous flows)

  • vktsn0303
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Calculate Maximum Load of a U Bracket

  • roboemperor
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Maximum air velocity through a hole

  • scotty c
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Max thermal conductivity required for heating elements

  • Ferbs207
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Need to build an underwater housing for camera

  • Barry Geer
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Force Sensor Selection for Arduino Device

  • Michael_LL
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Why are commercial tension testing machines so expensive

  • christyu
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Home project -- spring-arm Monitor stand (solidworks)

  • Cutlynx
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Stress Comparison for Simply Supported Beams for Engineers

  • Marts12
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Automotive Can a High RPM Gas Engine Move a Heavy Load Like a Low RPM Diesel?

  • Moretorque
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Need Help Finding Cheap Vibration Testing Equipment

  • hiimjane
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Helicopter Winch - Rope Arranger About Rotating Cylinder

  • Idan Eliash
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Height adjustable Shock absorber possible?

  • Heijneker
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Analyzing the Effects of Lifting on a Wagon and Train Model in Ansys Workbench

  • lavecchiasignora
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Torque&Drag in a drillpipe (Johancsik, 1984)

  • Ekaterina Wiktorski
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Measuring flow rate (Doppler device)

  • mpotocni
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Software for learning structural analysis and FEM?

  • ramzerimar
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Max Shear Stress in Thin Cylinder: Issues & Applied Pressure

  • OKaraali
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Radial stress in pressure vessels

  • jayanth nivas
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Test online psychrometric calculator

  • penderway
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Impact Load Due for Dropped Mass onto Bolt Threads

  • Shumon Hossain
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Automotive Relationship Between Tire/Wheel Size and Alignment

  • BaconTaco
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Automotive Use of nitrogen gas in modern shock absorbers

  • vinay ks
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How to calculate the vibration from motor

  • Jeng Ho
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Building a fold down door with torsion gas spring calculation

  • Robert C
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Terminology for rotating shaft with blades?

  • Piffulus
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Automotive Temperature and mass flow rate of ICE exhaust gas

  • y2j
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Calculating force input to air cylinder by airflow rate

  • jphd
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How can I calculate total drag on a multi-hull?

  • raniero
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Feedback Request Re U.S. Pat. 9,052,001

  • Cycloid Drive Cam
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Automotive How can i calculate torque by a motor

  • aa u ss
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Automotive Crash Test Software for VW Rabbit Car 1981

  • bpcaddy
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Mean Radius of Annulus with Bolt Hole Pattern

  • j0nr
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How to set up two linear actuators to share loading?

  • nomisme
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Mixing Fluids: Calc Velocity & Temp of Final Mixture

  • lingesh
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My graduation project hovercraft ?

  • Eslam ezz
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How Does Compressed Air Behave Underwater?

  • Colby Lippincott
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Wind Turbines and Conic Sections

  • Erika Brown
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What causes stagnation pressure to change?

  • Algren
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How to determine characteristic length?

  • goggles31
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38NiCrMov7-3/38NiCrMov7-7 material

  • Tpatel56
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Will tilt-rotors replace helicopters in the future?

  • James Holland
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Need help with choosing the right load cell?

  • christyu
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Why does friction factor decrease with Reynolds number?

  • Ram7788
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Heat Transfer in glass pane windows

  • Gohar Shoukat
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What is the Maximum Torque Needed for Failure of a Serrated Plate with 48 Teeth?

  • philipmogbock
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Structural engineering question -- maximum load taken by beam

  • Umeshd06
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Price for the cheapest diesel engine?

  • Sven Andersson
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Actuator for a wrist tremor suppression sleeve/exoskelet

  • MattiasVDB
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How Do Garbage Trucks Control Hydraulic Mechanisms Automatically?

  • KiltedEngineer
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Fluid Flow Equations With Real Values

  • shevir1
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Permeation of water vapor through seals: vacuum vs dry gas

  • DragonFire
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What Creative Mechanical Device Should You Model for Your CAD Project?

  • nate9519
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What is the Difference Between Ixy and Iz in Moment of Inertia for Pipes?

  • Ekaterina Wiktorski
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Detecting Washing Machine Drum Out Of Balance Limits

  • madsi
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How Is Deflection Calculated for a Partially Supported Circular Lid?

  • Rajashekar
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Centrifugal Impeller and blade shapes

  • Yam
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Enthelpy at the throat of the nozzle

  • Naav_Gothalla
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Design and Fabrication of a scaled down deLaval nozzle.

  • MdAsher
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Stress tensor for non-Newtonian fluid

  • ccrook
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