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How to find backlash between two spur gears

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Torque needed to rotate a 10-15cm wheel on a monorail robot

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Finding inner wall temperature in subsea pipe with temperature gradient

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Static structural analysis on a solid sphere?

  • Mitra Lanka
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Bending shear stress distribution

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Need a device or method to generate cool air outside

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Calculating ideal wheel radius for submersible vehicle

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Maximum release velocity of a motorcycle fork coil spring

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Modeling Jet Fans in Parking Ventilation in Ansys CFX

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

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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

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Effect of Gear Mass on Motor Torque

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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

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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

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Can I get more torque with a 1-to-6-to-4 inch sprocket chain setup?

  • 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 on a spindle with unbalanced loads at different speeds

  • 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 frame structure stable enough 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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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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Why do diesel engines produce steady torque across RPM?

  • 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?

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Cheap vibration shaker for piezoelectric energy harvester testing

  • 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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How to simulate lifting a wagon with a train in Ansys Workbench

  • lavecchiasignora
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Calculating F1 in Johancsik torque and drag model

  • 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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Maximum shear stress in a thin cylinder with internal pressure only

  • 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

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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

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Automotive How can i calculate torque by a motor

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Automotive Crash Test Software for VW Rabbit Car 1981

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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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Calculating velocity and temperature when two water streams mix

  • 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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Choosing a load cell for a tensile testing machine

  • 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

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