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Water Drain Channel minimal cross-section

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Solar Heat Gain Factor table for southern latitudes

  • francismann
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Low Viscosity Oil, Tanks, Pressure Relief Valves and Check Valves

  • Findustry Corp
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Calculate the max speed at which a submarine rises/dives

  • Massimo
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'Subducing head': pneumatic engine idea

  • Uncanny3
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Rope slipping and binding on backyard tow rope pulley

  • rlay023
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Sacrificial Anode on isolated copper alloy pipe

  • Ters
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Angular Acceleration when accounting n-reference frames

  • superfunnyshark
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Modal mass and kinetic energy in FEM modal analysis

  • Arjan82
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Estimated spring back while bending 5052 aluminum

  • Ryoko
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Thermal vs Mech. Efficiency of Engines: Petrol vs Diesel

  • elixer akm
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Unusual design of a free-flow hydropower station

  • Hydropower
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Automotive Examination of an automotive crash test

  • Bobthefreeradical
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Moment of inertia of a composite object in Solidworks

  • Stephen Bulking
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How Do You Calculate Pressure and Flow for an Air Float Conveyor?

  • mohammed11ahmed
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How do I go about the calculations for an air conveyor?

  • Luchee
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Increasing pipe size and then decreasing

  • dadthedestroyer
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Is ATF DW-1 Specification Truly Proprietary?

  • YoshiMoshi
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Graph of time vs distance for sizing a motor for linear motion

  • Travis T
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The Von Mises stress equation on wikipedia does not balance out

  • FQVBSina_Jesse
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Bernoulli vs. Reynold Transport Theorem Problem for Raincap

  • Magic865
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Time to empty gas cylinder (problem worked, but would like feedback)

  • Danild
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How to reduce humidity through mist eliminator

  • farispksalmanul
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How to Maintain Constant Air Flow in a Dust Collection System?

  • mcrr
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Melting permafrost under concrete slab

  • Molon Lave
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Fluid flow and elevation vs pressure

  • lifeisstrange444
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Calculating parameters of centrifugal compressor

  • MysticDream
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Time to pressurize a vessel of fixed volume

  • TomG
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Joint physics - hose/pipe connection

  • jbenedet
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Use of flywheel to enhance human powered drivetrain

  • r2ak24
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Automotive What does the smoke color means in diesel car and petrol car?

  • ruxy667
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Can a turbo expander convert more heat to work than a piston expander?

  • MysticDream
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Replacing Plastic Push Pin Clips With Rivnuts in Car

  • YoshiMoshi
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Cost efficient steam catching setup for a water source

  • thdm
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Two-Phase Pressure Drop (I need an expert)

  • mastermechanic
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Underground pump vault airflow considerations

  • Jos123
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Lifting a 30m 35te Spud Leg: Crane Weight Calculation

  • Gixer1127
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Rotation matrix of three intrinsic rotations

  • dbeckam
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Mechanism Needed for a Compact, High-Torque Transradial Prosthetic Arm

  • KavehSanaei
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Automotive Ratios, sprocket diameter, and acceleration

  • Frankster
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A way to increase the bore length but not the barrel of a gun?

  • manmade
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Powerful fans on boat, blow to own sails, would this move the boat?

  • Trikenstein
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Automotive Poor Man's Hydrostatic drive: power steering pump as motor?

  • DIYEngine235
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Washing machine - centripetal force

  • SentinelAeon
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Orthogonal array for DOE by using the Taguchi method

  • karna soma shankar
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Simply supported beam with a spring support in the middle - deflection

  • FEAnalyst
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How to calculate the stiffness of a spring wire cantilever beam?

  • argyrg
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Can I use a Stirling generator to make electricity from our wood fired stove?

  • Moochingaround
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What kind of wrench or tool can force open a door knob?

  • Ephant
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Calculating the load required to tip a table?

  • william497
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Need advice for this Adaptor remover (home plumbing)

  • Ephant
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Purpose of the rubber in the image in a water pump

  • Pifico
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Calculating Energy Requirements for HRSG in Hydrogen Power Plants

  • engali
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Torque required to move robot arm (special linkage)

  • slkmc wwojno
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Turnbuckles and loss of preload

  • Juanda
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DIY toe alignment using toe plates on a sedan

  • YoshiMoshi
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How Can a Turnbuckle Mechanism Release Upon Impact?

  • Robbwal199
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Weight Distribution Across Multiple Support Points (Load on Trailer)

  • Ahmed
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Understanding Fuel Hose Markings: What Does "NOH-F" Mean?

  • YoshiMoshi
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A36 steel plate thickness for 6000-pound turntable rigidity

  • nezednemo
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Water cooler radiator with unusual air flow direction

  • pozsar
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How much force can a truck seat back cushion absorb during a collision?

  • MantisShrimp
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Weight Distribution Across Multiple Points

  • IanPibworth
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Determining radial force on shaft

  • MechEng2023
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How do I calculate wheel radius using below data?

  • skaks9
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Modeling an earthing switch for a High Voltage Impulse Generator

  • Angus Fergusson
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Brake lever arm force calculation not matching real measurements

  • nateTheaweseome
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How to mechanically produce modified SINE wave motion

  • teliocide
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Getting my Toaster Shooter to shoot higher

  • ToasterGuy
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What Set Temperature Achieves 900C Without Controller Offset?

  • kamran_chemist
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Radiant vs convection heating for powder coating oven in steel cabinet

  • curtis73
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Atomic diameter-scale measurements

  • DyerMaker
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Calculating truss shear and bending

  • Hadron
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Coupling to the shaft of an electric motor (different size shafts)

  • bu4ck
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Wedge Anchor Torque Spec vs Ultimate Tension Spec

  • Factotum
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How to check the Stability of ANY Truss?

  • Vigardo
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Forces created by fixed tarp in the wind

  • Grinkle
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Slack string on linear slides when using a different slide lengths

  • Quietrabbit
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Flow rate needed to lift object inside a vertical pipe

  • alexlsu
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Calculate force required to eject a sheet metal part from a die cavity

  • Mike_5158
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Is this way of steering possible?

  • drago44
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Chosing air blowers to force air through a solar heat storage array

  • Salah
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What is "harder" for a hamstring curl?

  • hamstringquestion
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How to calculate required torque for a robot arm

  • meakerb
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Springs: Can they be used to conserve energy?

  • Hankelec
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Raising / Lowering a 40' aluminum antenna tower

  • ak3b
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Effect of moving 4-link suspension mounting points forward on the axle

  • B565
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Nylon rope snapped in two places on Ergotron Workfit station

  • gary808
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Laboratory rocker mechanism: motor radius and pin location ratio

  • JohnSa
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Exit velocity of gas through two orifices

  • Albo
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Air Friction energy loss on a trampoline

  • Sherwood Botsford
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