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Thermal vs Mech. Efficiency of Engines: Petrol vs Diesel
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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?
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How do I go about the calculations for an air conveyor?
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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
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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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What does compressible flow look like in a duct undergoing heating/cooling?
  • s34n
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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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Want to know if there are any particular sites for mechanical engineering for getting recommendable research papers
  • Abdullah A H
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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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Need Help figuring out this gas cylinder volume issue
  • bspayne1983
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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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Automotive Alignment Theory - DIY Help
  • 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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Spring and its shear, torsion, tensile stresses...
  • fog37
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Understanding Fuel Hose Markings: What Does "NOH-F" Mean?
  • YoshiMoshi
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Help designing a Machine Shop Turntable- Flexure Rigidity questions
  • 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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Trying to calculate motor kW/reduction drive for lift of 100kg at 0.8m /sec
  • surfguy
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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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Understanding and Troubleshooting Handlebar Load Calculations
  • nateTheaweseome
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How to mechanically produce modified SINE wave motion
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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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Help me heat up a powder coating oven (made out of an old 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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Why Did Activating the Propulsion Safety System Injure Cruise Ship Passengers?
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Coupling to the shaft of an electric motor (different size shafts)
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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?
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Forces created by fixed tarp in the wind
  • Grinkle
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X,y,z new coordinate calculation for joint rotations in CoppeliaSimEdu
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Slack string on linear slides when using a different slide lengths
  • Quietrabbit
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Indentations in the contact surface of the clutch drum and the circula
  • damanr
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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?
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Raising / Lowering a 40' aluminum antenna tower
  • ak3b
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Maximize Performance: Benefits of Moving Rear Suspension Mounting Points Forward
  • B565
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Mystery of a Tensioned Rope Split in Two Places
  • gary808
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Laboratory Rocker - type of mechanical movement & related information
  • JohnSa
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Exit velocity of gas through two orifices
  • Albo
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What are the most critical parameters in high-speed machines: stress or strain?
  • zoltrix
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Air Friction energy loss on a trampoline
  • Sherwood Botsford
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Capstan Equation, Friction and Normal Force
  • Oseania
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What are the key considerations for selecting a motor for a cam mechanism?
  • Tung Jian Seng
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Jackhammer on Vehicle Suspension, Unsprung Mass, Tire patch load
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Pressure rate increase between two vessels
  • j117
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Number of slots in collet to deform uniformly
  • Stormer
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Help Me Design a Motorcycle Airbox for Charity Racing Series
  • LeeKimbo
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Calculation torque of a drive at the torque arm
  • durwoodb
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Need help calculating maximum stress in a bolted assembly
  • Karmann
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Compound physical pendulum - max velocity
  • FEAnalyst
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A few questions about airflow and filters...
  • SentinelAeon
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