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How do I select a motor for a wire winding machine?

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Converting force measurements from ergometer load cells to watts

  • ncrenwick28
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(Composite) In plane principal stress or normal stress?

  • iqjump123
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ANSYS WORKBENCH 14: Simply support option disabled

  • polka129
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Counterweighted arm support with 3-axis mobility for desk work

  • LouisTo
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Developing impact protection, kinetic energy diffusion

  • Helmet
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Working Principle of Sewing Machine ( Paddle Part )

  • shinnsohai
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Calculating Phase Resistance for BLDC Motor: What Factors Should I Consider?

  • Trainee28
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Synthetic oil vs two stroke/cycle oil

  • Kerso1991
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What is the difference between flat and thin plates?

  • Manikandan N
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Units for pressure in a cylinder

  • Pranshu
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Finding rack displacement for a rack and pinion steering system

  • Reddy
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How to determine side load for 4x4 metal pole?

  • bobca1
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Frequency correlation between two non stationary signals

  • serbring
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Pressure regulator model: how to study its stability

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Pump pressure for drip irrigation from a barrel with sprayers

  • halfgt2
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Suction Pressure at different orifices

  • bluetooth
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Refrigerant for AC and refrigerator

  • M.Kalai vanan
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Top speed at each gear with given torque, power and gear ratios

  • Karan Dua
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Air flow measurement with multiple fans

  • Paul Kraemer
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Vibration analysis - thin circular plate

  • gflat
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Statistical mechanics in engineering

  • ShayanJ
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Calculate deflection in a shelf made from sheet metal

  • keaAstrac
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Relation between peak cylinder pressure and mean effective pressure

  • Mohamed Youssef
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Drive Chain Connection: Single or Double Roller?

  • George Zucas
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Stopping time for a cycloidial dial table

  • Jonesy
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Drilled crankshaft, Honda Africa twin

  • chabal
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What phenomenon occurs that reduces drag when a swim cap is applied

  • jeeloong
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How many watts can a stainless steel block dissipate to 25°C air?

  • Glenn Alexander
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Pre spinning aircraft tires before landing?

  • PraAnan
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What is the flow through pipe in an open channel?

  • shafqut
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Should I learn Pro/Engineer or SolidWorks?

  • echo196
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Concrete and pressure no air nothing more than gravity

  • mike232
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Pressure and Flow in a pipeline

  • Anika
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Questions about Venturi scrubber

  • mech-eng
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Scissor lift won't raise with two people despite adequate capacity

  • henrydavid
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How to Calculate Inertia and Kinetic Energy for a High Inertia Flywheel?

  • Dean Winchester
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Fatigue life of 0.10mm SS304 sheet under repeated impacts

  • Sathish Rosario
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How Does Flow Rate Affect Heat Transfer in a Copper Coil?

  • vincent28
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How Do I Determine Velocity at Each Pressure Point in a Nozzle?

  • Johnsy18
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How to turn thermal energy of room into work

  • leroyjenkens
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How Do I Calculate Heat Transfer Through a Multi-Layered Ceiling?

  • Ziga Casar
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How Do You Calculate Reaction Forces in Complex Roof Trusses?

  • hurcw
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DC Motor for 6kg Aluminium Disc at 1600rpm

  • Silwal
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Equivalent Spring for a spring connected with a diaphragm

  • Harsh Shah
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Bending Tubes with Feet: Efficient Calculation in English Units

  • Physics_Kid
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Keyed serpentine pulley with a 5/8 bore to mount on a motor

  • Blake Kopachena
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First and second order terms in pressure measurement

  • can12345
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Fabricating Exhausts: Minimizing High-Pitched Sounds

  • panops145
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Why do diesel engines produce less power than gasoline engines?

  • kalamar20
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Is a 4-2-1 Exhaust Header Design More Efficient for Street Performance?

  • Ketch22
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Why have I never heard of hydraulic hybrids before?

  • mrspeedybob
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Automotive How to calculate 1.5 order wheel torque fluctuation (3 Cylin

  • Chethan K S
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What is this equipment I just found?

  • davedude
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Do Refrigerants have more heat capacity than water?

  • rollingstein
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How to calculate indoor temperature?

  • Akira
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Airflow Turbulence at carburettor flange

  • Neil Spooner
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What are the necessary parameters for designing an IC engine?

  • Vignesh
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How Is Displacement Solved in This Differential Equation?

  • LeDragonian
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A simple plumbing problem? How about a design flaw.

  • Astronuc
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Correction Of Transfer Function

  • can12345
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Poles/Zeros of a Control System

  • KiltedEngineer
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Laminar Pipe Flow: Displacement, and Momentum Thicknesses

  • Disquoveri
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Reading Global Hawk sensor specifications for coverage and resolution

  • shaft
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Bending moment on rotating cutting tool with radial feed

  • Ian C
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Torque Needed to Turn a Capstan

  • Mech13
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Calculate turning angle - 2 wheels car

  • alona1
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Finding flow rates and velocities in a dust collection system branches

  • matt1996
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How do bolted joints share load between bolt and members?

  • havsula
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How would I go about doing this?

  • Shashank R.
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Mechanism that only rotates when driven from one side

  • CraigH
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Automotive Why do car vacuums with 10 inch suction still work?

  • escape_velocity
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Bernoulli vs conservation of momentum (Reynolds transport theorem form)

  • Urmi Roy
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How does a magnetic coupling work?

  • Webbd050
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How to Calculate Input Power for a Gear Train with Frictional Resistance?

  • PizzaWizza
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Hydraulic cylinder (Shell) stresses

  • Johnatan88
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Air Flow through cooling tower- fluid mechanics problem

  • Ritz_physics
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Sorting/shuffling machine for trading cards (sports, Magic+)

  • donvenado
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Lifting Line Theory and Helmholtz theorems

  • Nimeo
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Matching vertical axis wind turbine to permanent magnet alternator output

  • wellingtonex
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Single cylinder engine dynamometer

  • tt101
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Modeling pulley friction in a sailboat with the Euler-Eytelwein equation

  • Hellmut1956
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Using a motor to move something 90 degrees

  • asaper
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Shaft Critical Speed Considerations

  • cmmcnamara
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Micro laser welding, the picture is a crack?

  • RogelioAguirre
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How to plot stress-strain curve?

  • Felix Andiana
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Torque required to maintain velocity

  • teage
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Installing split AC without vacuum pump or nitrogen

  • rollingstein
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Need some reference on centrifugal pump design

  • ecfedele
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Formulas for flow rate through orifice

  • jakeh_16
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Dashpot Design: Air-based Piston-in-Cylinder Dampers

  • moogull
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Difference between a subsonic Pitot tube and supersonic one

  • stephane
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