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Calculating Fan Size: Not Driven by Motor

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Calculating Tractive Effort At Speeds

  • alphareign
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Does the gear ratio in a differential affect pitching loads

  • drewradford
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How Does Fan Descender Mechanics Work for Construction Sites?

  • al_garnett
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Need to find the exact velocity value

  • bliinkboy
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Steam Plant Cycle Performance: Analyzing Efficiency

  • mattyboson12
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Divergence Operator on the Incompressible N-S Equation

  • C. C.
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Bending and welding Aluminium 2mm sections

  • RKD89
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Determining dimension of exhaust pipe from an air duct

  • achan88
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Question About Torque and Stepping Motors

  • julianwitkowski
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Optimizing Angle for Material Transfer System Efficiency

  • physicsodyssey
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Steam Turbine Design for Waste Heat Recovery Plant

  • SOORAJ SIVAN
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Need to find the length and deflection of bending element

  • Mantas777
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Finding resulting pressure in a pipe when water is heated

  • TSN79
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Is a Front-Mounted Jet Engine Viable for Aircraft Performance?

  • yrjosmiel73
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How does a fuel gas system operate

  • jim1174
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Heat Transfer Help: Estimating Cooling Capability w/ Q=mcDT

  • William12
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Can Geared Steppers or Coreless DC Motors Achieve Nanopositioning?

  • new299
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Need help with more indepth beam theory?

  • Kristopher Horn
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Question regarding the Otto cycle

  • ehabmozart
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Drawing and meshing involute bevel gears in CAD

  • Jarfi
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Does a Pressure Regulator Maintain Equal Flow Rates at Inlet and Outlet?

  • Suresh Gadekar
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Pressure regulator affect flow rate through pipe?

  • yun
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Coanda Effect: Helicopter Rotor Downwash & Lift

  • P K Pillai
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Engines' aggragated technical data for a presentation

  • sani
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Design a 1000Kg Hydraulic Scissors Lift

  • Vaibhav Mestri
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What are the Applications of Electroslag Welding ?

  • Vinodh Reddy
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Simplest way to align rectangular boxes

  • Butters
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How do I calculate moment of inertia in a wheel?

  • shannonxtreme
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How much power does engine cooling system require?

  • shanhaque
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4 in lift mechanism using a continuous servo?

  • Ananya Balaji
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Frequency & Eigenvalue from dynamic eqn

  • rk81
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Oxygen Enriched Internal Steam Compression Ignition Engine (OEISCIE)

  • voltech444
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Explanation of the mechanics of a rack and pinion system?

  • shannonxtreme
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How to Estimate Vibration Stop Time for a Decelerating Cantilever Pipe?

  • TW Cantor
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Small scale application of structural cross sections

  • Manta173
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How Does a Hot Molecule Move in a Convection Current?

  • ehabmozart
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ORC Heat Recovery Hybrid Electric Vehicle

  • voltech444
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Bucklig: deflection at Euler load

  • Jef124
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Calculating shear stress in a beam?

  • shannonxtreme
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Wow, human powered ferris wheel

  • christyu
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Mathematical solution needed for this biomechanics problem

  • danlightbulb
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Help -- Linear to rotary motion, cw and ccw direction

  • Fphy91
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Torque Calculation for Sweeper machine Broom

  • Tejas Patel
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Control of Axial flux synchronous machine

  • rayallenvn
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What gears to use to reduce fan speed from fast moving motor

  • Zaen
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Calculating Flow Rate for CO2 Cylinders System

  • cerny77
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What do we mean unit SCFH AIR ?

  • Eabbas
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Fixed wing aircraft control via engine gimble

  • mheslep
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Designing with Thermal expansion in mind

  • _Bd_
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Is "explicit modeling" strict subset of parametric CAD?

  • cave_cat
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What CAD program for complicated parts?

  • DEvens
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Rankine cycle with low pressure condenser

  • Manesh Karsan
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Where Can I Find Supplies for Building a Human Robotic Suit?

  • physior
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Four Wheel Drive Optimal Landing Angle

  • jonjonz
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Thermodynamics adiabatic diffuser question

  • Superhawkkodaka
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Rolling motion mechanics & ideal economical gearbox ratios

  • Schtoogie
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How can I calculate wall thickness for vacuum distillation?

  • saidi_farzad
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Discover How to Measure Flowrate Through Varying Tube Diameters

  • oceanspiral20
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What is compressor blade loading and its effects on a compressor blade?

  • Syed Moez
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Spindle gearbox: milling machine tool speed changer

  • not_guru
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How can I simulate a rolling non-rigid tire with obstacles using ANSYS 14.5?

  • Naman Dhimole
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How to Model Piezo with Voltage Difference Load in Abaqus?

  • Arash Karimpour
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Relation between torque and rpm

  • VishalB95
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Is the water pressure equal in a sealed column at the top and bottom?

  • karalius
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Increasing Wing Surface Area with Pores?

  • physical n00b
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Force generated at caliper bracket while braking

  • Badrock
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Electric Impact Work for 300lb Lever Arm? Nut-Busting Explained

  • kevindeschamp
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What is the mass moment of inertia?

  • PrincessIceFall
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On what does the cfm of fan depend?

  • Nilay Gala
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Shear viscosity and Capillary Rheometer

  • fog37
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Design of Vapour Compression Refrigeration Cycle

  • RicardoGhent
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Maximum shear stress on a given plane?

  • physicsdumby
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Graphene Information: Coating Processes & Material Specs

  • SWguru
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Principal Stress: Get Help with Mechanical Systems Module

  • Jase harwood
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Residual stress - Ansys welding simulation

  • se7h
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Gas fired water heater - sizing

  • lewis581
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Understanding Stress Concentration Factor in FEA for Stepped Shafts

  • k.udhay
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What Would You Ask Nagin Cox at JPL?

  • BilboBombadillo
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Thermal expansion: the amount of material expanding is "irrelevant"?

  • Tadhgrrr
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What are the best free tutorials for learning Ansys Fluent

  • tj00343
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Forward Swept Canard Effects on Low Subsonic Airframe

  • Raptor712
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Waste heat with both high and low temperatures

  • Lindagabi99
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Compressible Flow, Pressure and Mass Flowrate

  • Calum Blair
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What it meant by quality of energy?

  • KOUSIK
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Minimum engagement length of a bolt

  • siddharth23
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Can someone help me figure out how much torque I need

  • Rodrigrows Org
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Electronic Steam Tables Programs

  • naggy
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C-D Nozzle - Mach No. >1 at Throat

  • Smith972
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How to perform a metacentric height lab experiment

  • PrincessIceFall
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Heat Transfer Equation: Balance of Energy Explained

  • Tekneek
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Convergent Subsonic Ramjet Utilizing Shockwave Compression

  • Newb_Aero_Ninja
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Measuring Stagnation Pressure with a Manometer

  • krlss26
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Internal combustion engine -- improving the efficiency

  • ram krishna
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Which Bearings Provide the Lowest Friction for a Scotch Yoke?

  • Chris Hill
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Can strong plastics be used as an alternative to leaf springs?

  • kannanraja
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What are new ways to open a cylindrical pressure vessel?

  • Daniel Sadlier
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Hydraulic motor torque for a home-built flight simulator

  • kenneth roy
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