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

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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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Compressed nitrogen v flow rate question

  • yoyo28
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How Can You Limit Heat Transfer Between Two Metallic Objects?

  • Tuatha
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Is there a sensor to detect a force lasting 10^-17 sec?

  • desquee
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Torque Amplification: Is It Over Unity?

  • Machinekraft
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Redirecting lost heat from propane heater

  • DaveC426913
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Methodology for weight reduction

  • Hawk
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Low-cost inlet pressurization method for industrial combustion turbine uprating

  • myperfectworld
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A book for designing RC aircraft

  • phys_student1
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Translating Torque to Pulling Power

  • Kyle Shobe
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ENGINE HPT blade construction and and its cooling holes

  • Lloyd Alejandro
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Aluminum structure modifications for use near a very hot fire

  • Jason White
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What Are the Limits of Torque Amplification in Mechanical Torque Multipliers?

  • Machinekraft
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Durometer for measuring hardness of soft surfaces

  • icapture
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How do I arrest a rotation at any angle

  • Piers Goult
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Why are test tracks banked with parabolic curves instead of other shapes?

  • Harshit puri
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Automotive Inertia effects of components on a car vs mass fixed in car

  • zanick
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Using a bearing to replace a spring?

  • mr31lly
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Calculating the force air has on an object

  • krlss26
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Design Soyabean Thresher: Start Here

  • AITESHAM
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Designing a Pulley System to Increase Weightlifting Force

  • Monkey
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Need suggestions on transfering compressed air to rotating object

  • Jay Lakoda
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Energy in a free vortex of water

  • pheonixrider
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Is it practically possible to construct a closed system?

  • VishalB95
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Kickped scooter back wheel not rolling freely

  • LongApple
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The Angular Velocity in Belt Drives

  • daigiaga1994
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How to use KALMAN with accelerometer?

  • kawabonga
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Preventing rope overlap on a pulley with two wraps at 70 km/h

  • Prabhjyot Singh
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Can an Allen Wrench Withstand Maximum Force Before Breaking?

  • taylorbrown96
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What Happens to Steam Temperature After Throttling at 170 PSI?

  • Dennis C
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A basic fluid mechanics concept that's puzzled me for years

  • Kmabd2
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Can air pressure stop in a pipe?

  • Jimmy234
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What is the proper interference fit for a sprague bearing in this system?

  • dibble
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Optimum positioning of fan inside an enclosure

  • Mrinal
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Why liquids transported in cylindrical or elliptical cylindrical

  • !Jon Snow!
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Comparison between CFD results and experimental data

  • exergetic
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Mechanical Engineering thoughts in college vs. reality?

  • TiaFAU
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Ask a Mechanical Engineer: Motion Sensor Work Underwater?

  • Mark14
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Determine the launching speed of the object

  • Kryptix
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Calculate the load on an vehicle Engine

  • JANA91
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Calculating time for Linear actuator to operate?

  • mm391
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What is the optimal profile for a self reversing screw?

  • George Zucas
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Auto braking mechanism design for final project

  • amiera
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Kinetic energy of wheel/tyre when braking

  • Kozy
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DIY Leaf-Vacuum: Using Venturi Equations for Pressure Calculation

  • cellurl
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Specific heats for an incompressible substance

  • KOUSIK
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How Do You Calculate Pressurization Time for Nitrogen?

  • Lee Chong Chi
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Can a heat pump function without an evaporator and condenser?

  • Roy Green
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Air flow over a circular cylinder

  • mrajkumar
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Fully developed velocity profile

  • kiki580
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Linear Positioners, moving stages in high vacuum environment

  • Fedders
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Thermal fatigue for heat exchanger cycle test comparison

  • robinbr
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Water Pressure in an Isolated System

  • Scott Pratz
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Mohr's Circle and Strain Gauges

  • Jameseyboy
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Determining force required to rip or tear sheetmetal

  • Spoolx
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Planetary Gears: Relationships Between Tooth Counts

  • LINGA
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Throwing force in target thrower

  • kamil.borkowski
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Calculate clamp force on bike handlebar

  • FionnL
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Water vs. water/glycol flow rates

  • blakej
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Heat disipation required to keep below a temp threshold

  • CraigH
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Automotive Force on dog's head out of car sunfoof

  • oneshortplanck
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Fluids: Conservation of Momentum

  • yosimba2000
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How to make KERS (Kintetic Energy Recovery System) for 2-wheeler?

  • tdev
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Would a pure diamond drill bit ever get dull?

  • Jay Lakoda
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Instant Torque (Electric Cars vs. Gas/Diesel Cars)

  • Ryuk1990
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Joining Titanium tubes to teflon tubesheet.

  • rollingstein
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How to Quantify Energy on a Planet Gear?

  • John D
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How Do You Calculate BTUs from Temperature Change in a Heat Exchanger?

  • drkidd22
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Need explanation on Chracteristic Length in heat convection

  • thiru muruga
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Front crash with crumple zone: relative velocity calculation

  • marellasunny
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How to read a manometer for wind tunnel drag measurements

  • Dean Snaith
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Inertia force calculation during braking with ABS

  • marellasunny
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What is the Design Procedure for an Eccentric Lobe and Crankshaft?

  • monster_head
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Vortex Lattice Method: Find Airfoil Equation for Designing

  • Kancha
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Effect on throwing a ball up in a car on it's efficiency

  • anubodh
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Can Plastic Gears Replace Metal in Industrial Machinery?

  • Curious007
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Will a 4mm aluminum tube withstand a 22 kN shock load?

  • Rigger13
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Von Mises stress Vs Principle stress

  • Saumya Kar
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Automotive Convert car exhaust NOx emissions from g/mile to ppm

  • tmerc
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Is evaporation a pure diffusion process?

  • Yinxiao Li
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(Tribology) Can someone explain Contact Curvature Sum to me?

  • knight92
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Bicycle Crank Power Meters and Round and Non-Round Chainrings

  • Mark Sullivan
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Build a Hydrogen Generator with Stainless Steel Plates

  • deuel18
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Design methodology for peristaltic pumps

  • a.mlw.walker
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Pretension wire with horizontal load

  • jzcrouse
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Are smartphone accelerometers useful for vibration test?

  • mweida15
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Controlled lowering of a weight using a cable reel with mechanical braking

  • Kevin2341
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Water flow rate (or pressure) drop question

  • Sintax668
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Power-split planetary gear set power calculation

  • John D
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HONDA CIVIC 2010 IMA Phase out.

  • Nish6242
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Searching for any lead on realistic cord mechanics

  • Erandom
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Hinged door lowering below the horizontal

  • Ghrober
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Create Rotatable Metal Reptile Scales with 3D Printer

  • TriflingTroy
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