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What's wrong with the vibration shaker?

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Timing belt and pulley elevator design with counterweight

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Can strain exist without deflection?

  • wasif
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Can shear be ignored in a situation like this

  • wahaj
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Hybrid CIVIC 2010 without hybrid battery

  • Nish6242
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Making a rotating arm swing 360 degrees with motors

  • Aaron Curran
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Does a 10:1 gearbox multiply power from a 5hp motor?

  • blake92
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Moving up to dew point and saturation line

  • mech-eng
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Rigid Body Motion/Out of convergence in ansys Classic 14.5

  • Bruce321
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Calculating Min. Weld Thickness for Allowable Stress

  • Daniel Turner
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Freeware simulation software for automotive engineering

  • physior
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Calculate Time for Fridge to Cool 1m3 Air from 20°C to 3°C

  • Jimmy234
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Some basic questions about the second law efficiency (gas turbine cycle)

  • amir star
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Friction in a Weight and Counterweight system

  • blake92
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Design approach for a HALE UAV with limited aeronautical experience

  • jag0097wtf
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Estimate pipe diameter based on flow rate

  • antonclaeys
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Developing a Flow Meter with Microcontroller & IR Sensors

  • Lucian Silva
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Vortex Tube for cabinet cooling

  • moobs05
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Automotive LNG turbocharged engines with plasma ignition for efficiency

  • mylarcapsrock
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A question from construction of psychrometric chart

  • mech-eng
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Why my outboard carburetor corrosion?

  • vtr1005
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Push Rod Suspension Geometry Question Camber Change Wheels

  • Gianluca Bush
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Automotive Hydraulic power for a 1000 pound car for city driving

  • H012
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Radius of 2mm SS 316 Bend: Calculate By Hand?

  • bradzyc
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Wall thickness for square tube beam with 60 lb and 30 lb loads

  • james ichi
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Preferred HVAC system for small laboratories

  • tj00343
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Calculating Exhuast Flow for Fume hoods and BSC

  • tj00343
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Extremely high loads when 100% ouside air is used in HAP

  • tj00343
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Why are chillers not used for smaller buildings

  • tj00343
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How do I apply control theory concepts like transfer functions to real systems?

  • KiltedEngineer
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Physically measuring forces of gun recoil

  • dshield55
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Custom exhaust for a WRX powered kit car

  • ydeardorff
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Laboratory HVAC Design Inquiries

  • tj00343
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Capsule with vacuum sinking in water to generate electricity

  • D9 XTC
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Mass flow rate, conveyor screw calculations and books

  • elementHTTP
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When will an airflow cause whistling?

  • TSN79
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Fluid mechanics question--slip boundary condition for gas?

  • Yinxiao Li
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Can fan RPM affect power consumption in heat exchangers?

  • Lester Tiongson
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Circular Linear guide solutions

  • Jarfi
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How to Relate Macroscopic Changes in Solids to Internal Dimensions?

  • Sivasakthi
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IC Engine Question -- Starting sequence for 4-stroke engine

  • Swap123
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My idea for a diesel-electric hybrid

  • TSLexi
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Torsional Rigidity vs Hardness - Steel Shafts

  • thender
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Engine valve control: camshaft or electronic control

  • harrylu
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Calibrating 8 temperature sensors with ice and boiling water baths

  • Doc
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Analysis of a wind vane/weather vane

  • james6008
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Notch strengthening of bar in tension

  • jstluise
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Determine Torque Data Without Dynamometer

  • Hayukan_Rises
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What is the reasoning behind µ < 1?

  • jack action
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ANSYS Workbench solver error with beam and frame geometry

  • Workbencher
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Does Manouvering Speed Change with Aircraft Weight?

  • Nimeo
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Entrance effects in laminar pipe flow

  • JI567
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Will a box topple after an edge drop test?

  • boerminat0r
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Predicting Water Spillage from Inclined Cubical Container

  • s0ft
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Which Material Parameter Determines R_p0,2?

  • Ajl
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Caculate air flow using tank pressure

  • Nguyen Huu Hung
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Convective heat transfer coefficient

  • Melvinamarie
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A mechanical toy vehicle (w/o electronic)

  • Umori
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Large heatsinks in refrigerator?

  • djdoug99
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Custom piston pump design for AC system

  • bmrick
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Added weight to front of tractor

  • DMFisher
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Which stress counts when looking at yield

  • wahaj
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FDTD of (ultrasound) wave propagation through muscle

  • xinho
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Does the flow rate and pressure decrease as the exit height of a pump increases?

  • Ethan Barrieau
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Superposition of loadcases in FEA software (with SPC+inrel)

  • marellasunny
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Polar mass moment of inertia *and* simply moment of inertia

  • Swap123
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Exergy analysis gas turbine cycle For EEs

  • amir star
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Automotive What Changes When You Reduce Car Wheel Size by 4%?

  • Nick666
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Calculating hydraulic cylinder size wind turbine tower

  • pechan
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Torque for drill to shear through material

  • Galer
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Hysteresis in helical coils springs

  • k.udhay
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What is the gas pressure after it comes out of the nozzle?

  • Yinxiao Li
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What Are the Best Fixtures for Welding in Heavy Industries Like Earth Movers?

  • Prithiviraj V
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Building an oleo strut and maximum energy absorption

  • ElementsnStuff
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Hydrodynamic Entry Length of Flow Through Circular Annulus

  • Disquoveri
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How does the Rabbit Tanaka Mini Orbiter toy work?

  • mjfish
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Steam Table Calc: Enthalpy of Water

  • Smileyxx
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What is the required torque for a spinning flywheel?

  • Tjtech
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How to work out the impact force of a colision

  • Soundmike
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Automotive Car exhaust, gas flow system in the car,air pollution filter

  • iii
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Maximum pressure a hull can stand

  • oxi
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Basic understanding of the motors torque and programming wit

  • Kasper86
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How TO make a variable 3D metal box

  • css
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Integrating pressure over area to get friction force

  • Ortix
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What is this area of study called?

  • Goldenwheatfiel
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How much torque required to get 5V 500mA

  • aaa rk
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Liquid nitrogen generator, N2 gas generator

  • imsmooth
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H-pattern to sequential shifter

  • meLokesh
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Calculating time required to pressurize compressed air tank

  • chris.styles
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Can I convert a eletric logg splitter in to a dump lift

  • Bradley
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Pumping out of a vacuum: Will a pump do it?

  • rollingstein
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Why Does COP in Heat Pumps Depend on Time?

  • csmaster
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Creative Engineering Projects: Inspiring Ideas for Final Year Projects

  • anaksahak
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How much weight can vertical aluminum angle support?

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