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Can passive heat collection be used to heat water to very high temperatures?
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Galvanized Steel vs High Carbon Steel: Mechanical Performance
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Advice for learning enough Solidworks to pass the CSWA and CSWP exams
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Equation for the angular position of a slider crank mechanism
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Force required to strip threads
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What is the best beam design for my aluminum tandem axle trailer?
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Build a Wind Tunnel for Indoor Skydiving
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Rigid body simulation of complex mechanical systems
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Why do more cars now have a short "spoiler" above their rear window?
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Penetration of a stake as it goes deeper into the soil
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Cubical Pressure Vessel - Maximum Pressure Computation
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How does counter rotation control work for a tail sitter drone?
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Cosine Error: 5mm Ball Tip Stylus at 7.5° Angle
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AGMA Gear Questions: Class 16 Tolerance & Grades
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Looking for ways of joining metal and plastic
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Moment of inertia question for two plates welded together
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Reading a wood cutting blade specification
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Need help with a research project for firefighting
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Pressure vessel wall thickness ASME BPVC VIII vs AS1210
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Interesting concept -- pump, motor or both?
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Box Beam stress problem with welding
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Is there a library for the Gibson-Ashby model in Abaqus?
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Help with Inverted Pendulum on Cart EoM
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Power, Rpm, Torque - Horsepower increase for my small engine
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How to Calculate how much a column buckles?
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Pumping power calculation of a vertical closed-loop system
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Reducing friction at interface between a sphere and a plane?
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How does FEM software compute inertial forces?
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Does using dual spark plugs per cylinder make any difference?
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Making an electric unicycle really self-balanced
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How Do Horizontally Oriented Gussets Perform in Cantilever Bending?
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How Does Gear Count Affect the Efficiency and Size of Gearboxes?
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Calculating Wave Amplitude & Wavelength in Water Pools
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What is This Piece of Equipment?
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Propane/Oxygen - from Cylinder to Oxy/Fuel cutting torch
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Minute Of Angle Linear Adjustment Help
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Why do you feel heavier in water?
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Calculate Load carrying capacity of vertically mounted suction cup
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Heat Transfer & Cooling Capacity
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The ideal weight or force to push a drill
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Calculations for a lifting tool for a bar
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How many capybaras does it take to move a Stonehenge rock?
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Coefficient of rolling resistance
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How does a mini drill flexible shank work?
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What does a numerical rating mean? Mechanical equipment or device
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The direction of flux vectors in derivation of conservation of mass
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Mini linear actuator for syringe
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Is Self Winding the Solution for Keeping Clocks Wound?
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"Permanently" Lubricated Bearing?
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Thickness of normal shock zone (e.g. in nozzle)
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Is a Larger DC Motor Needed for Low Wind Speed Power Generation?
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Calculating Load with Magnetometer for Synchronous Motor
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Why does decreasing evaporator airflow impact an air conditioner's performance?
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Automotive Spring and damper on rocker
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Better model for a hydraulic motor
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What is the better way to create less turbulent flow with a blower?
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Pistons have cracked and put a hole in the block
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Does the discharge coefficient of an injector depend on the fluid?
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The linear spring having even forcing pull/push
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Ideas welcome on how to attach 2 shafts of different diameters
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Damping and friction in syringe equation of motion
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Need help determine force from cylinder linkage
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Efficient hit detection on a shot plate with piezo disc
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Calculating the energy savings of an insulated cavity in home wall construction
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Calculating pressure of air pocket in a pressurized water column
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Calculations: Creep of Metals and the Life of a Rod
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Fourier's Law of Heat Transfer: Conceptual Explanation
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Refilling butane lighter the physics way
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Flow in and out of hydraulic motor
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How to seat a motor shaft B taper connector correctly?
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Total force from air spring model (double acting piston)
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Looking to create a better frame for my e-motorcycle
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Force to smooth a 1 mm surface bump out of a steel of sheet
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Increasing Torque with Gerotor Design: Lengthening, Diameter, and Series
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Trying to determine linear actuator force needed
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Energy absorbed by water illuminated by an LED source
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Calculating Output Pressure for 15L N2/min
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The angle grinder flange pair in UNF
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How to calculate the weight of a gear?
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What is the principle of the keyless drill chuck?
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Finding Gap Between Two Objects on Moving Conveyor
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Calculating the change of a Wind Turbine's RPM due to Airflow as f(t)
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Opening a door between a vacuum and atmosphere
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Need help with understanding this solution (fluid pressure problem)
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Are there cheap smartcar EVs with electric motors attached to wheels?
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How to correctly tap hole by use both drill and tap bit
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How much pressure do I need to power a keg full of coffee
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Spring first natural frequency and hysteresis
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Understanding the Differences between Euler Versus Tait Angles
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How to Determine Over-Amperage on Pulley Size Change?
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How to Convert Whitworth Wrench Sizes to AF
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How to flush a toilet without the handle?
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Automotive Calculation of the reduced stiffness of a simple suspension
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Determine pump spec necessary to overcome leak
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Calculating the speed air comes out of a fan
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Solving the Rewinding Tension Control Puzzle: A Production Engineer's Story
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Physics of Water in the Closed System of the Great Pyramid
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Calculating forces on a rod with bearings leaning against a wall
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: Calculation of Linear Bearing (Carriage) Load
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To transmit from 2 counter-rotating shafts into 1 perpendicular shaft?
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