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Does steam flow from top to bottom or bottom to top
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Fluid Mechanics Viscous Dissipation
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How long to drain a gas cylinder?
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3D cad for piping and systems recommendation
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How to Apply Rotation Constraints in a Linkage System Equation of Motion?
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BMX Racing: Front & Rear Sprocket Size Debate
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Stress at crack tip of a 2D cantilever beam under sinusoidal excitation
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What is the sweet spot on a cricket bat for reducing shock to the hands?
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Request For a Set of Eyes on an Oscillating Steel Cantilever
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Defining Moment: Understanding the Physical Significance of Moment in Physics
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Help Needed: Device to Lift 180lbs 30cm Off Ground
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Weight Driven Generator Calculations
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Performance Test Air Flow Restriction At Work Shed Louvers
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What is the Optimal Stepper Motor Torque for Coupling with a Ball Screw?
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Torque needed to rotate low-speed shaft
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Pressure vessel Design - Splay out concern
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Simulink: warning Log in zero in one function
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How do I calculate pressure drop in a pipeline?
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Effects of inertia forces and friction forces on a piston in engine
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Calculation of friction coefficient between wheel and road
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Sizing DC Motor for Large Robot (350 lb)
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Robotics DC Motor Help: Testing Motors for Project
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Force calculation - Gripper (Torsion Spring)
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Engineering works in a company that develop robots?
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Restricting exhaust flow causing temperature increase?
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Understanding Airfoil Ceiling Fan Blade Velocity Diagrams
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What is the optimum pitch angle for ceiling fan blade design?
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How to relate Grms with everyday experience
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Simply supported deep beam deflection
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Non-Uniform Gear Moment of Inertia
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Torque of a small gasoline engine
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Understanding Simmerring Performance Limits
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Regeneration in steam cycle (feed water heaters)
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Load strength of schedule 40 1 1/2 in pipe
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Polar graph for engine balance on common types?
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Analytical solution for bending stiffness of tapered tube
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I have a question about a problem of conservation of momentu
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I have a big question(Dynamics-Parallel Velocities)
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Help with calculation for dynamometer build?
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Force on Ball Bearing: Should Torque be Included?
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Friction Coefficient, F1 corners
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Theory of shells , Membrane theory
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How does ladder logic apply to programable logic control
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Slip Length: u - u_wall = β ∂u/∂n
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Lift equation for elevator and rudder of a plane?
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Required electric power to move heavy mass around on big wheel
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Calibrate Scale: Sliding Weights Not Springs
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Is this possible? Omnidirectional Load Pin
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Boundary Layer Theory: Displacement & Momentum Thickness Explained
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Calculating Entrance Lengths in Hydrodynamics
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Calculating Dryness fraction of steam
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CAD program/s with plain-text scripting language
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Help with Statics: Failing to See Force Fbc's Angle
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Can a Direct Link Between Car Engine and Jet Pump Power an Amphibious Vehicle?
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Can I use one hydraulic pump for two identical motors?
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Theoretical vs Experimental Equations?
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Paint high T, high emissivity for Black Body simulation
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What Factors Influence the Development of Static Pressure in Fluids?
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Calculating Inertia at Output: Motor with 140gcm2 Rotor Inertia & 71:1 Gearhead
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What is the best Aluminum grade for my project?
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Vibrations - Rayleigh-Ritz Method Admissible Functions
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How to calculate torque required to move a heavy object on wheels
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Can a Square Tank with Thin Walls Withstand Pressure for Oil Collection?
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Heat exchange for an isolated container
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Best book for properties of materials?
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Mechanical Advantage of a 4-bar
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Pivot Angled Bolt: Find the Right Solution for Mark
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Bevel Gear Design: Choosing Between Straight and Spiral Bevel Gears
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Learning strategy for mechanical design (machine elements)
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Derivation of Vibration equation
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Turbocharger (Physics of Fuel Efficiency)
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Why is the Braking Coefficient - Slip curve of this shape?
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Mechanical Engineer Needed for Interview Please
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Torque on lead screw based on psi
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Maximum deflection using macauley methods
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Calculating Initial Volume for Desired Pressure and Volume in Air Chamber
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How much power motor I need to rotate big ferris wheel
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How to export an ANSYS model into STL format for 3D printing
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Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation (Added Mass and Basset Force)
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Heating and cooling a metal at the same time
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Boiler efficiency using ASTM PC6 standards
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What is the physical meaning of Stoke's theorem in relation to fluid rotation?
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What is the ideal hardness for a steel insert used in an impacting peening gun?
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Calculating Stopping Distance for a Small Buggy Using a Linear Actuator?
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RPM Effects on CFM & Pressure of a Rotary (Roots) Blower
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How Do I Find Constants for the JC Flow Stress Model in Waspaloy?
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How Can Thrust Be Expressed in Newtons for an Engine Rated at 160 HP?
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Steel designations are so darn confusing
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Free Body Diagram Forces of a Rope Hoisting a Weight via Pillars
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Is Enveloping the Worm Gear Necessary for Optimal Tooth Contact with Spur Gears?
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Short Cylindrical Vacuum Chamber
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Flow through Interconnected Tubes
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Help with compressed air thrust
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