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Heat on heat shield. Friction or compression?

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Air Compressor Free Air Delivery question

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Tensile Stress and shear stress

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Optimizing air-cooled heat exchanger volume for 1 MW Rankine cycle

  • danny_91
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Mechanical engineering research/project fields

  • techniker
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How to find the torque, power and shear stress in this case

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Volume flow through a one side closed capillary

  • Bavier
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Are 3D Printed Gears Viable for Professional Use?

  • Jarfi
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Pressure gradient across flat plate with flow is zero?

  • Urmi Roy
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Pump and nozzle output flow rate

  • noobdude
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Matching Reynolds Number in Scale Model Wind Tunnel Testing

  • Andres
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Turning a PART of electrical into mechanical energy

  • ghost313
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Moment of Inertia - center of a rod w/ unequal distribution

  • redhatman
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Accelerated Slipstream Effect: FAA Airplane Flying Handbook

  • oldman04271940
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Explain geometric constraints solver for CAD to a newbie

  • cave_cat
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A question in thermodynamics mass and volume flow rates

  • ehabmozart
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Satellite dish motor - electromotor characteristics

  • etf
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Clutch stiffness and hysteresis - Role in gearbox NVH

  • k.udhay
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What formulas do you need to scale a prototype with a working water pump?

  • javierngkh
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Basic Vibration Damping and Isolation

  • thender
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Q: oscillating cantilever

  • Andy Resnick
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Poisson's ratio for a rigid rod

  • westmckay99
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Identification of two process diagram symbols

  • jim1174
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Measuring power output by modified prony brake

  • Helmizar
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Stress analysis for a Bent Pipe

  • Runeforged
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Refrigerator Compressors Already have Refrigerant?

  • PRIDES
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Forces along a rope vs. along a stiff bar

  • richard9678
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Effect of Temperature Difference on Thermal Contact Conductance

  • leftsaidfred
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Probe/anemometer for measuring flow speed and direction?

  • MUfluids
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Does steam flow from top to bottom or bottom to top

  • jim1174
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Fluid Mechanics Viscous Dissipation

  • Jade Sola
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How long to drain a gas cylinder?

  • elwoood
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Heat Shield temperature question

  • Cosmin M.
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What does the 3.0 mean next to this squiggly symbol on a drawing?

  • resjsu
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3D cad for piping and systems recommendation

  • edssupp
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Can a Gear / Vane pump be used for pumping a gas?

  • Xyius
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Is there a way to calculate gas flow rate from output PSI?

  • Xtensity
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Under pressure -- flow rate through multiple holes in a pipe

  • Bruce Center
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How to Apply Rotation Constraints in a Linkage System Equation of Motion?

  • Ortafux
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BMX racing: does larger sprocket size give more leverage?

  • hosburger
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Stress at crack tip of a 2D cantilever beam under sinusoidal excitation

  • Rony shaha
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What is the sweet spot on a cricket bat for reducing shock to the hands?

  • mrajkumar
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Lookin for cool ideas for a Bachelor project

  • enanthate
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Request For a Set of Eyes on an Oscillating Steel Cantilever

  • Jesse Millwood
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Why does moment only have effect at a distance from where force acts?

  • Dikshant
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Small device to lift 180lbs 30cm off the ground

  • Ladislav B
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Weight Driven Generator Calculations

  • OhioRay
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Performance Test Air Flow Restriction At Work Shed Louvers

  • rookie37
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Stepper motor torque needed for 2.6 Nm ball screw with 3:1 gearbox

  • Ameya Joshi
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Torque needed to rotate low-speed shaft

  • boyle007
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Pressure vessel Design - Splay out concern

  • krithika
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Simulink: warning Log in zero in one function

  • Ana_
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How do I calculate pressure drop in a pipeline?

  • Majo Joy
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Effects of inertia forces and friction forces on a piston in engine

  • akaamit94
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Calculation of friction coefficient between wheel and road

  • Raj
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Sizing DC Motor for Large Robot (350 lb)

  • Northbysouth
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DC motor gears slipping at 30% of rated torque

  • jessicadrew
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Force calculation - Gripper (Torsion Spring)

  • psugumaran
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Engineering works in a company that develop robots?

  • iii
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Restricting exhaust flow causing temperature increase?

  • IPog
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Understanding Airfoil Ceiling Fan Blade Velocity Diagrams

  • Pang Chun Wai
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What is the optimum pitch angle for ceiling fan blade design?

  • Pang Chun Wai
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How to relate Grms with everyday experience

  • likephysics
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Simply supported deep beam deflection

  • Daniel Tyler
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Non-Uniform Gear Moment of Inertia

  • Luke Smith
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Torque of a small gasoline engine

  • codyo83
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Understanding Simmerring Performance Limits

  • An1MuS
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Regeneration in steam cycle (feed water heaters)

  • Amr Ali 33
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Load strength of schedule 40 1 1/2 in pipe

  • nsternberg
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Polar graph for engine balance on common types?

  • joema
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Analytical solution for bending stiffness of tapered tube

  • Sud89
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Reaction forces on a disc in momentum conservation

  • Queren Suriano
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I have a big question(Dynamics-Parallel Velocities)

  • Queren Suriano
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Force on Ball Bearing: Should Torque be Included?

  • IEatSouls
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Friction Coefficient, F1 corners

  • al_garnett
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Theory of shells , Membrane theory

  • picovish
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How does ladder logic apply to programable logic control

  • jim1174
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Slip Length: u - u_wall = β ∂u/∂n

  • AnneElizabeth
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Lift equation for elevator and rudder of a plane?

  • Gadersd
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Required electric power to move heavy mass around on big wheel

  • shaks
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Why does adjusting sliding weights on a balance scale keep overshooting?

  • Y.M.E.
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Omnidirectional load pin for rotating platform with hanging load

  • FinanclEngr
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Physical meaning of displacement and momentum thickness in boundary layers

  • mrajkumar
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Calculating Entrance Lengths in Hydrodynamics

  • pauleck
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Calculating Dryness fraction of steam

  • Rozza Engineer
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CAD program/s with plain-text scripting language

  • Vigardo
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Why is force Fbc at an angle when summing moments around point A?

  • greekniko
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Can I use one hydraulic pump for two identical motors?

  • mister student
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Theoretical vs Experimental Equations?

  • NedM.
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Paint high T, high emissivity for Black Body simulation

  • Abripin
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What Factors Influence the Development of Static Pressure in Fluids?

  • umair20
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Inertia at output with 140 g·cm² rotor and 71:1 gearhead

  • zoom1
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What is the best Aluminum grade for my project?

  • blakej
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Vibrations - Rayleigh-Ritz Method Admissible Functions

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