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Teardrop shape for muffler? Any equations for this?

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Help understanding torque - practical application

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Deflection of fixed beam with point load at center

  • blake92
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Temperatue and Presssure after volume change

  • GT1
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Kilobots self assemble into complex shapes

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Calculating 32mm Pipe Filling Rate

  • johady
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What books should I consider as a reference for design engineering?

  • Scardino
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Chilled water loop pressure and velocity

  • tmerc
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Automotive Calculating Car Braking Distance: Reliability & Factors

  • Feeh
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Do the number of blades in a propeller matter?

  • dmmm1
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Calculating Change in Flow for P1 & D1

  • viadanasi
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An overlooked point in fuel-efficient car driving speed

  • Nantes
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Exhaust Acoustics for Subaru WRX 2.0L Turbocharged Engine

  • ydeardorff
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Calculate Lifting Capacity for Spreader Bar

  • Brian Simpson
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Sizing Needle Valves for Air Flow | 0.025 m^3/s

  • Kimusubi
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DME gas through the regultor problem

  • jkim6881
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Point me to a place to learn about worm drive design?

  • urb-nurd
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Approximate cost auto focus reading glasses?

  • Spinnor
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Stabilizing a bubble in a water tunnel

  • Ninet
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How much will a steel plate bend?

  • jeff davis
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Using a CNC Machine With a CAD File

  • Fischer777
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Autoreel/Autowind/Tether System

  • MrEnjay
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How to calculate boiler Fuel Requirement for how much water?

  • saadi_aq
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Is the condenser of a E-vehicle cooled by liquid circulation?

  • marellasunny
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Calculate Motor Torque for Running 8 Pulleys off One Motor

  • JJ1989
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How do I transfer propane between two similar sized cylinders?

  • MadHacker
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Solving Laplace Transform for Arduino PID Controller

  • mark1234
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What type of motor is best for powering a homemade helicopter?

  • Austine-J5
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Need help understanding a concept in Gyroscopes

  • ME101
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Hot Air to Cold Oil Heat Exchanger

  • ndgranberry
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Estimating Impact Force from Rotating Shaft on Collar

  • jay_elec
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Motorized camera slider - project

  • Ajl
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Fluid flow out of pressurized vessel

  • koch15
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Reverse polarities of rare earth magnets

  • chad
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How would you design this device?

  • spiri
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How can I enter a parabolic inlet profile in Comsol for 3D tube modeling?

  • alireza.b
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Shear deformation higher order plate theroies - variational consistent

  • Engineer100
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Electric vehicle component package ideation

  • marellasunny
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Allowable Uniform load on steel channel

  • blake92
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Maximum temperature of fuel air cycle

  • pnkj115
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Equation for heat transfer rate

  • icecool8
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Crush vs. Crash Analysis: What's the Difference?

  • pukb
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Speed Torque characterstics of Crankshaft

  • Raj
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Force applied to objects pressed together

  • mkpn24
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Want learning Material for motorcycle manufacturing

  • Varadha
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Why are industrial injection molders so big compared to hobby ones?

  • BucketOfFish
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Achieving 500psi and 50C at the Tip of 1mm SS Tube

  • medicalguy
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Real-world application of Active Stabilization Tanks in Ships

  • mart7x
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Error by Model import sab. Modeltyp in Ansoft 15.

  • baggio2008
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Variation in tube wall temperature as steam condenses to form liquid

  • sanka
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Question about power loss in belt transmission

  • berdan
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Deformation in selective laser sintering

  • lingdeer
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Kink/Buckling Homework: Calculating Maximum Force w/ E295 Steel

  • buell23
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Mapping Coordinate Systems Using Quaternions

  • ChuckFinley
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Automotive How to Correctly Size Air Powered Gear Motors for a Heat Treat Car Drive System?

  • Jim@CMC
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Understanding and Incorporating Air Compressor and Air Filter Characte

  • CatsbyAZ
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Ray tracing vs. experimental data

  • jlefevre76
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Heat Transfer through a Concrete Slab

  • BradP
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Could Inline Six Engines Outperform Ford EcoBoost in Efficiency and Power?

  • Creedence18
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Can Helicopters Use Propellers Like Gyrocopters for Lift?

  • majid hussain
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Max Load for 12ft Steel Ladder on 65 Deg Angle

  • blake92
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Welded Versus Solid Piece Modal Analysis

  • duhuhu
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Compressed gas flow rate calculation

  • spiri
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Double dot product in Cylindrical Polar coordinates

  • jemme
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Supercharger - Isentropic charts - Pressure Ratio and temperature

  • Billy22Bob
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Horizontal Vs Vertical Steel tube

  • blake92
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Calculate flow rate in parallel pipes

  • steves1080
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CFD analysis vs. internal ballistics

  • b c
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Relatively simple question about building a generator

  • freethought202
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Large I-6 vs smallblock V-8 idle speed

  • Creedence18
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How Can Beryllium Help Lighten Diesel Piston Weight?

  • Montydom
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Calculating Flow Rate: Pressure Source to Converging Nozzle

  • npc214
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Calculating Flow Rate in a Converging Nozzle System

  • npc214
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Linear alignment conveyor design

  • Butters
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Calculating the 'Kicking Out' Force in Toppling Objects

  • derryck1234
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Some questions regarding wind turbine

  • aliz_khanz
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Non-Newtonian Fluid as MMOD and Radiation Protection?

  • duhuhu
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Newbie question regarding vacuum pump kill switch

  • agonydrum
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Force needed to open 1000 lb swing arm

  • Richg41
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How to calculate the force required for machining a circular tube?

  • sagar
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What to do/how to become a pro at cad design solidworks

  • cesar
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The right method to put an oil seal in a housing

  • vtr1005
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What materials are best for a high pressure face seal?

  • blakej
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What is the Maximum Load Capacity for a HSS 6x6x1/4in Steel Square Tube?

  • blake92
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Energy(work) captured in falling water

  • gloo
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Water to air heat exchange - imperial units doing my head in

  • nytrojen
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Where can I find small bearings?

  • Jarfi
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Free stream temperature in convective bc's in Fluent

  • vicky vivek
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Torque required to tighten threaded punch

  • Sean_crisp
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Low-energy air conditioning with seawater

  • Larry Shick
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Brewer needs lesson in thermodynamics.

  • Birdboybrewing
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Pivoting Antenna Deployment Hinge

  • dbelgiovane
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Calculating Air Temp Increase from Atmospheric to 3 Bar Pressure

  • Sakthi1267
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Catenary shape of a towed underwater cable

  • xtamx
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