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How a Messerschmitt Me 163 plane lands?

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What are acceptable compression test readings for a 4 cylinder engine?

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Calculating CFM due to pressure difference

  • Jeb Kerman
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Can a Warped Heatsink be Straightened for PCB Mounting?

  • Seth.T
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Compressor wanted - produce up to 100 bar/1450 psi @ 40Vdc

  • erikfeis
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Speed difference in the pulleys in a block and tackle setup

  • Rhettoric
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Problem temperature refrigerator

  • onezhizami87
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Why there is no different opportunities in engine technology?

  • Aouregon
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Writing Finite Element Code for Structural Analysis

  • Hassan2
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Dimensioning of hollow square and circular rod

  • JohnnyR
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Airflow modeling software on a small scale

  • banshee43
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Air tank pressure and volume to spin 2-blade propeller from 100 to 300rpm

  • ewildes3
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Which PE track should I go down?

  • steves1080
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Calculating Torque using Steiner Theorem?

  • tomliu93
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Pretension of spring based on sideway shock

  • YeeHaa
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Assembling mass matrix for transient heat conduction pde

  • nu_hash
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Bolt hole fit and effect on shear capacity

  • hovercraft57
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What Size Bolt Do I Need for 10,000 ft/lbs of Torque on a 1.25 inch Drive Axle?

  • hovercraft57
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Tire Lug Wear: Understanding Flat Lugs on New and Worn Tires

  • gvalch
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Learning how cars work from scratch

  • wahaj
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Power to overcome bearings resistance

  • Sunfire
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Specific Tension Ratio of V-Belt Drive

  • sidbond
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SkyActiv 2 engine that is cleaner than electric

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Recommended textbooks for learning fluid mechanics and thermodynamics

  • stephen
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Automotive What Are the Most Innovative Engine Designs for Custom Cars?

  • justin22885
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Why does a roller support only prevent translation in one direction?

  • ehabmozart
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Pneumatic valve for cartesian robot

  • Jake Platt
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Reason to avoid tip contact in gears

  • k.udhay
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Open differential:Force at the planetary wheel

  • marellasunny
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Large Diameter Interference Fit: Removal Load

  • Saladsamurai
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Inconsistent acceleration data between drag measurement replicates

  • jeeloong
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Oil pressure as it relates to efficiency

  • pnorm91
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Bearings for 200,000 rpm and up

  • Sunfire
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Damper energy absorption during rebound is different from compression

  • marellasunny
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Software for calculating aircraft aerodynamic coefficients

  • phys_student1
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Torque on the Drive Shaft of a Screw Conveyor

  • gufuf
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Did a Shear-Tensile Failure Cause the Wire Rope Accident?

  • zerodish
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Automotive Tracing the Path followed by a car

  • suhas
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Why increasing the mass flow of steam increases its temperature

  • sanka
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Which one is more harder Dynamics Or Kinematics ?

  • grimm
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Building a Quadcopter - Calculate Arm Length

  • Monsterboy
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Increase Outlet Pressure to 1.5 bar in Retrofitted Process Line

  • Faizal
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Building a cheap pitot tube for 20 CFM blower airflow

  • jack1978
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What does a daily routine for a Mechanical Engineer look like?

  • Anthony B
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Number of moles equation in exhaust gas

  • marellasunny
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Is There a Spring That Doubles Energy in the First Half?

  • manp
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How to be sure your pitot-static tube is aligned correctly with the flow?

  • toeknee
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Percentage of non-ideal combustion is more in a diesel engine,why?

  • marellasunny
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Automotive Forged vs Cast Knuckles: Why the Difference?

  • yct08280
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Adding Power of Two Chain Drives Without Slipping

  • strawchiu
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Radial Flow Water Pump-How to calculate Watts required to power it

  • adamjts
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Why turbos arent used in 2 wheelers?

  • Roni
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Calculate damping coefficient of dashpot from physical dimensions

  • JimmyJimmy
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What does a first or second order frequency mean in NVH?

  • k.udhay
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Torque required to rotate steel pipe on rollers

  • Rocket795
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How to derive equations 2.72 and 2.73 for momentum

  • CFXMSC
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Drivetrain efficiency is a function of what?(gear ratio,eng.speed )

  • marellasunny
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Friction when wheel slip is zero

  • lemd
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Calculate power using energy and work concepts

  • Bittencourt
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How Does Blade Size and Shape Affect Wind Turbine Efficiency?

  • wdoe999
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What kind of bearings are best for consistent rotation of metal arms?

  • Uname
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Engine map with load curve in 5th gear:fuel consumption varies weirdly

  • marellasunny
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Converting forces from axisymmetric to 3d/symmetric ?

  • adlh01
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Moment of Intertia of a cylinder rolling inside a cylinder

  • Elanorin
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Design of forced ventilation system for gas reciprocating engine

  • amit
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Heat transfer rate of 54kW to cylinder wall in KTM 450 EXC engine

  • knight92
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Time to depressurize a nitrogen cylinder at low flow rate

  • tomlut
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Smaller electrode gap implies misfire;why?

  • marellasunny
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How Does Thrust Occur in Pitching and Plunging Motions?

  • hmd
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What Is the Formulation for Wind Tunnel Blockage Ratio?

  • hmd
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Structural analysis lecture notes

  • radou
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How much should the compressor generate?

  • marellasunny
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Multiple motors to drive a single axle

  • devindask
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Actual rankine cycle - Work done by pump

  • Jameseyboy
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Experimental Measurements in Wind Tunnel

  • Old_Trafford
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How to explain this mechanical diagram to a 6-year-old

  • Azari
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Multistage Compressor: Power Distribution

  • gfd43tg
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Why Is NACA 64A416/4416 Mod Airfoil Data Unavailable?

  • SpudB
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Traction-slip control: braking a low mu-wheel to support driving tor

  • marellasunny
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What do P02/P01 and P1/P02 mean in a normal shock table?

  • gfd43tg
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Why are the stresses not converging in my Ansys plane stress model?

  • c.teixeira
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Thermal boundary layer and hydrodynamic boundary layer

  • Urmi Roy
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ORC Setup in Garage - Advice Needed

  • stallingsfrank
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Calculating Thermal Conductance of Axial Cylinder

  • chatterjeesin
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Pressure, diameter and flow in a pneumatic system

  • Simple_One
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Torque vectoring:why does the inside front wheel also have same torque

  • marellasunny
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Model windmill, exhibition stand -

  • stevewindmill
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Why Isn't My Ornithopter Generating Lift?

  • Afaq
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Rod that slides up easily but slowly on way down

  • manp
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Manufacturing question for thermal expansion disagreement

  • adammclean1
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How do conveyor rails work for moving a chair up an incline?

  • theyusufmasood
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Partial distributed load over fully fixed beam

  • aqpahnke
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Heat transfer from a container of water in a freezer

  • Schott11
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Biot number-does it tell us if a problem is transient or steady state?

  • Urmi Roy
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Can Inkjet Print Head Technology Be Used for Precise Liquid Dispensing?

  • ChesireCat5
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Best way to go for precision aluminum parts?

  • manderson99
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Test sequence for payload fairings

  • aero1965
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