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Flow rate vs pressure relationship in a hydraulic cylinder

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Modelling buckling of long thin carbon fibre tubes

  • Vigardo
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Relative Humidity and Dew Point after compression

  • hail_thy_gt
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Caster angle in bikes / cars - Why do we need?

  • k.udhay
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Tightening torque requirement for screws with washers

  • gnurf
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Determining a zero force member visually

  • member 392791
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Masters Dissertation Topic Needed (Metal Additive Manufacturing?)

  • insanemembrane
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When should we use p = ρ.g.h and p = ρ.g.hcg for hydrostatic pressure?

  • wmsaqqa
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Modeling T-Stub as Beam (having difficulty)

  • tricha122
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Worst load cases lattice structure

  • DaanD
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Vehicle Instantaneous Torque in initial motion

  • Timeforheroes0
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Why is my pressure regulator drifting down?

  • steves1080
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Cuts when finding internal forces

  • member 392791
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Calculating Bore and Stroke for a CO2 or Air Powered Engine

  • blkexp98
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Is My Understanding of Material Derivative Correct?

  • member 428835
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Associates in MET good idea? Transferable for a BSME?

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Force method vs superposition method

  • member 392791
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Statically Indeterminate Structure Advantages

  • member 392791
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Resister inductor - calculate resulting impedance

  • xdeimos
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Obtaining yield stress knowing only Poisson's ratio and UTS?

  • JebronLames9
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Designing a Twin Screw Pump - Why the Pressure Loss?

  • steve2510
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Radius of curvature of steel rod under stress

  • n00beng
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Is A_θ equal to A_0/cos θ in stress on an oblique plane?

  • member 392791
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Why is a sling angle greater than 45° important in rigging?

  • rollingstein
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Epicyclic gear:modules for the sun,planet and ring gear

  • marellasunny
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Building a Venturi to Collect Hazelnuts

  • pigwiddeon
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Velocity data for impinging jet on flat surface at Re 75,000-90,000

  • mm391
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Penalty and Lagrangian methods

  • pukb
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Jet-engine Bird Strike Protection

  • drshi
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How Do You Build a Vacuum Chamber That Can Manipulate Internal Objects?

  • Upsilon
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Which Windows 7 software is best for creating 3D machine designs?

  • Jarfi
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CCalc - Calculating Reynolds Number for an Impinging Jet

  • mm391
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Steam Line Valve: Common Practice?

  • sulemanasif
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Piston ring end gap calculation for 9.625" bore at 300°F

  • nbaggs
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How Do You Form Plexiglass with Double Radii?

  • stevejohnson48
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Mathlab resources solving Dynamic questions

  • viknesh88
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Linear displacement by flexure, spring or ?

  • CharleyK
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How to calculate motor torque and power

  • deadstar33
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Location of Safety Valve on a Pressure vessel

  • rollingstein
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On the physical meaning of principal stress

  • lushforest
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Laser Doppler Anemometry and Impinging Air Jet

  • mm391
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Spring diameter change under pressure

  • dislect
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How Can You Predict a Plane's Motion Vector Based on Force Vectors?

  • MrMEing
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Will cooling a pressurized air tank increase condensation?

  • hail_thy_gt
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How much math for fluid dynamics?

  • member 428835
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Where Should I Start In Designing A 3D Printer?

  • VarietyBook
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How do I calculate the initial force of this mechanism?

  • snocavotia
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Choosing a material for a mill handle

  • Bob Busby
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Stress Concentration Calculation

  • koolraj09
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Accuracy of a flow measuring instrument

  • rollingstein
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Constraints and Static Determinacy

  • member 392791
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Force distribution of a tilted 20 ton Ring?

  • Skyba
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Calculating torque required to drive crank and slider

  • Koth
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Piping pressure head estimation

  • rollingstein
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Opening/closing valves and shock types caused

  • rulmismo
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Psychrometrics - SI and Imperial Enthelpies do not Convert?

  • jpreher
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Can a Flow Meter with Wide Scale Graduations Have Accurate Repeatability?

  • rollingstein
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Torque Calc: 304HP Diesel Engine at 1600rpm

  • mectarek
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Factor of safety for rotary blades

  • lilMissMindset
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Mathematical tools for continuum mechanics

  • Pressure
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Starting to learn aeronautics as a hobby

  • ABD EL HAMEED
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Steam condensation in the presence of air

  • sanka
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Flow characteristics in a transition duct

  • abrewmaster
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Calculating Tensile Strength of Stainless Steel Sample

  • 123catty456
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Bending moment of square tubing

  • Brian Simpson
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Why Do Biplanes Struggle Aerodynamically Compared to Sailboats?

  • redfax
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Method of Joints Truss Analysis

  • member 392791
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Finding the Right CV Spring for a Petrol Generator

  • Sam Unkim
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Cooling and waterproofing 2 liters of water with a thermoelectric cooler

  • tomizzo
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Prandtl stress function derivation

  • roldy
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Transfering power to a pulley attached to a rod

  • lewis198
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Problem involves 2 unknown forces

  • tchrisaw
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Question: Difference between FAR 23.397 and 23.143

  • jonathanpun
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Time it takes to accelerate from 60-130mph

  • Stay Tuned...
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Google SketchUp: Free CAD Software for Basic Engineering Modeling

  • Aero51
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Designing a mouse for quadraplegic

  • wolram
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Working on a blower which is directly coupled with motor

  • adilakbar
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Designing an 8.2 ratio helical gear pair for a truck final drive

  • k.udhay
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Torque, produced by gyroscopic precession

  • Trackmann
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How much does car boot/trunk weight increase petrol costs?

  • mtallyn
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Pressure Rise in Closed Tank with 2 Inputs

  • rhino_bill
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Repeating Water Tunnel Studies in Wind Tunnel

  • doubled
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Good resources for Hydraulic Actuators?

  • refind
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Proof that shear stress equals dynamic viscosity times shear strain rate

  • wmsaqqa
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Analysis and Design of Mechanisms

  • Ryuk1990
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Draining Closed Tank: Calculating Water Volume at 200m Depth

  • rhino_bill
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Weight on wheels to keep from spinning wildly

  • TimNJ
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Do caterpillar treads offer any benefit on a hard surface?

  • Nick O
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Solving Torque Problems - Metrologist Seeking Advice

  • drdodge
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Brainstorming - how to best hold camera 18 feet above the ground.

  • Chas Tennis
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Black-Powder Propulsion Senior Project

  • JON123
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Program Arduino Sensor for 10V DC Output

  • Filoe16
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Designing an instrument with strain gauges

  • EngineeringDaN
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What is the difference between Impact and sudden loading?

  • rahulv44
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Measurement of concentricity using CMM

  • k.udhay
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The effect of mass on airplane turning radius?

  • dbaezner
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