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Hydraulic motor efficiency conundrum

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Why are shafts hardened at the location of bearings?

  • k.udhay
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Design of Shaft Diameter for a rotating Drum

  • amitc21
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ABS: Does It Really Reduce Breaking Distance?

  • quawa99
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Why use Adblue and not use 100% Urea?

  • James125
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What is Enstrophy & Why Is It Used?

  • Ramone
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Orifice place to limit pressure after regulator

  • beho86
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A problem discovered in using Autodesk force effect to analyze the tru

  • aerograce
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Optimal design, water-wing - single oar propulsion

  • ConfusedNoob
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Fuel that doesnt need compression?

  • SirOrigami
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Torsion of a non-circular cross-section with more than one material

  • VKulkarni
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Force on Boom Arm due to suctioning sludge

  • siddharth23
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Pressure issue on pipeline splitting

  • HoBBLeCooKiE
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Clothes Dryer Modeling: Mass & Heat Transfer

  • Eng27
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Rapidly deployable personal aerodynamic decelerator

  • jgeating
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Why Use (ε - .002) for Young's Modulus Calculation?

  • USN2ENG
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Viscous fluid flow in a manufacturing process

  • czechman45
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From calculations to actual design.

  • sromag
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AC & Heat Pumps: Motor Vehicle Solutions

  • Jobrag
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Thermodynamics: Explaining Entropy for KiltedEngineer

  • KiltedEngineer
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Future Engineer: Advice on Choices at UoAuckland

  • Gank
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Thermodynamics,subcooled liquid

  • engnr_arsalan
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Solution Found: Spring & Wheel - 2x4 Spinning Ball and Spring

  • QuestionPlease
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Need help defining technical drawing tolerance

  • Spheric
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Vacuuming force of a vacuum cleaner calculate

  • siddharth23
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Dimensionless Radius: What is the Range?

  • kmgraju
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Thermal Stresses on a New Building

  • Aero51
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How Would You Build a Battery-Powered Mini-Cable Car?

  • GreenIma
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Is the Pressure Vessel Design for a Railway Cistern Appropriate?

  • lak91
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Calculating stress as a result of an impact?

  • tina-duncan
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How can i calculate pressure drop in air compressor?

  • noname91
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SolidWorks FEA results questioned - torque on cylinder

  • kazi
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Effect of Nozzle Design on Mass Flow Rate and Exhaust Velocity

  • Alexrey
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Problems with lagged turbo and exhaust systems

  • beckliam4
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Torsion of rectangular cross section rotated at an angle?

  • aaddcc
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Concentrated Solar Power Plant Design

  • marciokoko
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Calculating Steel Tube Size for Wrecker Boom: 5Ton SWL

  • Dman1801
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How Can Gearbox Friction Be Engineered to Fail at Specific Load Weights?

  • beattie_03
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Measurement of power associated witha vertical shaft

  • Narendraprasad
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Converting Units for Thermal Conductivity: A Scientist's Guide

  • recreated
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Operating Machine A with Machine B: A Technical Guide

  • ziimroze
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Is Life-Sized Quantum Hovercraft Racing Feasible for a Thesis Topic?

  • John_Goat
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Physical basis for high-bypass turbofans

  • mikeph
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High-hypersonic external scramjet aerospike engine

  • Abstractness
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Geometrical integral interpretation

  • miloslavc
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RPM Problem with Duke's Single-Cylinder Engine

  • meLokesh
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Is this the right career for me?

  • asims33
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Recommendations for good Industrial Engineering books

  • DumKaffa
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Troubleshooting Poor Gas Mileage: Possible Causes for My Saturn Aura 2008

  • Aero51
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Reduction of area with the elastic deformation?

  • phydis
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How do you calculate Stress of a curved beam?

  • wormy505
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Steam generator on the exhaust pipe of the car ( cogeneration )

  • boudzmawed
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Tech Team's Solutions to Condensation Problem

  • mmmcheechy
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Calculating the rpms at which gear changes must occur: The Power Band

  • marellasunny
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Heat Transfer through Evaporators

  • recreated
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Design calculations for my hybrid e-cycle

  • spsutar
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Truck jumping up when it goes ober a speedbreaker

  • siddharth23
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Need help on figuring out weight distribution when adding a third axle

  • rlpjr
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How can we compute the curvature/shape

  • Pejeu
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Air vent on steam exchangers: How?

  • rollingstein
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Understanding Charpy Impact Test Results: Determining T1 and T2 Temperatures

  • invincible1
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Junior Engineer Seeking Help Designing Gearbox for 25:1 Reduction

  • MinhD
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Aeronautical Engineering Jobs: Best Options in India

  • rahulpandey004
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Motor Box that rotates a threaded shaft

  • Legaldose
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Looking to advance my knowledge

  • TheWingnut
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What are the important subjects for GATE mechanical?

  • virat
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How does the steam turbine work in a solar thermal power plant?

  • Solibus
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Onset of fully developed flow in a channel

  • sanka
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Machining Rifling: How Is It Done?

  • vin300
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2 span beam with 2 points loads. Statically indeterminate?

  • Mech King
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Looking for a part that can lock a spherical bearing.

  • MichelKS
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Forces acting on a half circle by a standstill wire

  • AndersB87
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Stepper motor for 1200 kg linear force

  • kaadeeka
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What is the boundary layer (aerofoils)?

  • BlueCB
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Looking for an Interesting Project in Control Systems Engineering?

  • fluidmech
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Turbofan Spool RPM: Mathematical Relation for Performance

  • zeus2kx
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How Can Insulation Thickness Prevent Condensation in a Thermocouple System?

  • Muhammad Awais
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Giant Mallet Conundrum: Calculate Length for 800J Impact

  • Andyj555
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Why is it that acceleration has multiple components in SHM?

  • marellasunny
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Motor Speed and Torque Relationship

  • tomizzo
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Energy Distribution in Wheel - Can Multiple Dynamos Increase Output Power?

  • Young Learner
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Controlling torque output from a flywheel

  • MichelKS
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Direction of stresses in torsion

  • Vatsy
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Difference between a snug tight and a fully tensioned bolt?

  • chris_usyd
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Temperature Stresses on Unrestrained Cube

  • Vatsy
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Optimizing Airflow for Positive Pressure Box Design

  • StanknRankin
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Taper roller bearing mouning configurations

  • k.udhay
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Developing an Intelligent Tutoring System for Vehicle Dynamics

  • charlybrown
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Get the cheapo oil change but upgrade the filter

  • edward
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Heat Transfer Coefficient to Air Flow Rate

  • superspartan9
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Compressible flow problem in heated tube reactor

  • gpsimms
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What is the boil-off rate of a saturated cryo liquid inside a vessel?

  • steves1080
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Hand and power tools for Mechanical Engineering

  • ELLORD
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Refrigeration Heat Exchanger Design (Evaporator and Condenser)

  • recreated
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Thermal Insulation Of Hydraulic Cylinders

  • sriram123
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Pulse powder delivery of 0.25mg for a few seconds

  • vkar16
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Building an Electric Gripper - 2ms Speed, 1cm Displacement

  • Bern123
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Hp vs rpm to displacement vs time graph?

  • Drillbit
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Motor: rotating blades in opposite directions?

  • Richard_Steele
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