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Mechanical engineering and hand drawings.

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Duct sizing chart - pressure loss

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Final year project on archemedes screw

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Understanding Automotive Differentials: How Do They Work?

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What is the purpose of using two cylinders in a Moriya Stirling engine fan?

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Cast iron specific heat in function of the temp

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Liquid Cooled Heat Exchanger Verification

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Online ME Masters Degree: Balancing Work and Education - Advice Needed"

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Crankcase Analysis: Other Analyses for 4-Cyl 3L High-Torque App

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Translational and rotational forces in a vehicle moving along a string

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Could a Tesla turbine recharge electric car battery?

  • Cyclonus
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Is Dynamics important for Fluid Mechanics?

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Graduate school dilemma-solicitng opinions

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Thin cylinder under internal pressure - hyperelastic?

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Wasted alternator generated energy

  • Gerinski
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Neural Network based controller

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Boeing 747 Engine Power: Realistic or Not?

  • MalachiK
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Analytical formulation for Beam or Beam

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How much power is needed to move a 20-25kg device at walking pace?

  • Xiliavus
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Mechanical Engineering Student Seeks Guidance - Derek

  • Eng.Derek
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Beam Deflection in a Tapered Pipe

  • jrmainia
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Interpretation of an ideal engine torque,power curves

  • marellasunny
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Design Analysis Needed: Tire Stand Stress Analysis

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Help with interference fits of sleeve on a solid shaft

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In need of a measuring a 100 ns force or pressure.

  • RonyA
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CSP power plant efficiency calculations

  • sam_89
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What's the meaning of strength?

  • rkatcosmos
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Rail Gun Propulsion: Perverting a Rail Gun Into a Rocket?

  • schonovic
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Physics of a diesel engine revving up and slowing down

  • gtzpower
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Where can I find resources for building stirling engines?

  • Hercuflea
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Crash Impact Sensors: How Do They Work in Airbag Systems?

  • kustomizer
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Engineering Statics (Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies)

  • jukos
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Engineer Wants To Build A Real Starship Enterprise

  • Whitestar
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Can Gas Flow Backwards and Reach Inside a Cylinder in an LPG System?

  • sgvaibhav
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Can a foreigner work in American airlines as an engineer?

  • dingkun
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Weight driven pendulum & torque?

  • jryer
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Can we design vehicle for animal self powered?

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Low Reynolds Number Flow Visualization Techniques

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Pipe Pressure Increase: Investigating Unit Ventilator Valves in Reverse Loop

  • markymarkg123
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Dunkerly vs Rayleigh Clarification

  • cmmcnamara
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Need help to verify an attempt to explain strain as point property

  • scoutfai
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Why mileage drops if drive the bike beyond 60km/h?

  • signode
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Force required to move a vehicle

  • pawansrao
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Why errors are growing beyond courant number limit?

  • eswarm21
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Bearing Basics: Axial, Radial, & Tangential Loads

  • sriram123
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Costs of some components of combined cycle power plants

  • ms.shafeie
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Thermodynamic Diffuser: Explaining Dynamic Pressure & Thrust

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How hard is it to study mechanical engineering

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Why are some car engines so loud?

  • coconut62
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Design Challenge: Need Help Solving Magnet Problem

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Max Flow Rate of HTA100H-304 Air Pump for Pipe Systems: 0.19 kg/s

  • keng
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Hydraulic Jack, Automatic 12 volt DC - College Project

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When should I start working on my Master degree and PhD

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How to calculate heat loss from a cone shape fin?

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Solve the Stress Tensor Problem Now

  • rahooma
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Finding the time it takes to reach 55 mph on paper

  • dirtboi22
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Left passenger rim gets really hot

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Custom RC Plane Parts Manufacturer?

  • MabAsakura
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Is the video of Saudis changing wheels on a moving car fake?

  • RKD89
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Ladder chassis vs monocoque chassis

  • marellasunny
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Deriving Actuator Force Equations for Scissor Lift Design

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Uniqueness of eigenvectors and reliability

  • Ronankeating
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What can I do to prepare for engineering classes and a career?

  • Mr-Green
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How do you usually approach a problem?

  • hihiip201
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Is My Motor Speed Affecting the Pulley System?

  • Filoe16
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Pipeline structural Support loading case from riser pipeline.

  • Jonathanjc
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Buying a perfect air conditioner for my room

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The definition and causes of the Coanda effect

  • Fluids
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Vortex shedding is mandatory for all the bluff bodies ?

  • eswarm21
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Leveling mounts for a platform to hold around 300 lbs?

  • JustinLiang
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Most practical specialization in mechanical engineering

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How Does Oil Flow Turbulence Affect Engine Temperature?

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Pressure fluctuations vs Temperature

  • csiddharthn
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Inquiry on effects surface roughness on Tidal Turbines.

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How Can I Calculate The Thrust of a Given Propeller?

  • sjmay
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Flight control surface authority question.

  • Strike_42
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Crushing Multiple Cans: 8n Force Needed?

  • Dan32
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What are the costs associated with a combined cycle power plant?

  • ms.shafeie
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Is Blowing Hot Air Near Gas Pipes Safe for Indoor Air Conditioners?

  • gauss44
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Ansys - heat transfer within pipes and with surroundings

  • g.kailash
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Propeller Driven Aircraft with Thrust to Weight Ratio Greater than One

  • sjmay
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ANSYS Workbench tire/pavement interaction

  • Danito
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F1 control arms - Designed with downforce in mind or?

  • chriswh86
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Figuring out Jargon for a Metal Rope End

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Help Needed: Looking for Small Electric Motor for 150lbs

  • Securityman
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Does an Alternator Really Take This Much Torque?

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Refrigeration-COP values in different climates

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Work calculation for polytropic processes

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Turbomachinery: number of stages and power of steam turbine

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Why an electric motor is used in hybrid cars

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Stress analysis of quadcopter part

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Refrigeration - Work done by evaporator, condenser, expansion valve

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Motor Sizing for Two Mechanisms: How to Determine Required Torque?

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ANSYS APDL help for 3D Thermal problem

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Solving a Mass Spring Damper System with Lagrange Equation

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Head loss due to sudden expansion

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Hex Meshing Error: Do I Need to Partition the Part?

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Can I determine pressure loss by only using cfm & psi at 2 locations?

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