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Understanding the Differences between Euler Versus Tait Angles

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How to Determine Over-Amperage on Pulley Size Change?

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How to Convert Whitworth Wrench Sizes to AF

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How to flush a toilet without the handle?

  • laylamilon
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Automotive Calculation of the reduced stiffness of a simple suspension

  • Semat10
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Determine pump spec necessary to overcome leak

  • cameronrose97
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Calculating the speed air comes out of a fan

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Physics of Water in the Closed System of the Great Pyramid

  • Iaretheegyptian
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Calculating forces on a rod with bearings leaning against a wall

  • g2c
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: Calculation of Linear Bearing (Carriage) Load

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To transmit from 2 counter-rotating shafts into 1 perpendicular shaft?

  • Al-Layth
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Calculating turbine RPM in a pipe with known air velocity and diameter

  • matth6197
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Automotive Websites for getting datasheets for Ford 220HP engine sensors?

  • core7916
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What is the temperature loss along a duct with hot air entering?

  • jordanb
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When are the Navier Stokes equations invalid?

  • ramzerimar
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Wheelchair access to a shower bench?

  • barryj
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Static hydraulic pressure in a pipe

  • Pascal pressure
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How do Engineers Calculate the Dimensions of their Design Ideas?

  • Al-Layth
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What is bending moment? Is it a moment couple? Why?

  • Leo Liu
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"Rigid airship" using low density hydrogen (LDH) inflation

  • KingoftheChaosEmpire
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Problem with the friction model in an Abaqus simulation

  • mkamrani
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Converting Force Measurement to Pressure

  • Oseania
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Heat Treating ASTM A709 Grade A Steel

  • Mm22
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Automotive, Holes Subframe etc., Purpose (not for Fastener Access)?

  • YoshiMoshi
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Calculate the residual stress on a beam after bending

  • freddie_mclair
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Stirling Engines for Home Power

  • Pythagorean
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Bernoulli equation and parallel pipe branch

  • axim
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Torque Limiting Extension Question

  • YoshiMoshi
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Fatigue Testing: Calculating ΔK vs da/dN from R & Max Stress

  • arehman1289
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Help for bending calculation rectangular steel tube

  • chapuis60
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Troubleshooting Pneumatic Interlock Switch for Machine Safety

  • WilliamHerron
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How can I easily Uncouple this slide and lock on an office chair?

  • 12john
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Gear teeth force from the rotation angle

  • FEAnalyst
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Is a 2 ply cylinder as strong as a 1 ply twice the thickness?

  • Stormer
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Orbital shaker - DC servo or stepper motor

  • Lluis
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Rolling mill force calculations

  • Phynight
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Math vs. FE Method: Comparing Mechanical Engineering Focus

  • Trying2Learn
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Building an Electric Motorcycle from Scratch

  • lordlego613
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Guitar string tension: effect of total length - continued

  • mythbuster
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Cleaning of the finned tubes on gas cooler without disassembling

  • Optymista93
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What DOES the direction of a ceiling fan do?

  • DaveC426913
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Calculating total heat transfer by solar water heater

  • modernhistorian
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What is this mysterious mechanical device found in an Air B&B cottage?

  • sophiecentaur
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Minimum screw thread engagement to support weight?

  • piforyou
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Need to determine best placement and stroke length of a pneumatic cylinder

  • WilliamHerron
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Friction between motor and flywheel

  • Yarno
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Could we make a practical solar fridge?

  • anorlunda
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LEGO: Unlocking Limitless Creative Possibilities

  • jedishrfu
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Radio Controlled Lego Submarine

  • jedishrfu
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What is the origin and validity of assumptions about the strain energy function?

  • Trying2Learn
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Looking for basic theory on mixing of gases

  • random_soldier
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Designing a spiral with a certain angle relative to movement direction

  • DefinitelyAnEnjinear
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Bolted Sleeve Connections with Hollow Sections

  • Vigardo
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Strain Energy Functions and Springs

  • Trying2Learn
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Mechanism Ideas for: Rotary Action-input Pump?

  • Al-Layth
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How Do You Calculate the Stress Limit of a Spinning Flywheel?

  • kyrosboi
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Tilting a 55 Gal Plastic Drum: Calculating Force Needed

  • WilliamHerron
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Triangular cavity thermal radiation simulation

  • FEAnalyst
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Why Does the Free Decay in X-Direction Differ Between SIMPACK and OPENFAST?

  • mjmadraswala
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Measuring the critical capillary number

  • Talal
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Could steam cars be possible in the 2020s?

  • boyband
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Convert moment force at lever support

  • Niki
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How to calculate the leak rate based on pressure drop

  • blinkz303
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Tensile and shear capacity of metals

  • LT Judd
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Calculating Force Needed to Raise Steel Tower

  • old fart
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How Can I Ensure My Torsion Spring Is Strong Enough for the Load?

  • mickeysceme
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How Can I Create a Diagram That Shows Dependent Answers?

  • rons
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Air flow in Convergent divergent nozzle

  • gkraju
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Can a Hydraulic Motor Determine Torque and RPM for a Two Chain Sprocket System?

  • dakotahm88
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Stewart platform and closed loops

  • Trying2Learn
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How Do Multiple Wires Affect Stress Distribution in Steel Brackets?

  • DYLAN4321
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Using compressed air through a venturi pump to suck oil?

  • kunalv
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Can every symmetric matrix be a matrix of inertia?

  • sfn17
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Why are table legs placed at the corners?

  • Quietrabbit
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Gerotor pump, will it work in a closed system without air?

  • hxtasy
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How can I get rid of air buildup in a siphon system?

  • grizzster
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Maximizing Comfort and Efficiency: Tips for Heating Your Home

  • Andrea Vironda
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Hertzian contact pressure & shear stress

  • curiousPep
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Part print to CAD model software

  • Ranger Mike
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Does a "heat pump" not spew HFCs like an "air conditioner"?

  • swampwiz
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Intro text on building a small fluid pressure chamber?

  • theycallmevirgo
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Water flow thru 18" corrugated culvert

  • John1397
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How can mass be measured independently of gravity?

  • saddlestone-man
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Efficiency of a small electrical motor

  • saddlestone-man
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So who here has tried to make a homemade wind tunnel? My first attempt

  • kazx9r
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Stress in rectangular vessel subjected to hydrostatic pressure

  • FEAnalyst
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Heat Transfer Through a Two Material System due to a Light Source

  • ryanferg
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Automotive Amplitude based frequency response simulation in Abaqus

  • Sam George
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Designing a Geneva Mechanism: Overcoming Challenges

  • DefinitelyAnEnjinear
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A Mechanism which pulls a specific amount of string (yarn) mutiple times

  • AlmasAj
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Can a Rotary Engine Efficiently Charge Batteries in Hybrid Vehicles?

  • camerart
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A solar powered air conditioner

  • David Lewis
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Scotch yoke mechanism movement equation

  • Lluis
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Maximum bending moment and maximum deflection of the spring?

  • metalsunsuccess1
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Torque to rotate a object on the ground about its own axis

  • gaz097
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How to get the transfer function for force transmissibility of a wall?

  • StoneBored
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