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What are the shear and principal stresses for given stress components?
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What are the Appropriate Orifice Sizes for Uniform Exit Temperatures?
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How Can We Calculate the Correlation Length L for Vortex Shedding?
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Simple cantilever beam question
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Prismatic bar with noncircular cross section under torsion.
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How can I use active filters to control a balancing robot project using LabVIEW?
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What determines the output of a generator at different RPMs?
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Extended Kalman Filter - Process noise and covariance
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Crazily shaped thin walled pressure vessels
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Calculate Pressure When V2 Changes: PVT Relationships
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Connecting motor shaft to thrust bearing
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Multiple Spring Deflection Question
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How much maths is involved outside of university?
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Why Does Pump Head Decrease with Constant Velocity?
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Can You Learn Thermodynamics and Propulsion with These Course Notes?
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The mechanics of steam driven pistons
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Quite a tricky gear ratio question to ponder
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How Can I Calculate the Weight a Gear Reduction System Can Lift?
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Real-world calc ideas anybody?
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Thermal Vac chamber pressure gain question
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Magnets attract and oppose, right?
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Can someone please explain this example about cantilever beams
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Is assigning density value in static analysis necessary?
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Optimal Wheel Design: Is Moment of Inertia the Key Factor?
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Deriving Bending Moment Diagrams from Shear Force Diagrams
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Cooling of Contra- rotating Motor
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How Do You Calculate Maximum Flow and Head in a Vertical Centrifugal Pump?
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Torsional Shear Strength of steel tubes
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Can a Lever Class Change During Rotation?
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Mass flow in Vapor Compression Cylce HELP
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Pressure drop in elbows & bends in a pipe
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Flow rate through a tee fitting
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Unconstrained Modal Analysis: Application and Considerations
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Distance Sensor for 100m Range: Small Size (15cm^3)
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Stress/Strain Curve from a few values?
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Most efficient way to convert mechanical energy into heat.
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Effect of tension on torsional stiffness
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Philips Fortimo LED light system?
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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Electromagnetic CCB Units?
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Why Does Higher Zp in ASHRAE 62.1-2007 Indicate Lower Ventilation Efficiency?
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Does engine RPM affect gas mileage?
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Conference on Water, Steam, and Aqueous Solutions for Electric Power
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Which Field of Research should be chosen in Mechanical Engineering
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What is the Moment Applied to a Hook with Given Geometry and Load?
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Crankcase Scavenging: What Does it Mean for Automobiles?
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Comparing Stress in Pipes with High Pressure Fluid Inside and Outside
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Loads on automobile door frames
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What Happens to Enthalpy in Constant Volume and Pressure Processes?
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Turbo verses supercharging and thermodynamics
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