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Help with correct diameter for a timing belt project

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How do you calculate flowrate exiting a pipe?

  • zjn12385
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Fuel usage to accelerate to 20 mph

  • zanes
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Automotive Why Diesel Engines Produce Less CO2: A Thermodynamic Approach

  • engineer46
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Non-Electrical Methods of Computation

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Validity of bending equations under different conditions

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Automotive Your opinion - which Course/Software Tools to do

  • autoaspirant
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Possibility of a Mechanical Generator

  • PraAnan
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Automotive Optimizing Fluid Flow for Diesel Heads with Pressurized Intake Systems

  • Fahlin Racing
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What can be done to make electric motors louder?

  • Ryuk1990
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How a movable pulley increases mechanical advantage?

  • eagermind
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Can a Clay Disk Survive High RPM in a Launcher?

  • ksukhin
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Comsol moving boundary with loss of mass

  • SSS_04
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How to Calculate Flow Rate from Head Loss in a 3 Pipe with Caustic Soda?

  • EthanAnderson
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Force / Thrust from Compressed Air Container 90ci/4500psi

  • Curious007
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What Are Good Mechanical Engineering Project Ideas for a First-Year Student?

  • patel rohit
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What Are Residual Modes of Vibration?

  • pukb
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Question about fluid flow and pressure in pipes

  • djdoug99
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Cylindrical pipe holding up a screen (real world project)

  • massta
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Automotive Can Increasing Con Rod Length Lead to Detonation and Supplier Issues?

  • malodeatul
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Why is crankcase oil supplied to sleeve bearings?

  • marellasunny
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Atmospheric pressure effect on simple mechanisms

  • murli_trilok
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Program used to generate schematics?

  • gomerpyle
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Fresh Mechanical Engineering Project Ideas for Students

  • Aromal
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How Can I Get This Pivot Point To Stay In One Point?

  • itsdonny
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Automotive Vehicle steady state handling & weight transfer

  • boileroo
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Problem reading thermodynamic tables

  • Sly37
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Gearbox Calc Help: Final Year Project Guidance

  • varrun
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What's the purpose of havin large tyres in cars

  • rahulpark
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GD&T - Difference between positional tolerance, concentricity and runout

  • k.udhay
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Has anyone experienced with the SST-9000 Steam Turbine by Siemens?

  • dhinesh.t
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ASME Tank Certification: Pros and Cons for Nitrogen/Fire Aid System Tanks

  • RichieM
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Automotive What is the optimal pump capacity for a 3-liter diesel engine?

  • atulmalode
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How Effective is a Counterflow Heat Exchanger for Home Air Circulation?

  • eddiej90
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Alternative expansion valve in heat pumps

  • Low-Q
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Torque estimation of an AC compressor

  • sribalaji
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Heat Transfer - Massflow in a pipe vs pipe at constant T

  • KevinMilo
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Fluid Mechanics Problem Creating a Mesh

  • jboeck6
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Modelling non linear springs in abaqus

  • ronaldkoets
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Dixie Cup dispensers. How does this machine work?

  • EngrDelaCruz
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Criticism of small bridge design welcome.

  • Spinnor
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Automotive Mechanical vs. electric coolant pumps

  • Zirkus
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Finding deflection and twisting using Castiglianos and Energy Methods

  • Payam30
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What Causes Ragging in Sewage Pumps?

  • Mohiden
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How to find center of gavity of 2 wheeler

  • pras6464
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Reverse osmosis energy recovery system

  • dhinesh.t
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Understanding the Mechanics Behind Vacuum Cleaners

  • thunderfan97
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Does Leaving Torque Wrenches at High Settings Affect Calibration Accuracy?

  • shaun_598
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Calculate strain induced in a rubber(Elastosil 607) against applied force

  • phani.kp
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Why involute gears have straight path of contact?

  • rahulpark
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Help with my Non-Standard Gears.

  • Lttlcheeze
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Automotive Trying to build a rotating platform

  • DC_Guy
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Electric motors and gears: torque, rpm questions

  • cgibsong002
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Assisting struts under compression

  • ajd-brown
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Does a pressure regulator maintain constant pressure drop?

  • sgvaibhav
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Question on Vapor Compression Cycle.

  • ashishvinayak
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Automotive Understanding the Performance Differences: 16V vs 8V Engines

  • karabiner98k
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Calculate Efficiency with MPG and other things

  • ISX
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Is My Flow Laminar or Turbulent at Re= 200,000?

  • edacs
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Automotive Alternate approach to Engineering (opinion please)

  • hondaman520
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F1 Tyres: Heating for Optimal Performance

  • Jobrag
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Sensor in car to calculate weight distribution?

  • aortucre
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Where Can I Find Research on Humanoid Robot Controllers?

  • eszjay15
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Two air cylinders acting against each other

  • djc9273
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Several questions involving a homemade miniature jet engine.

  • metameta
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Automotive How to apply more torque to increase speed from steady-state

  • jjolla
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Automotive Could an ALTICE Engine Revolutionize Internal Combustion Technology?

  • arnhalen
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Understanding Pressure Drop & Flow in Pipes

  • tonyjk
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Spiral Heat Exchanger Manufacture

  • GiTS
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Spring Positioning on a Cantilever beam

  • HawksOkeyoJr
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FEA problem: hyperelastic material model unstable

  • adlh01
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Rigid Bodies Moment, Rotation & Angular Velocity Basics

  • RRachev
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I Beam Trolley Bearing Type

  • sbaseball
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Automotive My engine was smoking the other day

  • Kutt
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Heat Pump Design: Components & Assembly Guide

  • Avis
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What is the largest SMD value that is required to sustain combustion.

  • sgvaibhav
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How to know if a force is body force or not?

  • arbit_daaku
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Radial variation in Poisson's ratio

  • Farrell1
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Can Energy Be Created from Compressing Air?

  • thunderfan97
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Why do pistons rotate in only one direction?

  • rahul.dhir
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What causes an increase in boundary layer thickness in fluid flow?

  • engnr_arsalan
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Clearing ADPL Log & Error Files: Guided Solution

  • koab1mjr
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Cooling Pipe: Need Options for 45° Temp Drop

  • rlingineni
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Automotive Steering Mechanism: Turning Front Wheels of 4 Wheeler

  • amit577
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How does a turbo use heat from the exhaust?

  • ISX
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Hydraulic high pressure piping project

  • troversolomon
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Calculating Motor Requirements for Gearbox Design

  • vassos_ael
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Expression for Torsion Constant of Varying Thickness Box Section

  • Engineering01
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Steam Engine Question - Help Understanding Needed

  • Sep the Gui
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Looking For Differential Type Device For Project

  • MrGoodKat
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Pipe Freezing Time: 150NB Steel Pipe in -15C

  • Padnail
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Correlation between friction force and surface area

  • engineer888
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Gear Logical Operations - What Can Gears Do?

  • GTeclips
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Guessing Shear Center Location: Tips & Tricks

  • Payam30
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Automotive How Does Air Affect Engine Coolant Performance?

  • thender
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Cylindre buckling under axial load

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