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Ranque-Hilsch (vortex) tube with water as fluid

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How Can Young's Modulus Be Accurately Determined for Tissue Mimicking Materials?

  • Superflibbit
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Concept of Stress: Why stress is needed?

  • koolraj09
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Why Does Pressure Decrease with More Outlets in a Fluid System?

  • NakorOranges
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Spring Force Resultant help please

  • gogogsr
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Automotive External mechanical drive for cars and trucks

  • TheSaturnWire
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Engineering Drawing/Technical Drawing Assembly model

  • maverick17
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Spring Stiffness and Amplitude, not understanding

  • SA_Eng
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What is the meaning of end-pinching in fluid mechanics?

  • Chuck88
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FEM: Rank deficiency and hourglassing

  • bda23
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Deformation Analysis: When to Use Plane Strain vs 3D?

  • Hassan2
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My internal combustion engine is more efficent than 30%

  • smokingwheels
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Automotive Torque/hp philosophy (infinant gear ratio)

  • hondaman520
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Automotive Aerodynamics for a 30mph avg open wheeled racecar

  • WannaBeME
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Is reducing an engines fuel consumption by 85% impossible?

  • smokingwheels
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Automotive What Ideas Can Enhance Your CVT Extroid Gearbox Project?

  • cvt-extroid
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How Can an Artist Create a Motorized Lever Setup?

  • jumbodog
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Beam support conditions (Boundary Conditions) in practice

  • koolraj09
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Third year project - CFD nozzle design

  • stokie1991
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Slip Ring Crane duty motor related issue

  • rohitdewani
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Wall Strength of a Shipping Container

  • Vadar2012
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What is/how do i measure the module of these bevel gears?

  • hexhamallstar
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How to Measure Deflection in Injection Mould Tools Using Strain Gages?

  • Colnago
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ESD Roller Conveyors: 250kg Payload Solutions

  • MITranger
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Why study 'Theory of Elasticity'

  • koolraj09
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Solidworks models of spur gears

  • ENgez
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Calculating Spring Back Force for Flat Steel Sheet

  • sameervyas
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Carborator adustment screwdriver tool?

  • terryp
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Should I pursue mechanical engineering?

  • ambitionz
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Calculating Hydraulic Motor Requirements for Plant-Pulling Device

  • agriculture
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Mechanical Engineering degree/transfer student Q's, advice highly recommended.

  • Justinmcg67
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Designing Bellows in Cryogenic Pipes: Advice Needed

  • skyqwerty
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Bearings for movement along a rod

  • tr888
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Stresses due to change in temperature change

  • ShawnCohen
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Mechanical design engineering hanbook site

  • Coffin
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Reynolds Number Calculations for Duct Flow with Obstructions

  • gomerpyle
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Automotive How does friction affect the acceleration of a rolling wheel?

  • Poligon
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Researching Plastic Deformation & Turbulent Flow

  • yaronben
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Number of Teeth for Planetary Gear Train Question

  • StephenD420
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Calculating Jet Pressure at Nozzle orifice

  • kunalv
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Automotive Optimizing ATV Suspension: A Scientist's Guide to Modeling and Analysis

  • TheSymbol
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Bucket elevator drawing high power

  • oriehi
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Dynamic Analysis Cantilever Beam (Staad Pro vs Analysis)

  • NeroBlade
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Is it possible to connect two hydraulic jacks?

  • tomallan
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Can a Bleed Line Improve Air Removal in Hydraulic Circuits?

  • prickerbush
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Ductile material engineering stress-strain curve

  • scoutfai
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Resonance frequency in second-order system

  • refrigerator
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Automotive Recommend new tires for 04 Accord EX

  • Greg Bernhardt
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How much will threaded rods flex?

  • chutes123
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Effect of increase pipe diameter on fluid

  • bellshom
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The future of the automotive industry and transport in the us?

  • jarroe
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Automotive Improving Exhaust Performance with Crossover Pipes in 4 Cylinder Headers

  • tsslaporte
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Automotive Heavier or lighter car can slide further?

  • Poligon
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ANSYS Basics Help: Is Meshing Necessary?

  • ashishvinayak
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Lean Burn in Cars: What Happens & Why Hotter?

  • Curl
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Maximum Pressure of Stainless Steel Pipe

  • axi0m
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Dozer Engine Torque and Horsepower Calculations

  • CGoodrich
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Automating a 4.91mtr Swing Gate with 300kg Mass

  • arvindrazdan
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Heat transfer coffefficient from mass flow

  • Laurry
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Automotive 2001 chevy 3500 pickup cant keep the compressor on

  • wlr483
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Slip fit tolerance for 37mm dia. part

  • MITranger
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Natural Frequency of Solid Spheres

  • YMU
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Can a high-compression engine run on low octane fuel without knocking?

  • jethead
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Outgoing dynamic force: taper roll between flanges

  • AdeJS
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Good thermodynamics text/videos?

  • jehan60188
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Automotive Calculating Braking Forces of a Disc and Drum Brake .

  • satya430
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How Do I Calculate the Force to Crush a Steel Pipe?

  • zjn12385
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Question regarding the transfer of forces through a spring

  • dude man bro
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Automotive Significance of snap rings in a turbo

  • monty37
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Lubrication - is fine machine oil better ?

  • Skrew
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Shock load due to high pressure gas flowing into container

  • Sultan of Hel
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Abaqus Ultra High Molecular Weight Poly Ethylene (UHMWPe) Material Modelling

  • euanfoster
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How to control heavy ball in x and y direction?

  • _Patrick_
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Fuel combustion under compression alone VS combustion under heat

  • timjustindodd
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Building small hot rolling steel mill

  • AJ_86
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16inch rotatable pipe flange joint

  • NTzionIST
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Automotive Can a diesel engine run on gasoline?

  • jethead
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Automotive Forces acted on the car when a car moves

  • Poligon
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Thermodynamics (refreshing air in airplane cabin)

  • racnna
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Help identifying a part (if anything like these even exists)

  • btbam91
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Bezier Curves in Mechanical Design

  • burmy
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Where Can I Find Copper Coil Fins for My Invention?

  • MIKESMIND
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CFM calculation with a known fan and different inlet and outlet areas

  • JohnPinnacle
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How much energy consume to destroy?

  • ahad_yekta
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Pathway to High P and T from Very Low P and T

  • neutrons
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Automotive Automotive differential problem

  • hexhamallstar
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Abaqus: write surface mesh element detail

  • timewilltell
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Calculate thickness of a pressurized vessel

  • gioscarab
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Solving Heat Transfer Problem for Hydrogen Flow

  • Ronin2004
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How much will pipe weigh in a well

  • helpmitch
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Tool for measuring inner dimensions of a tube from an offset position

  • swooshfactory
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Is 0.5% Efficiency for a Steam Ejector Reasonable?

  • ADunn
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Heat Transfer Refrigeration Problem

  • mellowoout
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