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Can anyone offer advice on vibration in machine tool?

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Calculating change in length under max load

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Engine cylinder temperature problems

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What Does 's' Represent in the Laplace Transform of Control Theory?

  • Rob K
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Determine temperature profile in cylinder wall

  • monster_me
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Variable mass/force oscillations

  • 123physics123
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What are the different ways to control a wind turbine

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Shear valve Design. Wall thickness at break point.

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How is pressure converted to force in a large enclosed surface area?

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Optimizing Half Shaft Design: Balancing Forces, Materials, and Cost

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Mobile food van opening roof load count

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Steam engine out of coke can help

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Will a gear always mate with itself?

  • Crespopunto
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How to study this kind of flow ?

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Inertia Matching with TWO or more motors

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What does it mean by : 'Fire and explosion protection on offshore platforms'

  • qwerty0123
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Hertzian Static Contact Stress Acceptance Criteria

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Use a wood screw or a bolt & nut?

  • cmih
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Vehicle Lateral Force Effect on Tire Wear

  • chrispek
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Stoichiometric combustion. Products and dissociation

  • varnish
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Bringing Water To Texas From The Mississippi

  • average guy
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Internal centering and mounting system for pipes

  • YHE
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Calculating Roll Bar Resistance

  • Jas1159
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Flow Measurement - Pitot Static Tubes Bernoulli's Equation etc.?

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Calculating Mass Flow Rate of a Fluid in a Pipe

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Automotive What are the key differences between Mopar and Ford V-8 engines?

  • average guy
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What would happen if two identical blowers were connected in a loop?

  • mcouch
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Sealing Hellium at Higher Temperatures: Possible Solutions?

  • Pkruse
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Automotive Wheel shimmy and wheel wobble difference

  • monty37
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Automotive Senior Project Assistance: Motorcycle Control

  • LabGuy330
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How much power is needed to heat water to 200C through a tube?

  • jonjmorrison
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Asperity density and asperity radius of curvature

  • TLDCC
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Simple mechanism design software

  • mbrady
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How to Mathematically Model a Single Vane Rotary Vacuum Pump?

  • Cameron A
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Pipe Pressure from discharge in Tank

  • Juanka
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Basic question about hydraulic pumps

  • YeeHaa
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Automotive Ford Toploader Conversion To Top Gear Only

  • average guy
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Turbulence - just a phenomenon of cavitation?

  • Loren Booda
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Heat Equation for Compressible Fluids: Valid or Not?

  • MattT1991
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Rubber O-Rings: Hardness, Strength & Compression Stress

  • RKD89
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Entrance to centrifugal pump = pressure lost in entrance to container?

  • Femme_physics
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Simulating end milling process in ansys.

  • guni1986
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Measuring Laser Drilled Hole Diameter in Ceramic Specimens

  • bhartish
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Acceptable misalignment between holes on mating parts?

  • Steven9
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Is Computer Crash Simulation Post A Virus?

  • average guy
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Automotive Where is the Single Spring Located in the Indy Car's Rear Suspension?

  • average guy
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DIY Auto Dog Dish: Simple Build & Refill Ideas

  • GiTS
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Moving Shock Tables: Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics

  • potto
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3D Printer :Researching 3D Printers for Purchase

  • banfillb
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Machine Element Design: Resources & Lecture Notes

  • etotheix
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Measuring Heat Loss in a Hollow Cylinder

  • monster_me
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Is Mohr's Circle Accurate in Real-Life Applications?

  • Fusiontron
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What are some resources for learning hydraulic design for a battle bot weapon?

  • rhimmelblau
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Max load on rc cart depending on motor torque

  • Stevic
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Vibration with velocity and acceleration.

  • cams
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How can a Feed Magazine Design Facilitate Electronic Data Destruction?

  • polka129
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Why Should You Consider OpenVSP for Aircraft Modeling?

  • jehan60188
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Gears, Pulleys, & Electric Motor Questions

  • CaptCakey
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Maximizing Courant Number in VOF CFD Multiphase Simulation | Tips & Tricks"

  • vaibhavkhare
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Rotary Vane Engines: Advantages & Disadvantages

  • chhitiz
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Which Scenario Wears Diesel Engine Less?

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Intake Runner Air Velocity Question

  • average guy
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Does anyone know a good supplier for mechanical parts?

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Hydro turbine water input/output

  • ENRG
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Coolant & Air Flow Rate: Finding the Car's Rates

  • meLokesh
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Winding resistance of large motor vs small motor

  • knight92
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Perpetual machine by using free energy of magnets Possible?

  • waqarrashid33
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Design Pump w/ 158m & 250m Water Levels

  • nani
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How Fast Can a 16-Inch Butterfly Valve Actuate?

  • ENRG
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What’s happening and why (water flow within a container)

  • SLA
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Shooting basketballs into a basketball hoop using projectile motion

  • ksafin
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What is Stack Up Tolerance Design for 2D?

  • rakea
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Why do trusses, beams, and frames have unique force systems?

  • Godwin Kessy
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Sizing brackets to wall-mount condensing unit

  • mattgus
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Solve Imperial to Metric Conversion Error for Roll Bar Rate

  • Jas1159
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Can gasoline engines run on diesel fuel and vice versa?

  • loocary
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CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Software Inquiry

  • banfillb
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Shear Modulus of Steel: Help Understanding Imperial Calcs

  • Jas1159
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Test for continuous torque and peak torque.

  • motormeflux
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What is the basic skills for a mech eng student required to work in AUS?

  • Ng Soon Hao
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How Can a Heat Sink's Thermal Resistance Be Reduced with a Cooling Fan?

  • george varkey
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Pitot Tube Experiment: Measuring Pressure & Velocity

  • knight92
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Automotive What Is the Mass of an Average Car and Engine?

  • vycanismjrs
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Robot vision distance sensing & launch tube design

  • physicsofme
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Hydrodynamics: Wavemaking resistance

  • tsimon
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Navier Stokes EQ: Derivation in Integral Form

  • Saladsamurai
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What is the Eigenfrequency mean in vibration?

  • HunterYeoh
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How Does Paper Size Affect the Flight of Paper Airplanes?

  • aerodynamickid
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Mousetrap vehicle (please reply today )

  • aqua88
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Steering Wheel Angle & Radius of Curvature

  • Dorje
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Little help to construct the 4 node-quad shell stiffness matrix

  • Ronankeating
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Modeling of an acoustic transducer and calculation of force

  • elgen
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Interesting discovery about a Metric M6 bolt

  • CROSE85
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What factors affect the efficiency of compressors?

  • chhitiz
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Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS)

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