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    Why is stamping of plans illegal?

    Why is "stamping" of plans illegal? I don't understand this. If plans are reviewed and approved by a licensed PE, what's the problem if they were not done "in house"? If the PE has the authority to make changes as neccesary, why not? I ask this because much of the design work in my...
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    Why was I let go for poor performance?

    I recently got my first job after graduating with a BSME and was upset with my evaluation I received. This is a very small company and I was the first truly entry level person that they hired. I am upset because I was trying so hard, but no matter what, it seemed like I was making the wrong...
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    What's the Average Temperature on Mt. Palomar?

    Sorry, no thermo reference handy to try and figure it out myself. It would be nice to know, in case our company does any work up on the mountain (on a new telescope project coming up).
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    Neutral axis in a composite beam

    Does it correspond with the centroid of the transformed section? For example, if a wood beam had a steel plate fixed along the bottom, would the neutral axis be lower than that of a pure wood beam of similar cross section? Any links showing example probs would be nice too. Sorry that this is...
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    Maximum shear stress in square tubing

    Does anyone have the equation for this. I tried one from my textbook, and the answer I get is less than the average shear stress which is impossible. So I was curious to look at onother version, because perhaps the eq. has a typo? Also, does it occur at the neutral axis like it would in a round...
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    Fix Cropped Bitmap Image in Autocad 2010

    I am trying to save my file as a bitmap image to show for an interview just in case the dwg file won't open. I am using the bmpout command, but every time I try, the top of the picture is cropped out of the image. Any remedies to this? Thanks
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    Taking PE exam without work experience

    Well by the looks of the problems in the practice book, it definitely looks like studying is in order. The FE exam was pretty challenging. In the morning there is the general stuff that all disciplines must take. I felt I did pretty well in that part. Then comes the afternoon section for which a...
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    Taking PE exam without work experience

    Graduated with a BSME last year and have not had any luck finding work. I was wondering if it is possible to take the exam and have the license activated when I acquire the neccesary experience? I have also heard that in the state of Nevada, work experience is not required; does anyone know if...
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    Longest day of year in the tropics

    Well I have confirmed that my statement was incorrect via this handy website www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/sunrise.html I am still confused as to why. It seems that on that day ( approx. may 25) the sun is directley over the latitude for which Hawaii lies and on the summer solstice...
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    Longest day of year in the tropics

    It is not the summer solstice(june 21) but when the angle of declination(angle sun makes with equitorial plane at solar noon) equals the degree of latitude for that particular location. I calculated that today, may 25 is that for honolulu,hi and will again repeat sometime in july. These are the...
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    What Are the Ideal Parameters for Designing a Pelton Wheel?

    Thanks for all the responses so far. Very helpful!
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    How Do Engine Components Like Airflow and Cams Determine Horsepower?

    I found this article very informative. http://bankspower.com/techarticles/show/27-why-diesels-make-so-much-torque
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    What Are the Ideal Parameters for Designing a Pelton Wheel?

    Anyone know the relationship between number of buckets for a wheel of particular diameter? Is it related to speed of wheel?
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    What Are the Ideal Parameters for Designing a Pelton Wheel?

    Would like to replicate a project we did in school for Turbomachinery class, which was to build a functioning hydropower turbine model. We were given the varous ideal parameters like bucket width, width to length ratio,number buckets and nozzle diameter based on size of wheel. Anyone know of any...
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