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    Engineering Kinematic study of connected rods

    You are on the right path. I would use the concepts of moment (F x perpendicular distance) and work conservation (F x distance = constant for all nodes). Consider the exact direction in which each node is free to move at the instant shown in the diagram (those constantly change with time as the...
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    Engineering Kinematic study of connected rods

    Have you been given any dimensions for the links and geometry?
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    Can a flow created by a fan show an Edge effect when hitting a wall?

    Please, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coandă_effect Note that the edge of the circular plate should not affect the flow much, since both are parallel to each other. Once the flow goes over the edge, the surface friction disappear but interaction with air in relative repose begins.
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    Can a flow created by a fan show an Edge effect when hitting a wall?

    Please, see: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/boundary-layer-separation The size of the straight and plain wall respect to the induced airstream should be an important factor. The radial velocity of the air over the surface (in a direction perpendicular to the airstream) should...
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    High School Fan is pushing in the front and sucking from the back

    At the tip of each blade, there is also a reversed flow or vortex moving air and dust from downstream to upstream due to pressure differential.
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    High School Fan is pushing in the front and sucking from the back

    The blades of any type of fan transfer kinetic energy into the mass of gas that is surrounding them. That energy is observable as difference of velocity and static pressure between upstream and downstream of each blade. Please, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(machine)...
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    Control type problem from mechanics

    By accelerating its small mass (m) along the bar, the muscular force of the bug will need to induce a vertical component equal to (M+m)g. That would be easier achieved at positions of the bar closer to vertical.
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    Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)?

    Wherever persons can be in contact with electricity with voltage above 60 volts, the salty fluids inside their bodies can become a conducting path to electrons, which could interfere with the electrical control impulses reaching their muscles, especially the very important one named heart...
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    Four L-shaped members: Mechanical Analysis Problem

    Happy New Year, Steve! It seems to me that, due to joints C and G, if any of the pinned-supports is replaced by a simple horizontal frictionless support, the structure will not be able to retain its shape..
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    Pressure difference between two points in a tapered pipe

    If you are normally swimming, your ears feel atmospheric pressure only. If you then are diving at a depth of 10 meter under the surface of the sea, your ears are feeling the pressure exerted by the column of water above you plus the pressure exerted by the atmosphere.
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    Pressure difference between two points in a tapered pipe

    The height difference should not have any sign. The lesser height reached by its liquid column is the effect caused by the lower internal static pressure in cross-section 2.
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    Is it dangerous if there is a mains fault on a potable water pipe?

    Copied from the OP: "... and the water supply line (ppr pipe) are underground, below the earth in the garden". Unless I am missing it, no existing metal pipe has been mentioned in the description.
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    Undergrad Find the Number of Triangles

    And 1-7-24 as well.
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    Undergrad Find the Number of Triangles

    Using symmetry: 8 triangles per half-quadrant times 8?
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    Is it dangerous if there is a mains fault on a potable water pipe?

    Is there any grounding for the water contained in the plastic pipes system? Could the grounding of the water heater be considered a water grounding?