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The lower viscosity of water reduces friction. Besides, the water can transfer heat way better than oils. So why not use water as a lubricant in wind or hydro turbines, especially on equipment which ...
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The kangaroo has incredible jumping abiltiies. Its Gastrocnemius muscle is a major part of generating its jumping force. Has any engineer based a design, probably a vehicle, upon the kangaroo's ...
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Is there any heat energy lost to the mechanical force of pushing a piston in a combustion engine?
In other words, would a natural gas burning as a flame produce more heat than the same amount of ...
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Most of the windows in our rooms are mostly rectangular.Why don't we chose any other shape like circle,triangle or a trapezium.Does it affects airflow through room?
Is the reason is that they look ...
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I am trying to prove with Matlab that if I have an improper system and I place poles at higher and higher frequencies the performances of the system improves. In particular I am considering the ...
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The top view looks at the top of the objet from the top of the object, the front view looks at the front of the objet from the front of the object. All seems logical.
So why does the left-side view ...
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This is my first question here. I am having trouble finding the 2nd moment of area of a ring with a thickness 't' and radius 'r'. I seem to be a factor of 2 out.
What I do is I consider an area like ...
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For the connection above, I think that once the beam is loaded, their is no room for rotation of the beam.
But as per British Standard this is a pinned connection. So I have been trying to ...
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I was wondering, from an engineering point of view, for what reasons can too much accuracy in modeling be detrimental?
From a scientific point of view it seems like it's almost always a benefit, ...
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This is a continuation of me trying to understand torque and stepper motors in my other question. I'm trying to understand the torque a motor would be required to generate to lift a small weight, and ...
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I am bit confused. The slip direction is the direction of movement of a dislocation which is denoted by the burgers vector.
This makes sense in an edge dislocation, because the stress is applied ...
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I made this kind of knurl on shaft :
but I am not sure how to be define on the drawing. I found some examples but not sure if they are correct. On the examples there type (GV) and depth of knurl ...
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Why bamboo is the ‘green steel’ of 21st-century Asian architecture
Bamboo fibre is stronger and cheaper than steel, says Dirk Hebel
Carbon Fiber Vs Steel Vs Aluminum Vs Bamboo Pros and Cons
Is bamboo ...
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I have a 2 mm thick steel plate which is 300 mm long and 30 mm wide, supported at either end. It supports a weight-bearing wheel that can roll along the plate. It currently supports the maximum weight ...
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I've got everything set. Material is aluminum alloy 6061. I've set the component contacts to no penetration. I have a contact set where both blocks meet and keep getting the same error. The bottom ...
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Curious as to what extent a shaft/pin will will follow a bore when being pressed in.
Considering fixturing for a project to hold a shaft straight, but most of what I have seen, the shaft will self ...
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