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Why is kVA not the same as kW?
Awarded Sep 14 at 20:57
Why aren't counterweights used more for garage doors?
Awarded Jun 2 at 13:27
Height limits of brick and mortar tower?
Awarded May 15, 2022 at 4:48
Is it possible to build an air compressor with no moving parts?
Awarded Apr 8, 2022 at 12:18
Pound-force (lbf) vs Pound-mass (lbm)
Awarded Feb 5, 2022 at 18:55
Copper is more conductive, so why use lead battery terminals?
Awarded Oct 31, 2021 at 22:48
Why do cars have beveled tires?
Awarded Oct 31, 2021 at 5:36
Copper is more conductive, so why use lead battery terminals?
Awarded Sep 4, 2021 at 22:25
Why does the yield strength of steel go up if I reduce the thickness of the specimen?
Awarded Aug 3, 2021 at 11:21
Quantifying inertia on the electricity grid
Awarded Jun 16, 2021 at 22:25
Which course to take? Optimal control? Nonlinear control?
Awarded Mar 18, 2021 at 13:36
Cooling tower for nuclear power plants
Awarded Mar 2, 2021 at 15:42
What is the *typical* quantity (in kg) of uranium-235 present at a given moment in a nuclear plant?
Awarded Jan 27, 2021 at 14:03
Converting rotary motion to linear motion (door for sliding trash can)
Awarded Sep 7, 2020 at 11:51
How does one create a draft in a room (with a single window)?
Awarded Jun 2, 2020 at 8:35
Controllability of $x' = Ax + Bu(t)$ implies controllability of $\left \{ \begin{matrix} x' = Ax + By \\ y'=u(t) \end{matrix} \right.$
Awarded Apr 4, 2020 at 4:45
How to calculate the pressure a pipe can withstand?
Awarded Feb 15, 2020 at 18:35
Why dig out and then fill in before building a large structure?
Awarded Feb 15, 2020 at 6:05
What engineering advances paved the way for "modern" computers?
Awarded Feb 13, 2020 at 2:50
How does one go about building an underground structure without concrete?
Awarded Nov 8, 2019 at 1:45
Strange CAD excercises
Awarded Nov 5, 2019 at 16:35
How can large bridges be made resistant to earthquakes?
Awarded Nov 3, 2019 at 12:20
Extracting power from fusion?
Awarded Sep 19, 2019 at 16:50
What development possibilities could yet exist in water desalination?
Awarded Jun 7, 2019 at 2:30
How to make wheel rotate slower in one direction than the other?
Awarded May 13, 2019 at 9:00
What makes suspension bridges unsuitable for railways?
Awarded Jan 1, 2019 at 14:30
Many small bolts, or few large bolts?
Awarded Nov 9, 2018 at 11:35
How to make smoke for a small wind tunnel?
Awarded Oct 15, 2018 at 15:15
Is it possible to build a perfectly spherical Prince Rupert's drop?
Awarded Jul 1, 2018 at 8:30
How to Calculate the Minimum Radius a Rod Can Can Be Bent Staying in the Elastic Range?
Awarded Nov 19, 2017 at 23:29
Calculating pitch, yaw, and roll from mag, acc, and gyro data
Awarded Jul 18, 2017 at 6:13
Why do all high-speed trains run on electric track (as opposed to normal track with diesel-electric trains)?
Awarded Apr 3, 2017 at 13:12
Steel Structure connection pin or fixed
Awarded Jan 21, 2017 at 16:16
Is it possible to build a perfectly spherical Prince Rupert's drop?
Awarded Dec 30, 2016 at 2:21
Pound-force (lbf) vs Pound-mass (lbm)
Awarded Dec 28, 2016 at 23:37
Why does the microwave plate start in a random direction?
Awarded Oct 31, 2016 at 6:31
How to determine the lateral earth pressure in a double-walled cofferdam?
Awarded Aug 22, 2016 at 10:01
Meshing of complex geometrical domains
Awarded Aug 18, 2016 at 20:11
Differential equations of a (simplified) loading bridge
Awarded Apr 29, 2016 at 14:13
Are pneumatic tires obsolete?
Awarded Apr 29, 2016 at 10:00
Do "non-iron steels" exist?
Awarded Apr 21, 2016 at 18:07
What is the best way to dry something that is quite thick?
Awarded Feb 17, 2016 at 22:11
How do you select the correct area to consiser for first moment of area calculations?
Awarded Jan 27, 2016 at 8:11
What makes suspension bridges unsuitable for railways?
Awarded Dec 8, 2015 at 3:24
Pound-force (lbf) vs Pound-mass (lbm)
Awarded Dec 4, 2015 at 9:26
Would engineering bricks explode if used to build an oven?
Awarded Nov 24, 2015 at 18:19
Why are three way bridges rare?
Awarded Nov 18, 2015 at 15:23
How do protective coatings affect the lifetime of bridges?
Awarded Oct 19, 2015 at 10:30
How to seal a pressure vessel
Awarded Oct 8, 2015 at 13:17
Is there a standard percentage to increase structural steel weight to account for bolts?
Awarded Jul 29, 2015 at 8:21

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