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21 votes
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How do engineers really use numerical simulation?

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3 answers
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What is the most efficient means of warming a building with a high ceiling?

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How to determine the characteristic length in reynolds number calculations in general?

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1 answer
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Why is Mach 0.3 the threshold separating compressible and incompressible flow?

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How different are dc motor designs from dc generator designs?

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Do structural engineers carry insurance for catastrophic errors?

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Sensors / processing algorithms to emulate a human's sense of smell

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1 answer
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How do I select an appropriate turbulence model?

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What do the zeros of the transfer function tell you about a system?

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Is inviscid flow necessarily turbulent?

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When is DC power generation superior over AC power generation?

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Can all electromagnetic spectra be focused like a laser?

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Why do we prefer resistance over conductivity in describing Ohm's law?

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1 answer
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Why use steam in the rankine cycle?

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1 answer
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Deriving the turbulent kinetic energy equation

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1 answer
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How to measure turbulence parameters experimentally?

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How should I set the turbulent prandtl number in a turbulent compressible flow simulation?

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2 answers
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Should I expect fluid velocity within a pipe to increase beyond the inlet velocity?

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1 answer
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Why do we need to condense steam in the rankine cycle?

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1 answer
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Is there a theoretical bound to how tall a structure can be built?

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871 views

Estimating the time required to heat a rod by a certain $\Delta T$

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2 answers
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What system of pde's models ice melt flow?

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1 answer
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How to control suction strength on a breast pump?

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1 answer
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Why use different specific heat capacities in the energy equations for incompressible and compressible fluid flow?

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Obtaining the correct flat plate turbulent boundary layer thickness in a CFD simulation

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1 answer
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How to measure calories actually burned from exercise?

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1 answer
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Can I neglect kinetic energy when modeling convective heat transfer for viscous, low mach airflow? Why or why not?

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992 views

How to measure the pressure inside a bottle rocket?

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How can I calculate the buoyant force on an object without knowing in advance the amount of water displaced?

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Can isotropic materials become anisotropic under elastic deformation?