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Fluid flow through a diverging pipe
Relevant diagram loosely based on my real problem:
Description of problem: A fan creates a pressure sink that drives fluid flow through a gently diverging pipe (please note that the diagram is not ...
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Amount of energy to separate Gases - relationship to concentration
I want to understand the efficiencies of separating mixed gases, and for that I want to understand the thermodynamic limit case. Looking at the wikipedia page for entropy of mixing, I find the ...
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Compressible fluid flow through a branched pipe junctions
Backdrop: Designing a dust extraction system (LEV) with a branched junction.
What principles allow for the calculation of volume flow rate and pressure at the inlets if the volume flow rate and ...
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Measuring vibration and converting to force (N)
The test is:
To have a rotating machine, bolted into a factory floor.
To measure the vibration on 3 axis (output of accelerometers can be acceleration or velocity in $\mathrm{m/s}$ or ...
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Shear Flow corresponding to Eccentric Shear Force of a Closed-section Beam (Structural Analysis - Mechanics)
Been stumped with this question for way too long... its a beam with a thin-walled rectangular cross-section, and a shear force is acting at a distance from the shear center. I know my decomposition of ...
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For how long can we make an air balloon stay flying via remotely controlled heat system?
I wonder how a function $$f=f(h, m_{\mathrm empty}, V_{max}, T_{h}), $$ with the top height $h$, the empty mass $m$, the maximum volume $V_{max}$, and the temperature of the heater $T_{h}$ would look ...
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Why don't Turbojet engines use the De Laval Nozzle?
Why don't Turbojet engines use the De Laval Nozzle?
In fact, it seems that in a typical turbojet, the output nozzle contracts, not expands.
As the temperature of exhaust gases is high -- it should ...
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Why did increasing the Ackermann geometry in my race car make it faster in corners?
Ackermann geometry is used to account for the different radius arcs that the front tires follow when the steering wheel is turned from center. It's often expressed as a percentage: e.g. 25% Ackermann, ...
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Internal moment in the hull of a pressure vessel
This question is related to the course structural analysis. As part of our exam grade every student has been given different multiple homework assignments which we have to solve.
One of the problems ...
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propeller flying physics for the layman
I'm starting a (quad?)copter build, and i can find plenty of knowledge about stabilizing the craft and things related to gyroscopy.
but there's absolutely zero information on things that help me ...
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Centrifugal Compressor Flow Rate
For a centrifugal compressor, as found in most turbochargers on internal combustion engines, is there a noticeable change in flow rate versus a naturally aspirated flow rate? In other words, does the ...
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How to calculate mechanical advantage of a worm gear?
How to calculate mechanical advantage of a worm gear?
My textbook simply use the turn ratio as the mechanical advantage, but I'm not sure how that works.
My thinking: If the worm has a radius of ...
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Does graphene actually remain strong for macroworld engineering?
I heard that people envision strong structural materials made out of graphene, but I heard it may weaken when being stack in layers. Is graphene viable for macroworld structural engineering or is it ...
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Twist angle for Valve
I have to design a gearbox to operate a ball valve. The gearbox output shaft has to design on the basis of torsional rigidity. What angle should be considered for twist angle ?? and why ??
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How is pool boiling dealt with by today's process design methods?
Designing evaporators and industrial reboilers often requires at initial stages of dimensioning (i.e. when the support from a finite element software tool to model the system of interest, isn't yet ...
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How to decide velocity profile for two stepper motor in robot driving
A robot has 2 parallel driving wheel. I don't know the friction of the ground surface. However, I can set the acceleration, starting velocity, ending velocity. The velocity profile has to be ...
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How did Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain get purified germanium and dope it correctly?
They obviously didn't have precision semiconductor fabricating tools themselves running with semiconductor parts inside because there were none. We have so much advanced machinery to weigh out, ...
