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Screw thread terminology

Is nominal diameter of a screw same as major diameter or is it something else.
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posted by viveksangwan
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CFD errors?

I am using RSM model to calculate the flow velocities at different cross sections of a pipe. The pipe has an inner diam...
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posted by via
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Problems with pick-and-place equipment

Would like to know if anyone has experienced doing mech engineering/maintenance work with pick-and-place equipment in a...
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posted by fox.kilo
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FEM-Beam elements question

Hi, I am writing a program to do a real time finite element analysis for the behavior of a wire(of infinitely small dia...
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posted by surajbhat
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Re: At what rate does heated air rise?

Dear SB: > Hello all, > I have searched the web for information on this and found > very little ...I saw this news grou...
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posted by N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net
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Valve Body Solenoid

hey all. I'm a new graduate of Mechanical Engineering technolgy and was seeking some help and hoping your guys could he...
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posted by adamsaulnier
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Fexible Rubber Hose

Any one know if there is a manufacturer of large diameter(36" to 48") Helical Rubber Hoses(constuction similer to dryer...
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posted by sugna41
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mesh LS-DYNA

Hi everyone, I have a CFD solver which takes mesh files in LS-DYNA format. I potentially have access to a mesh generato...
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posted by enthropy8r
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pneumatic valve controllers?

Suppose I want to pneumatically control 8 different pneumatic cylinders independently what is the control device that I...
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posted by orc_general
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escape velocity

I was wondering if it is really necessary for rockets to take off at such high speeds? They can escape the earth's orbi...
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posted by ajaymangot
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Notch sensitivity in a threaded fastener

I'm doing a fatigue analysis on a threaded fastener. It's 1-14UNS-3B threaded, and experiencing an axial force and a be...
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posted by dave.harper
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shape optimization

hi, i am striving to optimise the fillets of the spanner at the size gap. and my software conf. is msc patran/nastran 2...
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posted by saqnoman
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