⚙ Mechanical Engineering

bubble formation when glue-bonding with adhesive droplet

Dear reader, when contacting a solid surface with a sessile liquid drop, a gas bubble forms depending on viscosity and...

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posted by martin

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Residual Magnetism in Gas Pipeline

Hi, Recently I came across a peculiar case of magnetism in a gas pipeline that is in use sine 50years.It is a 40",0.375...

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posted by gopusanila

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Re: Transfer matrix method

cross-posting to sci.engr.mech > > Not sure if this is the best n.g for this question > > I've got a funny-shaped poten...

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posted by N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net

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How enforce PM work?

Im curious as to how you all are enforcing and insuring that preventative maint (PM) work is being DONE in a plant? We...

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posted by me

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Motion Damping

I am presently in my final year at Southampton University in the UK and am doing a group project on motion control in m...

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posted by sjp301

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Compressing Blocks of Snow

This is quite a bizarre question, but this group seems like the best place for it. For a number of years, I've had a ho...

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posted by zappymanREMOVETHIS

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Water Injection in Gas Turbines

Just a quick query to see if any of the regulars here know anything about this, or of any good sources of information on...

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posted by random123456

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OT Is There a Book on Fibonacci Numbers in Nature?

I was reading on the internet an interesting article about how Fibonacci numbers show up in nature all the time. E. g....

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posted by ecarecar

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Beware "Catch-22" at Guru.com

Read the fine print. Basically, the paid membership isn't anything near worth paying for unless you have a paying contr...

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posted by sporkedUNDERLINEagainMUNGE

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Advice needed about a non-traditional career switch to engineering

Hello everyone. I am a 34 year old police officer in Houston, Texas (11 years) and I want to work towards becoming an e...

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posted by timothyfrantz

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Vibration isolation/damping for off-road driving camera mount

I would like to mount a 10-lb camera on an off-road vehicle, driving on unpaved roads. The camera does not have built-i...

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posted by nowhere

4 comments posted 21yrs posted by nowhere

Blend behavior in Tablet Press machine

Hello all, I'm trying to find if there is any study on powder blend behavior inside the hopper near the end of compress...

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posted by zabed

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Grade 8 vs Grade 5 Bolts

>I am mounting a trailer hitch on 1-ton truck. Trailer weight will be up to >15,000 lbs.. My first thought is to use Gr...

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posted by mcgeepby

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Self Certification

Dear Engineers, The query which I'm going to raise would be not of quite engineering, But of Quality Management. But es...

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posted by mvsmani

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Cranes

What mean when somebody say Crane 175 tm????? Misa

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posted by mmisha

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