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Why France and Britain abandoned GCR in favor of PWR?
There were many incidents with early gas cooled reactors (GCRs), but it seems most were result of mismanagement and lack of operating experience. It seems to me that GCRs could be safer regarding ...
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Solidworks - linear pattern remove per instance application of end condition of a feature
I created a hole feature using extrude cut that has an end condition of "up to surface". The surface that I am referencing to satisfy the end condition of the extrude cut is at an angle to ...
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Make T-nut for drill press table T-slots using basic garage tools
I have a 15-inch Mastercraft drill press that has a table with T-slots.
Approximate T-slot dimensions:
Bottom slot width: 29mm
Top slot width: 15mm
Slot height: 19mm
I want to use drill press locking ...
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Why are maritime salvage operations so rare?
I am having a discussion on why we rarely recover ships that have sunk, while we have repeatedly landed on the moon, which is also a tremendous engineering challenge.
The discussion boiled down to ...
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Bending from a point load on a ring beam
If I design a ring beam to take a point-load bearing, do I need to consider a bending effect?
I assume this will function similarly to a footing, where there is bending even though it is supported ...
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Is this "thermo-couple" ok to use?
I was deep-cleaning my Indesit gas-oven. I believe that the parts seen in pictures of that imgur-link are called "thermo-couples". One of them is for the grill, the other for the actual oven....
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Is it possible to convert the moment of inertia to the moment of inertia area?
Is it possible to convert the moment of inertia to the moment of inertia area? I need the area moment of inertia to calculate the bending stress on an object. Fusion 360 only gave me the moment of ...
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final year project related retractable awning
I already study about my project has using component eletrical and electronics in my system arduino uno as controller
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Rainwater Sensor YL-83 Module(to detect rain and trigger awning ...
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electrical enginnering [closed]
Explain the hardware and software of the PLC-based on-off control of a cooling system. Indicate various conditions using lamps. Consider the temperature range of 0 ^ 0 * C to 100 ^ 0 * C and set point ...
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Lens focal length calculator for a 2D target at arbitrary orientation
My camera will be looking at a 22' x 20' rectangular area on the ground from 3' height, which is at a very low angle. All focal length calculators, I found, require target orientation perpendicular ...
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Vehicle collision: between two smaller vs two larger vehicles
Consider the case where two identical vehicles have a frontal collision. Both vehicles have the same speed.
Would it be safer for the occupants if the collision was between small vehicles or if it was ...
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HVAC software(Mechanical Engineering)
Are there any software I could use to simulate a HVAC system(with air conditioning or heating unit with flow rates, pressure and temperature measurements in different areas)?
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FBD of an internal hinge connecting three elements?
I'm struggling with this practice problem. Our teacher taught us to find the internal forces acting on a hinge to make it easier to draw a NVM-diagram. I'm stuck here because I only know how to do ...
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What happens when a steel connection lacks moment resistance to be fully fixed?
Take a steel beam that is connected to two columns with semi-rigid connections that can develop a moment resistance. The beam has a fairly standard detail with two welded end plates which are bolted ...
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Unexpected Yaw Behavior on 4-Axis Gimbal (Yaw, Pitch, Roll, Heave)
I’ve built a four-axis gimbal with three rotational axes (yaw, pitch, roll) and one translational axis (heave, for vertical movement).
The gimbal performs well overall, but I’m encountering an issue ...
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