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Why do heavy trucks use air brakes?
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How does a (pulley based) continuous variable transmission (CVT) work?
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Why are railroad tank cars bent in the middle?
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Why are engine blocks so robust apart from containing high pressure?
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How does turning off electric appliances save energy
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Why exactly does a washer help distribute the stress around a bolt?
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Why does light bend after travelling half of the lens?
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Why does "potential energy" have the word "potential" in it?
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How do vending machines prevent people from stealing goods?
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How do suction cups work?
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Why does a gear have extra holes?
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What unit of weight is that?
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Why does a jumping rope have no bending stiffness and compression stiffness?
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How do ball bearings not crack from a load concentrated on an infinitesimally small point?
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What is the physical reasoning behind metal becoming stronger and harder if heat treated?
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Can gravity be a driving force for a spring-mass system?
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Brittle = highly stiff but not very strong
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What happens from B to C in this stress strain diagram of mild steel?
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What kind of metal are eye glasses frames made from?
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Unknown circuit component with glass encapsulated contacts
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Why does corrosion take place at certain stressed regions?
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Is cast iron better that Copper or Aluminum for cooking steaks?
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Why are train brakes so complicated?
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How does a (pulley based) continuous variable transmission (CVT) work?
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When a car with an open differential turns, why does the inner wheel slow down and the outer wheel speed up?
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Aluminum weight saving
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Why does temperature not increase by putting more logs into the fire
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Unit of "cN.m" used on torque wrench
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Mechanical Advantage of 3 Pulley System
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How much power does it take to supply a laser which delivers 100 watts?
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