Mechanical Design Tutorials on Basic calculations
Nowadays lots of software tools are available in the market to take care of lengthy calculations. In most cases a mechanical design engineer only …
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Nanotechnology Applications In The Energy Sector
New nanotechnology applications are underway in the energy sector. Better energy production, storage, transmission and usage are possible with …
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The system of crankcase lubrication in marine engines and how it works
Apart from the cylinder lubricating system of marine diesel engines which requires a separate arrangement, the other parts are lubricated by the …
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What is HVAC?
HVAC stands for heating, ventilating, air-conditioning. Many times the letter R is also added to it making it HVAC-R or HVACR.
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Challenges in Crosshead lubrication of Marine engines
A crosshead bearing is used in situations where motion has to be transmitted between two components, wherein one of them has rotational motion while …
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Failure Modes in Materials -Static Failure Mode
This article deals with the failure modes in materials. We always tend to ask “Why did this part fail?” As engineers, one is bound to offer an answer …
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Lubricating inside a cylinder liner - conditions and procedure
Some of the most arduous conditions for lubrication exist inside the cylinder liner where the lubricating agent would be subject to highly corrosive …
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What are the internal workings of an IVO Lubricator
Cylinder lubricators supply oil to the accumulators and the lubricating quills present on the cylinder liner as we have seen earlier, but this article …
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Dynamic Load Capacity of Bearing
This is the sixth part in the series for the selection of rolling element bearings. This article deals with the Dynamic Load Capacity of the bearing …
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How to Lubricate the Journal Bearings in a Marine Diesel Engine
The motion between a shaft and a bearing is of purely rotational type and this poses a problem of introducing a film of lubricating fluid between the …
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