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free standing glazed balustrade design - Bottom Rail resistance force counteracting
I was wondering how to obtain the KFZ value for FZ (as per the attached photo) I have tried many methods but was not successful kindly assist me in determining the resistance force for the U - profile ...
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Pivot Hinge for Glass Panel
I have a pane of 6mm toughened glass that is 2 m high, 0.7 m wide and weighs 21 kg. I've been trying to find some pivot hinges that can handle this glass and also pivot at the corner of the glass. All ...
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Electrochemical cell - how to remove glass shards from tiny hole?
This is oddly specific, but I am having trouble making the setup work for my electrochemical cell. We're doing SECCM and the device has a capillary tube fit through a small hole, where the electrolyte ...
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Is It Possible To Calculate The Internal Pressure Which A Sealed Glass Vessel Can Support, By Creating A Relative Vacuum Outside The Vessel?
Questions are bold with context surrounding them. I am not an engineer. Well, I'm a computer scientist but I don't do this. I do, however, brew kombucha and am looking to scale up. I have a new ...
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150W laser cutting various materials
I have a few materials that I would like to get cut (in precise shapes that I cant do on a saw), these are Quartz glass (1mm thick) alumina wafer (1mm thick) (AL2O3) copper coated alumina (2mm thick) ...
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Is glass better than PMMA or PC at anti-fogging?
I think that the title says it all. To give context, I have experimental hints that glass is performing less badly than PMMA or PC at anti-fogging but I have not been able to build a DIY experimental ...
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Do glass windows reflect heat? If so, how to mitigate that?
Saudi Arabia is planning a skyscraper city which is 500 m tall, 200 m wide, and 170 km long. It'll have an all-glass facade. So, a concern is that the glass will reflect the heat until the ...
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Can High Wind Speed break Laminated Glass and bend Steel Pipes?
Planning on using Steel Pipes as frames for holding laminated glass in a high wind area. Four sides will be covered by glass and the roofing will be also be covered with glass. Planning on using a ...
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interior-mounted adhesive window films that reflect solar heat
Does a solar-heat-reflective film when adhered to the interior of a double-pane gas-filled skylight raise the temperature of the glass and, if so, does it increase it to such an extent that the glass ...
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Plus and minus power of Cylinder
This is my glasses prescription, is the cylinder minus applied at the meridians 180 and 10? So the the light is diverged at 180 and 10? Or does the axis value refer to the horizontal axis of a ...
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Safety of fiberglass, cloth
Is there a way to make fiberglass so safe that it can be used for everyday clothes? From what I've found glass fibers are itchy when thick, so reducing their diameter helps make them soft on touch. ...
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How can a screen be projected on a transparent glass?
I am building something similar to Google Glasses although not exactly that. I am trying to find a way to project my 0.96inch OLED on a glass, but it can't block the front view. What I tried to do is ...
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Alternative to high cost plexiglas and polycarbonate for large project
I am planning the construction of a large scale dodecahedron infinity mirror, and so far the largest cost by far are the glass (or similar clear, hard material) pentagons. Each panel would be screwed ...
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How can a small screen be projected on glass but still visible near 2cm from eyes?
In the smart glasses the images are projected on glass. But they are still clear to eyes. We usually can't see something clearly at such close distance. Then, how is the image projected from a small ...
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Impact force of a viscous solid drop
I have a drop of molten glass (but could be every solid with high plastic behaviour), and my goal is to calculate the max force during impact. I think I could use the velocity at the impact point to ...