Latest Mechanical Engineering topics

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Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions There’s a wide range of topics that are covered during interviews, but you’ll most often find these fundamental questions covered the most: Mechanics of Materials (Beam Th…	2	3620	April 2, 2022
About the Mechanical Engineering category	0	838	July 27, 2020
If you were asked to design an electric toothbrush, a mining truck, and a satellite to be launched in to space, what considerations would you have for each?	0	16	January 24, 2023
Describe how you would design a mounting for a resistor?	0	11	January 24, 2023
How do you test for waterproof on consumer electronic products (smart phone, tablet, etc)? apple	1	74	January 20, 2023
If I have a solid rod and hollow rod with the same mass and I let them roll down a ramp, which one reaches the bottom first and why? general , apple	5	5945	January 17, 2023
5% failure at reliability test, how to solve? apple	0	51	January 17, 2023
Touch screen assembly to smart phone apple	0	41	January 17, 2023
Stacked Tube Beam Bending general	0	70	December 20, 2022
Help with this question general	0	125	November 2, 2022
A flagpole is mounted to the ground and an eagle is sitting on top with wind causing the pole to sway back and forth. Describe ways to reduce the amount of motion in the flagpole general , aurishealth	1	2341	July 29, 2020
What are six ways to reduce cantilever beam deflection? general , apple , tesla	2	11092	October 1, 2020
One loaded beam vs 2 stacked beams	2	324	October 27, 2022
Brainstorm 15-20 ways to remove balloons from a room apple	0	265	October 26, 2022
GD&T: Home Button Placement Problem (Apple) apple	1	1617	March 2, 2022
How far out do you expect a tape measurer to extend before it begins to fall? What type of failure mode does this encompass? spacex	2	1279	June 21, 2022
Two cars are at the top of a hill. One car is just a simple wheel axle car (not power), one car has a spring suspension system. Which one will reach first? spacex	2	1336	June 3, 2022
Describe how you approach material selection/design for a component where strength is critical, and how you would approach a different component where stiffness is critical? apple , spacex	2	1177	May 28, 2022
Can you describe the two-shot injection molding process? apple	2	1230	May 3, 2022
What's the difference between thermoset plastics and thermoplastics? tesla , apple , materials	1	924	April 25, 2022
A garden hose has stopped flow. There is constant static pressure and no water hammer. Why does the hose tear in the axial direction at the end of the hose? spinlaunch , spacex	2	756	April 24, 2022
You have a cantilever beam, to minimize deflection, you add a support elbow. Would you add this to the top or bottom? Why? general	1	979	April 24, 2022
Why does condensation form on the outside of cold glass on a hot day? zoox , thermodynamics	1	2168	August 5, 2020
Is it faster to cook pasta if you add it in before or after a pot of water starts boiling? heat-transfer , synapse	2	1389	April 22, 2022
How do you interpolate the physical property of one unknown metal among metal sheets of known physical properties? apple	1	504	April 21, 2022
iPhone Home Button: How would you design the mechanism of the home button? apple	0	626	April 17, 2022
Describe/draw the stress-strain curve between aluminum, steel, hardened, steel, & plastics on the same graph apple	0	667	April 17, 2022
Draw a commuter bike-label every single part on it. Explain what it’s job is and why it is designed that way general , spinlaunch	0	473	August 6, 2020
You have two pucks that are slid across a frictionless horizontal surface at the same initial speed, one puck passes over a large dip in the surface. Which one reaches the end of the track first?	6	1217	April 10, 2022
What's the difference between a true stress-strain curve and a traditional stress-strain curve? waymo , materials	1	931	August 5, 2020

Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions

Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions There’s a wide range of topics that are covered during interviews, but you’ll most often find these fundamental questions covered the most: Mechanics of Materials (Beam Th…