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	840	April 2, 2022
About the Mechanical Engineering category	0	632	July 27, 2020
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	713	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	789	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	616	May 28, 2022
Can you describe the two-shot injection molding process? apple	2	783	May 3, 2022
What's the difference between thermoset plastics and thermoplastics? tesla , apple , materials	1	333	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	443	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	270	April 24, 2022
Why does condensation form on the outside of cold glass on a hot day? zoox , thermodynamics	1	1332	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	947	April 22, 2022
How do you interpolate the physical property of one unknown metal among metal sheets of known physical properties? apple	1	171	April 21, 2022
iPhone Home Button: How would you design the mechanism of the home button? apple	0	235	April 17, 2022
Describe/draw the stress-strain curve between aluminum, steel, hardened, steel, & plastics on the same graph apple	0	258	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	363	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	867	April 10, 2022
What's the difference between a true stress-strain curve and a traditional stress-strain curve? waymo , materials	1	646	August 5, 2020
What are the advantages & disadvantages of different types of motors? mechatronics	2	732	March 14, 2022
A disk with the hole in the middle is heated. Does the hole get bigger, smaller, or stay the same size? apple	2	1075	March 27, 2022
Why is a manhole cover round? microsoft	1	644	March 22, 2022
Home Button Placement Problem (Apple) apple	1	636	March 2, 2022
Why does plastic become brittle in cold temperature? tesla	2	1466	March 10, 2022
A steel tube and a brass rod are concentrically located. their ends are fixed on both sides using rigid plates. One of these plates is fixed to the wall, the other is free. Heat is applied to the system, explain the stresses that develop in the system apple , materials	2	1763	March 10, 2022
What are the three different modes of heat transfer? waymo , heat-transfer	1	2575	July 29, 2020
You put a glass of water on a record turntable and begin slowly increasing the speed. What happens first? Does the glass slide off or tip over, or does the water splash out? apple , general , physics	1	2163	August 6, 2020
At what region of a stress-strain curve does strain hardening occur? What does strain hardening do? general , cisco	1	2375	July 28, 2020
What DFMA considerations would you have when switching the material of a machined component from aluminum to steel?	2	842	March 8, 2022
What are the three laws of thermodynamics? general	1	7415	August 2, 2020
If you have an enclosed room and I open the refrigerator, how will room temperature change? thermodynamics , htc	1	777	August 4, 2020
A refrigerator is in a room and you open the door. Will the room get colder or hotter?	2	1317	February 15, 2022

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…