Latest Mechanical Design topics

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About the Mechanical Design category	0	1005	September 13, 2023
You have a stool with four legs identical in size. Two legs are made from aluminum, while the other legs are made from steel. If a load is placed on the stool's seat, will the legs take equal load or not? spacex	11	14844	August 7, 2026
You have two identical bolts and nuts torqued to the same spec clamping two faces together. One bolt is lubricated while the other is not. What is the clamp load of each bolt? general , tesla	3	4834	May 3, 2026
How would you tolerance a touch screen assembly to the mounting chassis of a smart phone? apple	5	5107	August 16, 2025
What are critical dimensions necessary in the tolerance stack-up/loop to minimize the part gap? square	2	3449	August 9, 2025
Barrel Connector Concentricity apple	2	2312	July 14, 2025
Walk me through the different materials used on the visible exterior of your phone, why those specific materials might be used, and how they are manufactured apple , manufacturing , general , htc	2	5719	June 19, 2024
If you had to pressurize a pressure vessel in testing, would you rather pressurize with liquid or gas and why? spacex , firefly	1	3575	January 21, 2024
Truss Loading: Force Calculation & Displacement zipline	0	1789	December 11, 2023
What are the major design considerations for optimizing airflow?	1	2497	September 18, 2023
What are the different types of stress & force a material can endure?	1	8898	August 3, 2021
Is a pressure vessel more likely to fail from repeated cycles of low pressure or a one off high pressure spike?	1	2583	August 12, 2021
Why does a computer/office chair have fives legs? Why does a chair have four?	1	3948	September 15, 2023
How would you design an automated sticker peeler?	0	1722	August 10, 2021
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	1723	August 6, 2020
iPhone Home Button: How would you design the mechanism of the home button? apple	0	3107	April 17, 2022
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	1417	January 24, 2023
What type of tests would you conduct on a solid state drive? zoox , mechanical-testing	0	1650	January 4, 2021
What techniques are used to mitigate rotational vibration on a hard disk? facebook	0	2290	August 8, 2020
Your device has a stylus. How do you store it? How do you charge it? What kind of things can you use it for? microsoft	0	1412	August 8, 2020
Explain the types of tests you would conduct on an Oculus Rift facebook , square	0	1945	September 2, 2020
Describe how you would design a mounting for a resistor?	0	1381	January 24, 2023
How do you test for waterproofing on consumer electronic products (smart phone, tablet, etc)? apple	3	4475	August 28, 2023
What are seven ways to bond plastic and metal?	2	7554	June 15, 2023
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	5395	May 28, 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	4015	April 24, 2022
What are the key parameters to consider when selecting a fan for forced airflow? heat-transfer	2	3355	February 17, 2022
How would you design a snap fit? Where are snap fits used most often? How much force does it usually take to insert a snap fit?	1	3093	February 16, 2022
Name all the ways of actuating an object you can think of. What are the pros and cons of each?	2	2573	February 15, 2022
You have a long slender vertical member with a compressive force on one end, what if the dominant failure mode?	2	3026	February 15, 2022