Latest Mechanical Design topics

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About the Mechanical Design category	0	661	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	9	9975	November 21, 2025
How would you tolerance a touch screen assembly to the mounting chassis of a smart phone? apple	5	3555	August 16, 2025
What are critical dimensions necessary in the tolerance stack-up/loop to minimize the part gap? square	2	2405	August 9, 2025
Barrel Connector Concentricity apple	2	1088	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	3931	June 19, 2024
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	2	3345	February 14, 2024
If you had to pressurize a pressure vessel in testing, would you rather pressurize with liquid or gas and why? spacex , firefly	1	2852	January 21, 2024
Truss Loading: Force Calculation & Displacement zipline	0	1295	December 11, 2023
What are the major design considerations for optimizing airflow?	1	1987	September 18, 2023
What are the different types of stress & force a material can endure?	1	6524	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	2074	August 12, 2021
Why does a computer/office chair have fives legs? Why does a chair have four?	1	2642	September 15, 2023
How would you design an automated sticker peeler?	0	1346	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	1371	August 6, 2020
iPhone Home Button: How would you design the mechanism of the home button? apple	0	2522	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	1127	January 24, 2023
What type of tests would you conduct on a solid state drive? zoox , mechanical-testing	0	1303	January 4, 2021
What techniques are used to mitigate rotational vibration on a hard disk? facebook	0	1944	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	1076	August 8, 2020
Explain the types of tests you would conduct on an Oculus Rift facebook , square	0	1535	September 2, 2020
Describe how you would design a mounting for a resistor?	0	1047	January 24, 2023
How do you test for waterproofing on consumer electronic products (smart phone, tablet, etc)? apple	3	3333	August 28, 2023
What are seven ways to bond plastic and metal?	2	4145	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	4514	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	3124	April 24, 2022
What are the key parameters to consider when selecting a fan for forced airflow? heat-transfer	2	2566	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	2349	February 16, 2022
Name all the ways of actuating an object you can think of. What are the pros and cons of each?	2	2103	February 15, 2022
You have a long slender vertical member with a compressive force on one end, what if the dominant failure mode?	2	2478	February 15, 2022