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Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineers apply engineering, physics and materials science principles to design, manufacture and maintain mechanical systems. The field of mechanical engineering requires an understanding of topics including statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, materials science, structural analysis and electricity. Wolfram|Alpha's knowledgebase enables you to explore the field of mechanical engineering, including refrigeration and more.

Mechanical Engineering

Do computations for common mechanical engineering problems.

Compute the maximum force of a spring:

Do a cooling load computation:

Compute the curvature of a heated bimetallic strip:

Calculate engineering strain:

Find the stress on a cylinder:

Determine the Poisson ratio value for a deformation:

Refrigeration

Analyze refrigeration and refrigeration cycles with different refrigerants and thermodynamic parameters.

Analyze a refrigeration cycle:

Specify a refrigerant and an evaporator temperature:

Specify an expansion method:

Find saturation properties of refrigerants:

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