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How Much Structural Headroom Should Colocation Data Centers Allow for AI?

07/17/2026 by gbcengineers
I have been looking into how AI workloads are affecting data center design, and one question keeps coming up around structural capacity in colocation...
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Piping Max Design Temperature Based on Ambient Conditions

07/15/2026 by Screedie
A large proportion of the piping systems I have viewed recently have ambient temperature as the max thermal condition. Considering the recent severe...
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What Usually Makes a PUE Below 1.2 Difficult to Achieve?

07/08/2026 by gbcengineers
A PUE below 1.2 is possible, but I would be careful about treating it as a target that can be achieved simply by selecting more efficient cooling equi...
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API 579 Part 4 GML Assessment - Level 1 vs Level 2: When to Move Up

07/01/2026 by ShantanuANZ
General metal loss (GML) is the most frequently encountered damage mode in piping and pressure vessel inspection programmes. API 579-1 Part 4 provides...
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Retrofit or Rebuild: What Actually Drives the Decision?

07/24/2026 by gbcengineers
Many existing data centers were designed around 5–15 kW per rack and air cooling. That baseline worked well until AI workloads changed the load...
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Double Block and Bleed Ball Valve Manufacturer in Canada

07/23/2026 by valvesonlycanada002
Double Block and Bleed ball valves are manufactured to provide superior pipeline isolation by incorporating two independent sealing surfaces with an...
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Why Duplex Steel Flanges Are the Preferred Choice for Demanding Industrial Applications

07/09/2026 by Rachana Solanki
Duplex steel flanges are widely used in industries where strength, corrosion resistance, and long service life are essential. Their unique microstruct...
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Why Carbon Steel Pipes Remain the Industry Standard for Industrial Applications

07/08/2026 by Rachana Solanki
Carbon steel pipes are one of the most widely used piping solutions across industries due to their strength, durability, and cost-effectiveness. They...
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Friendly Wager (July 2026 Challenge Question)

06/30/2026
Your friend makes a $250 bet with you. He will pick a number between 1 and 1,000. If you can guess this number in 10 or less questions or guesses, yo...
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Last comment 07/24/2026 by dgsfinzel

Sensors and Senseless (June 2026 Challenge Question)

05/31/2026
Scenario You are the on-call engineer for a hydrogen compressor skid. The control system has five sensors arranged in a serial telemetry chain. Each...
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Wordrow Workload No. 1: Automotive

08/06/2025 by ThePuzzler
I - The Puzzler - am here to present to you, another mystifying puzzle that will tie your brain in knots and leave your logic in tatters! In this ridd...
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Science Sprint Quiz: Nuclear History

07/25/2025 by ThePuzzler
Some of the CR4 team is working on expanding content offerings to our humble little community. I - The Puzzler - present to you The Science Sprint qu...
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I made a mki archer automaton out of wood a few years back, it was pretty good and it shot an arrow with a convincing action. The problem was, you had...
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Pesky Ellipse Circumference

10/04/2020 posted in Relativity and Cosmology
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When I first heard that there is no easy exact formula for the circumference of the standard ellipse, I found it hard to believe. I had already learne...
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SpaceProperTime Diagrams and the Central Singularity

08/24/2020 posted in Relativity and Cosmology
by Jorrie
In my prior Blog post on the Einstein equivalence principle, I have not identified important values, like the mass of the black hole, real distances a...
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SPT-Acceleration and the Equivalence Principle

08/17/2020 posted in Relativity and Cosmology
by Jorrie
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Space-Propertime Structure and Acceleration II

08/11/2020 posted in Relativity and Cosmology
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This is a fanciful little scenario for 'flexing the muscles' of acceleration in space-propertime a little and so giving a better intuitive feel for th...
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