Classical Physics Forum

Join expert classical physics discussion on the principles developed before the rise of relativity and quantum mechanics. Including mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics, optics.

Threads

Graduate Microscopic difference between gas and liquid

  • jostpuur
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Remote monitoring of patient teperature

  • ecestar
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10

High School How much helium volume is needed to lift 1 kg?

  • nour naser
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

High School How does water pressure affect the body when scuba diving?

  • larianne
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Graduate Can Blade Breakage Be Detected without External Sensors?

  • mhabbal
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

Graduate Timescale to propagate a perturbation through a system?

  • tonydoss
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Graduate Why use the analytic signal instead of filtering out negative frequencies

  • fisico30
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

High School Why is that an atom doesn't absorb more than the required amount of energy.?

  • srikanth
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad Harmonic to have an amplitude higher than the fundamental

  • p.tryon
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad What sensor can control a farm equipment's turns based on distance?

  • sganesh88
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

High School Why did a VGA adapter catch fire when plugged into a laptop?

  • DeepSeeded
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11

Undergrad Converting QNH to height knowing QFE

  • itsjustme
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9

What is Bulk Phase? French Translation

  • nchristedem
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Operational Amplifier Dependencies

  • thedemon13666
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Graduate Why do elastic collision and wave reflection formulas have the same form?

  • snoopies622
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12

High School Why does snow squeak louder at very cold temperatures?

  • AEM
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Undergrad Is there a way to break down the Culomb?

  • swraman
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Undergrad Is Gauss' Law Applicable to Gravitational Fields?

  • iitjee10
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

High School Why does a small bubble shrink when touching a larger bubble?

  • iitjee10
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

High School HiI want to create a small ventilator

  • shirel
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11

High School Why gas molecules are fast but wind and diffusion are slow

  • fluidistic
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Graduate What Are the Correct Units for the Larmor Formula?

  • bdforbes
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad Which Rubber Ink Filling Method Maximizes Efficiency?

  • sr_philosophy
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

Graduate How Can I Boost Creativity in Solving Physics Problems?

  • betyoudidntthink
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

Graduate Do gases with positive intermolecular potential behave like pendulums?

  • Austin0
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

High School Why Do Molecules Move in the Absence of External Forces?

  • prj45
  • · Replies 36 ·
2
Replies
36

Forces on a person attaching to a spinning cylindrical space station

  • drcathyc
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12

Graduate What is vortex breakdown

  • sashankhrao
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

High School Making a solenoid piano with springs and tuning forks

  • Minte
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

High School Wind tunnels - A few questions

  • jonmah
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15

Graduate Why Is Infinite Velocity Characteristic of Diffusion Processes?

  • fisico30
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Physics of BP Cuffs: Understand the Pressure Reading

  • mwaso
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad Max Amplitude of Underdamped Oscillation

  • vsharma88
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Graduate How Does Infinite Matter Distribution Affect Gravity in a Mineshaft?

  • PaulDent
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

High School What is the exact definition of a wave?

  • granpa
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18

Table Tennis Topspin/Chop questions

  • Skhandelwal
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10

Undergrad Can Objects Float in Mid-Water?

  • virtueboy15
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Graduate General measure of chaoticity of a system?

  • Gerenuk
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

High School What is a 3-vector?

  • fisico30
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

High School What is the Degree of Order in Parallel Lines?

  • eranb2
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Undergrad Can mass be measured directly in the absence of gravity?

  • phyzmatix
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18

Undergrad How Does Adding Sand Affect Longitudinal Wave Displacement in Water?

  • Carter2x
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Formula conventions and energy question

  • tony873004
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Graduate The property of impenetrability

  • xavier_r
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

Where Can I Find Classic Works of Physics and Sciences Online?

  • artie
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad How does dissvoled gas bubbles move in solution?

  • rudolflai
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Graduate Predicting Contact Surface of Pressurized Balloons: Energy Minimization Method

  • ice109
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Graduate Hard sphere model in colloidal and polymer fluids

  • germana2006
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

Graduate Solving Striae in Kundt Tube Vibrations

  • DaTario
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Nostalgia for a Physical Thing That No Longer Exists

  • pedong
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Undergrad Atmospheric Density - Equation to Model from Sea Level to 200km

  • ZachWeiner
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Undergrad Can Supercooling Have Practical Uses Beyond Hiking Heating Packs?

  • Siracuse
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Why can you take the logarithm of K in ΔG = RT ln(K)?

  • aniketp
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad Headphone sealed for bass, open to midrange

  • Loren Booda
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Graduate Boundary conditions for fluid flow

  • Euclid
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Graduate Calculating Force for Imprinting Photoresist with a Stamp

  • Warr
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

High School What factors determine the maximum length of a snorkel?

  • yasar1967
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Graduate Could Gravity Change at Near Absolute Zero?

  • qaqtos
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9

High School Pink Floyd + Helium: What Would the Sound Be?

  • yasar1967
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Why doesn't gravity violate LoCE?

  • Crazy Tosser
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Undergrad Automobile batteries and internal resistesnce

  • harini_5
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

High School Why is copper wire not commonly used in potentiometers?

  • harini_5
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Roofing felt bubbled up because of cold weather?

  • stickythighs
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18

Undergrad Diffusion Coefficient of CO2 in Air - Raymond

  • vgbraymond
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Graduate Computing cone equation using data points

  • Saeid
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Graduate What is the definition of correlation and coupling?

  • lsloneil
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad How do heart valves and reed valves work?

  • Samwel
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

High School Why is the middle of ice white?

  • Golshan
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Undergrad Comparison of attraction/repulsion measures

  • fer2000
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

High School Are There Any TV Shows or Movies with Outrageous Physics?

  • Grimace
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Why Does the Pitch Change When Tapping a Spoon in a Cup of Spinning Coffee?

  • garytse86
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10

High School Physics extended essay project ideas for grade 11

  • danjroman
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

How Important Is Posting in the Correct Online Forum?

  • Tom1
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Creating plausible wrong answers for physics questions

  • Sourabh N
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11

Undergrad The geometric center of the Earth and the center of mass

  • pixel01
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9

High School Converting density from mol/L to kg/m³

  • Stupid_Engine
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Thane Heins and his free energy machine

  • Captain Barbosa
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad What is classical physics and what modern theories have disproven it?

  • momentum360
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

Undergrad Difference between CM and QM

  • shalu
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14

Undergrad What does the term Action means in physics?

  • Himanshu
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9

High School How can I protect an egg from cracking with limited materials?

  • pandabento09
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

Graduate Will a superconducting dynamo in space produce free energy?

  • johnfullerroot
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19

Undergrad Calculating Calories Used Running

  • pman
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

High School Litteraure about Waves and Oscillation

  • crillegs
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad Speed of Sound vs Light - Possible?

  • aman malik
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11

High School Did Pascal Conduct the Barrel Experiment?

  • hamilton333
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

High School Um, first of all, why was my post locked? all i wanted was to know how

  • tc_kid
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Undergrad What do we mean by the speed of spherical waves?

  • pardesi
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10

Undergrad Why is gravity so weak if matter is mostly empty space?

  • BosonJaw
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

Graduate How can Green's function be used to calculate charge density of states?

  • Tanja
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Graduate Helium diffusion through metals

  • hdsz243
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

What do pull and push mean in this diagram?

  • stmartin
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

High School Trying to understand absolute uncertainties in geometric shapes

  • memsces
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Why are the calculated energies for two oscillating waves not equal?

  • thuanthuan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Undergrad Understanding Green's Theorem: An Overview

  • gouranga
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Lissajous Figures Applications

  • ecthelion4
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Graduate Spontaneous wavefronts in a flat flow

  • gbell
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad Topics re harmonic oscillators

  • radiogaga35
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Gravity is negative for example (-0.1)

  • vvt
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Undergrad How Do Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves Propagate?

  • Rainbow
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12