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Undergrad Fluid Dynamics Basics: Mass, Flow Rate & Density
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Undergrad Propagating Wave: Explaining Oscillation & Sine Wave
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Undergrad What Does Perfectly Rough Mean in Surface Interactions?
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Undergrad Standing Wave Equation: Exploring Y = 2Asin(\omegat)cos(kx)
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Undergrad Is it possible to calculate earth's massiveness
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Undergrad Can a dielectic MATERIAL IS A INSULATOR?
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Undergrad Understand Mass Spectrometers: Separation and Analyzing
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Undergrad Mohr circle for 3dimensional stress state
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Undergrad How Does the Inverse Square Law Affect Communication with Distant Spacecraft?
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Undergrad Maximum number of mutually immiscible liquid phases
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Undergrad Interesting bouyancy theoretical question
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Undergrad No problem, glad I could help! Good luck with your modeling!
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Undergrad What if you were in a hollow, extremely strong tube in the middle of a planet?
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Undergrad Gas Animations: Create Videos from Particles Positions
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Undergrad What Are Dot Products and Vector Cross Products in Mathematics?
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Undergrad Is the Average Kinetic Energy the Same as the Kinetic Energy?
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Undergrad Detection of string vibrations using home equipment
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Undergrad Conserved Quantities: Role in Physical Systems
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Undergrad What Are the Emission Spectra Results for H, He, Ne, Hg, and N₂?
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Undergrad How Does Wind Influence Wave Dynamics on the West Coast?
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Undergrad Can Transverse Waves Exist in the Ocean Due to Hydrogen Bonding?
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Undergrad What does Q have to do with frequencies?
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Undergrad Why transverse wave cannot propagate in a gas or in liquid?
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Undergrad Understanding Solid Angle and its Relation to s=rθ
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Undergrad Why Does Density Affect Velocity of Sound?
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Undergrad Vectors and coordinate transformations
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Undergrad No prefix: What is the energy required to ionize air?
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Undergrad The Doppler Effect (in general)
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Undergrad Backpressure in Microfluidics: Explained by a French Student
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Undergrad Discover the Best Literature on Thermodynamics and Plasmas for Beginners
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Undergrad What does a molecule having dipole moment signify?
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Undergrad What are the uses of quaternions in Physics?
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Undergrad What Are Cells in a Laptop Battery?
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Undergrad Utility of Form factor and Crest factor in an AC waverform
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Undergrad Harmonic to have an amplitude higher than the fundamental
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Undergrad What sensor can control a farm equipment's turns based on distance?
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Undergrad Converting QNH to height knowing QFE
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Undergrad Operational Amplifier Dependencies
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Undergrad Is there a way to break down the Culomb?
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Undergrad Is Gauss' Law Applicable to Gravitational Fields?
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Undergrad Which Rubber Ink Filling Method Maximizes Efficiency?
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Undergrad Physics of BP Cuffs: Understand the Pressure Reading
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Undergrad Max Amplitude of Underdamped Oscillation
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Undergrad Can Objects Float in Mid-Water?
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Undergrad Can mass be measured directly in the absence of gravity?
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Undergrad How Does Adding Sand Affect Longitudinal Wave Displacement in Water?
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Undergrad Formula conventions and energy question
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Undergrad How does dissvoled gas bubbles move in solution?
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Undergrad Atmospheric Density - Equation to Model from Sea Level to 200km
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Undergrad Can Supercooling Have Practical Uses Beyond Hiking Heating Packs?
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Undergrad Understanding the Logarithm of K in DeltaG
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Undergrad Why doesn't gravity violate LoCE?
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Undergrad Automobile batteries and internal resistesnce
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Undergrad Roofing felt bubbled up because of cold weather?
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Undergrad Diffusion Coefficient of CO2 in Air - Raymond
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Undergrad Valves: Principles & Operation of Heart & Reed Valves
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Undergrad Comparison of attraction/repulsion measures
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Undergrad Why Does the Pitch Change When Tapping a Spoon in a Cup of Spinning Coffee?
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Undergrad Creating Wrong Answers for a Question Paper
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Undergrad The geometric center of the Earth and the center of mass
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Undergrad The Fall of Classical Physics: From Newton to Einstein
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Undergrad Difference between CM and QM
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Undergrad What does the term Action means in physics?
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Undergrad Calculating Calories Used Running
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Undergrad Speed of Sound vs Light - Possible?
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Undergrad Speed of Spherical Waves: How Fast is v?
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Undergrad Gravity: Is Matter Mostly Empty Space?
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Undergrad Why are the calculated energies for two oscillating waves not equal?
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Undergrad Understanding Green's Theorem: An Overview
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Undergrad Lissajous Figures Applications
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Undergrad Topics re harmonic oscillators
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Undergrad How Do Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves Propagate?
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Undergrad Speed of Sound in Materials: Impact on "Vaporization" Gun
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Undergrad Understanding the Mean Value Theorem for Differentiation
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Undergrad Making an Informed Decision on Physics Engines for Games
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Undergrad Form of the solution of wave equation
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Undergrad Where Does the Energy Go in Noise Cancellation and Sound Wave Interference?
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Undergrad The Growth of Potholes: Understanding Their Nature and How to Repair Them
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Undergrad What is the Best Lab Apparatus for Measuring Volume of Irregular Objects?
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Undergrad Discovering Ceres: Gauss and the Least Square Approach
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Undergrad What Would Happen if the Earth Was Flat and There Was No Gravity?
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Undergrad Could Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower Have Revolutionized Wireless Energy Transfer?
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Undergrad What Is the Phenomenon of a Frozen Wave in Physics Labs?
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Undergrad Do Computer Icons Follow Classical or Quantum Physics?
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Undergrad Create Standing Waves with Antinodes at the Ends
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Undergrad Stress-strain relation material property
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Undergrad Calculus-integration over mass
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Undergrad What Is the Role of Ions in Human Electric Conduction During a Shock?
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Undergrad Unravelling the Concept of Mass
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Undergrad Can note bending on a trumpet be explained through physics?
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Undergrad Why Does Gravitational Pull Drop to Zero at the Earth's Center?
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Undergrad Natural and Fundamental Frequencies
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Undergrad How do bubbles in fizzy drinks get attracted to the walls and bottom of a cup?
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Undergrad What Is the Name of the Curve Traced by a Ball on a Ripple Wave?
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