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High School Differences between equations of SHM
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Undergrad Could 2 dimensional objects fill a 3 dimensional space?
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Undergrad Standing waves on a moving string
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Undergrad Is there a solid with such a low density, it floats in air?
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Graduate Navier-Stokes Equations for a Compressible Fluid
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High School Does viscosity have to do with density?
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Graduate Why can't pinging excite singing overtones?
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Graduate Does fast shear wave speed vary with polarization in anisotropic materials?
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Graduate Odd (pretty) waveform for third harmonic of violin E-string
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Graduate Open-Ended Air Columns: Natural Freq of Cylinder?
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Undergrad Creating Paints/Colors outside of Visible Range?
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High School Ideal cells in parallel combination
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Undergrad Is Sonoluminescence Research Allowed on This Site?
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High School How can the Doppler equation be rearranged to solve for other variables?
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High School Accuracy Defined: What Does 10% Mean?
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Insights Frequently Made Errors in Equation Handling - Comments
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Undergrad What affects the linear mass density of a string?
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Graduate Are Time Periods of Combined Vibrations Always Commensurable?
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Undergrad Switching between distance variables in a simple seismograph
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Undergrad Cofactor Matrix Confusion: Solving for Minor Determinants
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Undergrad Why does resonance only occur when objects have the same natural frequency?
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High School How Can Understanding Basic Physics Concepts Improve Everyday Problem Solving?
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High School Waves traveling in all directions
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Undergrad Aluminium oxide surface and conductivity?
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Undergrad Can Huygens Principle Be Applied to Waves on a String with Fixed Ends?
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High School What causes waves to dissipate in different mediums?
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High School The History of Ticker Timers in Physics Experiments
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Graduate Scaling Interpretation for 2-D Continuity PDE: What Does UH/L Represent?
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High School Finding collected count when given average value.
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Graduate Is there a relationship between amplitude response and phase?
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High School Classical physics history books
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High School Why does the meniscus radius increase when capillary tube length is too short?
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High School Why does humming at a certain pitch echo loudly in a tiled bathroom?
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Undergrad Understanding Solitons: How are they different from standard waves?
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Undergrad Solve Physics Puzzle Problem - 200 Puzzling Physics Problems
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Graduate Guitarist in search of practical answers
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Undergrad Is F in P=F/A an average or a sum of all microscopic forces?
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Graduate Structure of orbits at a tornado, whrilwind, etc.
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Graduate Rayleigh bubble collapse pressure integration derivation
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Graduate The Standard Deviation of a Brownian Force
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Undergrad Are waves always the sum of sine waves?
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Graduate Deriving the formula for sine waves
- Nick Jackson
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High School A little question I want to ask
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Undergrad Standing Waves and Resonance in Fixed-End Transverse String Vibration
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Undergrad Components of standing wave between harmonic frequencies
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Undergrad What is St. Elmo's fire enrgy source?
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Undergrad Can a wave pass through a slot twice its amplitude wide?
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Undergrad What defines density of chemical substances?
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Graduate Can the Larmor formula explain the stability of electron rotation?
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Graduate Reference for Learning About Waves
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Undergrad What Does Azimuthal Symmetry Mean in Physics?
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Graduate Does quality factor of a resonator depend on the excitation signal?
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What would crack easier? An iPhone 6 or an iPad air?
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High School Symbols for physics, geometry, calculus ext
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High School Physics Experiments to Do at Home
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Undergrad Suggestions on research paper on artificial satellites
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High School How Fans Move Air: Propeller vs. Blade Shape
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Graduate How do macroscopic brownian ratchets extract energy from random vibrations?
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Undergrad How is an emission spectrum measured and does it vary with time?
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Undergrad Understanding Standing Waves and their Velocity on a String
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High School Gravity flow rate through a tube from pressure difference
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Graduate How to Fourier transform this expression?
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Graduate Measuring Viscosity of Materials with Dynamic Modulus
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High School Teaching Error in Measurement Lab
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Graduate 2D Harmonic Oscillator example
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High School Why does air release differently from a slightly open versus a wide open mouth?
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Graduate How Is Reynolds Stress Calculated from RANS Equations?
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High School Experimenting with CD: Making Bubbles with Physics
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Undergrad Does Young's Modulus Vary with Changes in Size?
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Graduate Aether Experiments: What's Your Take?
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Undergrad Difference between wavenumber and wave mode?
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High School Progressive Wave Nodes: Why Don't They Exist?
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Undergrad Can I equate a variation δA with the differential dA?
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Graduate What are free energy flows in multiphase fluid dynamics?
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Graduate Capillary meniscus height in coaxial tubes and with beads
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Undergrad Why does diffusion happen at the molecular level?
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Undergrad Why does less dense liquid float above more dense liquid?
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High School Why Does Pepper Move to the Edge of the Plate in the Soap Experiment?
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Graduate The formula pV=1/3Nm(c_rms)^2 in non cuboids
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High School Why Does Water Rise in Empty Glass When Using a Paper Towel?
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Undergrad Transformation Y-Δ with matrix?
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Graduate Can someone explain these equations?
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Undergrad Oscillator driving frequencies
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Improving Cooling Efficiency: Two Effective Strategies
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Undergrad How do glucose meters measure blood sugar levels?
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Graduate When to use e^i(-kx+ωt) versus e^i(kx-ωt) for waves?
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Passive flapping butterfly garden ornament?
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Undergrad Why cylindrical coordinates need three unit vectors
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High School Difference between physical property and physical quantity?
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Graduate How to compute the energy of scalar wave equation
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Undergrad When to use gradient and when to use only one coordinate
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Graduate Orienational order parameter in isotropic systems
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Undergrad Explain Poiseuille's Law - Learn Quickly
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Graduate How Can We Design a Solar Drone with Long Duration Flight and High Payload?
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Graduate Where can I find the derivation of the Group Velocity formula?
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Undergrad Maximizing Power Output with Piezoelements: A Comprehensive Guide
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Undergrad Doppler effect, source and receiver in different media
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What is program used in ray tracing simulation?
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Graduate Diffusion: Concentration profile for point sink in infinite plane
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Undergrad Would wind tubine on moving automobile pomote inlet efficiency?
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