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Electric field lines outside a neutral conducting spherical shell

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How to calculate quality factor for RLC circuit?

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What mass must be placed on the cord to keep the pulley from rotating?

  • I_Try_Math
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Ratio of volumes in a vertical cylinder with a piston

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A rod that falls while rotating from the end of a table

  • Kim Gi Hyuk
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Flower pot thrown from 40 m balcony: finding initial velocity and impact speed

  • cherryLoop
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Why does the view factor formula ignore radiation to the surroundings?

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The speed of the point of intersection of two uniformly moving lines

  • brotherbobby
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Theoretical velocities at different heights sliding down an inclined plane

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Electric flux through an inclined cylinder

  • Zayan
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A charge q approaching two stationary charges q1 and q2

  • Heisenberg7
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Effective focal length of two converging lenses 20 cm apart

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Charge conservation for 3 parallel charged plates

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Two Inverted Pendulums connected by a rope

  • Deegee
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Finding change in potential energy with reduced puck speed

  • AJII
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Textbook 'The Physics of Waves': Linearity of Forced Oscillator

  • brettng
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Induced currents on a pair of separated dipole antennas

  • yefj
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Thermodynamic cyclic process - 2 isobaric and 2 adiabatic

  • Thermofox
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Ball launched from a height of 5 meters --- Projectile motion

  • Thermofox
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Energy analysis of the system (leaking bucket from Morin's "Mechanics"

  • Michael Korobov
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Textbook 'The Physics of Waves': Lifetime of SHM Oscillators

  • brettng
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Textbook 'The Physics of Waves': Calculating Work Done by Force

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Is there a limit on how much energy a photon might have in a FOR?

  • Aurelius120
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What is meant by small oscillations for this potential energy function?

  • zenterix
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Initial velocity of bird landing on horizontal wire modeled as spring

  • zenterix
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Circular motion of a Weightless rod

  • PitViper
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Electric field of point along the central vertical axis of a triangle

  • Samir_Khalilullah
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Proving Newton's 3rd law from conservation of momentum

  • Quantum55151
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Finding speed of two billiard balls in elastic collision

  • I_Try_Math
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Ping-pong ball hanging from charged infinite plane

  • thejuanestevez
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Measurement of the Stefan-Boltzmann constant

  • MatinSAR
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Why is the superposition principle valid here?

  • tellmesomething
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Morin 3.7 -- Block sliding sideways on an inclined plane

  • masteralien
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How Do Mass and Weight Differ?

  • Quantum55151
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Rotating simple harmonic oscillator

  • kekpillangok
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Finding final speeds in elastic collision from momentum

  • I_Try_Math
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Force analysis of a spring-bob system

  • tellmesomething
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Block on top of moving slab, with a rough surface - When does v_b=v_s?

  • Thermofox
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Impulse and perfectly inelastic collision between 2 points

  • Thermofox
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Conservation of energy of a bow and arrow

  • Sam Jelly
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Stretched spring attached to the center of a pure rolling disk

  • Thermofox
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What is taken as datum level for the following absolute potentials?

  • tellmesomething
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Applying Force on a Cylinder at an Angle

  • Heisenberg7
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Free Body Diagram of Mass-Spring System

  • chaneth8
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Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Which Equation To Use?

  • chaneth8
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Closest distance of approach between 2 charged particles

  • Heisenberg7
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System of two wheels of different sizes with an axle through their centers

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Change in Entropy When Mixing Water at Different Temperatures

  • domephilis
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Question About Momentum: Ball Rolling up a Curved Ramp

  • chaneth8
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Homer Simpson spinning inside an hourglass

  • ajejebrazorf
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Resultant force on a parachutist

  • Quantum55151
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A moving boat with a flag on its mast

  • brotherbobby
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Calculating work done by a gas

  • hraghav
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Length Contraction Problem for a Rod in a Spaceship

  • Skyxplorer
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Perfectly inelastic collision between Projectile and a hinged disk

  • Thermofox
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Moving charge deflected by a loop of wire

  • TimeBender2004
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Theory of relativity -- Car and Garage Paradox

  • Groovy2
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Maximum allowable value of a force

  • Mohmmad Maaitah
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Conservation of Momentum Problem - Mechanical and Kinetic Energies

  • Ascendant0
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Dynamics of a Block on top of a slab with friction between them

  • Thermofox
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Textbook 'The Physics of Waves': Derive Complex Solution Form for SHM

  • brettng
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Is it friction or tension acting on the person hanging on a rope?

  • aiqing
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Entropy change of surroundings in a cyclic ideal gas process

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Spherical ball rolling back and forth in a bowl

  • zenterix
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Speed of charged balls after collision

  • Bling Fizikst
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Electric Field of a quarter ring

  • Zayan
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Maxwell disc linked to bar unwinds but stays at same height by raising bar

  • zenterix
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Gauss' Law with a Insulating Shell

  • PenDraconis
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Induced EMF in a rotating ring

  • gochaka
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For what values of total energy is the resulting motion periodic?

  • dark_matter_is_neat
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Why are moments not included in free body diagrams?

  • per persson
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Ruler measurements and knowing how many decimal places to include

  • flintstones
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Energy analysis of this system (curved ramp up and a spring)

  • Thermofox
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Dispersion of rightward steps in 1-D random walks

  • f3sicA_A
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B-field from a current in a wire above a conducting surface

  • Sidsid
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Determining impulse given stopping distance and change in velocity

  • I_Try_Math
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Special Relativity: spaceships heading toward each other

  • Sidsid
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Quantum Mechanics - Time dependent solution - x's and t's not mixed up

  • laser
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Torques acting on a cylinder, with friction

  • pedro_crusader
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Block connected to 2 real pulleys

  • Thermofox
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Manned spacecraft to Tau problem

  • member 731016
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Events occuring in 4D spacetime

  • member 731016
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A rod sliding/falling down on a frictionless horizontal plane

  • Sam Jelly
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Why is a 1d conservative force approximately linearly related to position?

  • zenterix
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Finding magnetic field using Ampere's Circuital Law

  • arham_jain_hsr
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Is My Understanding of Accelerations in Irodov 1.258 Correct?

  • adjurovich
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Two masses connected by Pulley - Lagrangian problem

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