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Help on Thesis Topic: Applied Physics, Programming & Experiments

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How Do You Calculate the Field of a Semi-Infinite Line Charge?

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What Height Was the Baseball Dropped From Based on Its Momentum?

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Solving the Elevator Problem: Determining the Normal Force on a 100kg Bag

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Vector Components and Resultant Vectors: A Homework Challenge

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DOUBLE slit interference experiment

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Pendulum in Water: Period and Resistance

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Linear Damping Model: Help Solving Forces & Displacement Vector

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Calculating Maximum Speed on Bike Curve: Centripetal Force

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Where Can I Find Detailed Information on Unit Vectors?

  • Abdul Wadood
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Why Are Vectors Essential in Science and Mathematics?

  • Abdul Wadood
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Calculating Average Force of a Fire Hose

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Simple harmonic motion and oscillation

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Helicopter Direction in Vector: Solving w/ Tan-1

  • chukie
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Ploting trajectory, including air resistance.

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Calculating Speed of Sports Car at Inelastic Collision

  • ace123
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Explaining Gun Recoil Using Newton's Second Law

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Understanding the Physics Behind Bicycle Helmet Design and Use

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Helicopter blade energy physics problem

  • Kris1120
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Understanding Newton's Laws of Motion: Explaining Car Movement

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Quick Question Cons. Energy, elastic collision, projectile

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Elastic Collision Solution: Solving for Final Velocities

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Specific/Latent Heat and Melting Iron

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How Is Frictional Force Doing Work on a Sliding Block?

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What is the diameter of the baby's head based on ultrasound echoes?

  • Boogeyman
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Differences between the properties of the water hydrostatics

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Will the voltage or potential difference change?

  • MIA6
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Force Components: Motion on xy-Plane, Non-Conservative Force

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How Do You Calculate the Force Exerted by an Orthodontic Wire on a Tooth?

  • okaymeka
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Calculating Work and Initial Displacement with Cross Product

  • Failure007
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Photoelectric Effect and the human eye

  • daveyman
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The rotation of the earth and acceleration due to gravity

  • ace123
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Calculating Energy Change in Compton Scattering

  • ajhunte
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How Fast Must an Astronaut Run in Skylab to Mimic Earth's Gravity?

  • physicsdawg
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Mixing of Gases: Pressure in Connected Cylinders

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Conducting loop rotating in a magnetic field

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Calculating Energy Released in Fusion Reactions and Comparing to Gasoline

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How Can a Juggler Determine the Time Interval Between Successive Throws?

  • Alienjoey
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What Is the Minimum Velocity Required to Reach a Rising Hot Air Balloon?

  • gerry73191
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Newton's Third Law - Weight on Scale when catching a ball

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What is the total work done on the object?

  • MIA6
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Force needed to accelerate electron

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Speed of Proton (given electric potential difference)

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A couple of question regarding tension and Newton's laws

  • guardians
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Solving Physics Problems: Tension, Speed, and Resistive Force

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What is the speed of sound in the metal?

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What is the maximum height the ball reaches

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Physics Basics: Capacitor Charging & Discharging

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Determine the tensions in the two cords

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Circular Motion and calculating time

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Calculating Angular Velocity and Gear Ratio for a Winding Drum

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Temperature and Frequency: Calculating Percent Difference for Piano Tuning

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Industrial Roller: Calculate Mass, Moment of Mass, Energy & Speed

  • Buddy123
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How Far Will a Car Slide Uphill vs Downhill When Braking?

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How Does a Double Slit Create Coherent Light from an Incoherent Source?

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Finite wire in magnetic field, determine time and electric potential

  • scholio
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Magnetic force, finding angle between velocity and magnetic field

  • scholio
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High School relative Velocity question

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Induced current and voltage, magnetism

  • scholio
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Finding mass of charged particle - magnetic field

  • scholio
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Loop and solenoid, find the current

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Infinite wire carrying current, magnetic field

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Current on wire, three axes, magnetic force

  • scholio
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Infinite wires with current, magnetic field vector

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Why Does Helium-3 Have a Higher Binding Energy Than Deuterium?

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How far will this bullet drop in 3 seconds

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Cooling Off (Heat, Temperature and Phase Changes)

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Find the Linear Speed of a Bucket in a Well with Hand Crank at 1.15 m/s

  • Kris1120
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Force on an electron from a magnetic field

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Lava Bomb Kinematics: Does Displacement Depend on Origin/Positive Dir?

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Work Exchange: Object 1 Pushes Object 2 - 15 J Work

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A perfectly inelastic collision?

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Ideas for a Senior Project in Photovoltaics

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Superposition and Interference problem

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Solve Algebra Question: Projectile Fired at 30m/s, Angle 60°, 7.5s Later

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Finding temperature after something falls

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Is a Comet's Momentum Conserved When Passing Near the Sun?

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Parallel infinite wires - magnetic field

  • scholio
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Finding time to increase temp with power

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What is the angle at which the neutron rebounds?

  • PhyzicsOfHockey
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How Does Tension Affect Acceleration in a Falling Cylinder?

  • bluejay
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Solving Spring Constant: x(t) = 1.5*sin(12.566*t)

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Ant Aunts & Uncles: Solving a Physics Problem on an Inclined Plane

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Finding the Velocity of a Cart at its Highest Point

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Magnetic force between conductors

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Calculating Time for Ball to Start Rolling on Horizontal Surface

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Calculating Force on Wheaties from Cheerios: 28 N

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How Does Friction Heating Follow the First Law of Thermodynamics?

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Coaxial cable and magnetic field

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Help me to my Invistegatory project

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Calculating Tension in a Pulley System

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