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High School Friction on pure rolling non deforming sphere?
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High School Displacement of Hanging Mass - Simple Pulley System
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High School Why does a stiff boat rudder produce forward thrust when pumped left to right?
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High School Harmonic oscillator and simple pendulum time period
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High School Understanding Newton Force: Real World Examples
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Undergrad Best book for Lagrangian of classical, scalar, relativistic field?
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High School Why doesn't static friction move the other object?
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Undergrad Understanding Holonomic Constraints: Common Questions and Answers
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High School Applying the distance formula d= v*t + 1/2a*t^2
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Undergrad Can I always consider velocities and coordinates to be independent?
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Undergrad Does MTB rider position affect bike cornering traction?
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Graduate Gauge pressure in Momentum conservation of fluids.
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Undergrad Potential energy of a pressurized gas canister in space
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Undergrad Friction in rolling without slipping
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Undergrad How do we analyze collisions involving accelerating objects?
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Undergrad How can I calculate the force of a falling object?
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Undergrad Figuring out the torque required to rotate a dome
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Undergrad Solving the Boat Crossing a River Problem using the Calculus of Variations
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Graduate How Does External Pressure Affect Internal Pressure Variation in a Sphere?
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Undergrad Torque required to prevent precession
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Undergrad What is the Formula for Calculating the Length of a Hanging Spring?
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Undergrad Pulling cable through underground ductwork.
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Insights How Can We Jump When the Ground Does No Work?
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Undergrad Motor driven pendulum - How to track its position?
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Undergrad What is the minimum force required to lift an object?
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Undergrad Radius of Gyration: Definition & Uses
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High School How does the Paper Spiral work?
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Undergrad Simple lateral vehicle dynamics model
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Undergrad Angular momentum and turning a bicycle
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Undergrad Is there an integral version of Newton's law of gravity?
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Undergrad Understanding Classical Mechanics: Acceleration
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High School Why is KE not conserved when momentum is?
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Undergrad Bernoulli's equation and the work energy theorem
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Undergrad Hydrostatics: Pascal's principle and ocean depth
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High School Question about collisions -- Knife point piercing a ball of clay
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Undergrad Proper placement of boat on trailer
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High School Questions about Feynman's contrasting Definitions and Laws in physics
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Undergrad How Does Non-Stretchy Mat Material Affect Trampoline Performance?
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Undergrad How Does Centrifugal Force Affect Objects on a Rotating Disk?
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Undergrad Kepler's second law derivation from angular momentum conservation
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High School Does a body behave as a point mass even at rest?
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Undergrad Off center torque applied to a rotating body
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Undergrad What are Reaction Forces and how do they relate to Newton's third law of motion?
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High School Angled Rod w Float Attached -- Force of Float
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High School Rolling Motion Test: Take the Challenge and Justify Your Answers
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Undergrad Understanding relative friction
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Undergrad Friction of a rolling cylinder on an incline
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High School Wanting to do some impact force experiments
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Undergrad Torque without a torque wrench
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Undergrad "A system tries to minimize total potential energy"
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High School Understanding Average Velocity in Linear Motion with Constant Acceleration
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Undergrad Summing linear momentum in circular rotation
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Undergrad Calculating Hydrostatic Force on valve cavity in a Solenoid Valve
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Undergrad Terminal Velocity proportional to the Drag Force 𝑚𝛾𝑣² in free fall
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Undergrad Calculating forces at pivots point in 4 bar linkages
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Undergrad Demo of spinning object flipping its axis (intermediate axis theorem)
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Graduate Model the pressure of a zero-gravity simple fluid system
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Graduate A gravity graph is a kind of art "tool" that lets you draw nice geometric shapes
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Undergrad Solving for the Motion of a Spring Pendulum
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Graduate Confusion about the derivation of the speed of sound
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High School Mouse Trap Car, Materials Decision
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Undergrad Reasoning for circular/elliptical orbits
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Graduate What is Work Done? Definition, Equations, & Explanation
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Undergrad Jaeger's method to find the surface tension
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Graduate What is the acceleration of a rod in a rail gun?
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Undergrad Spring Definition: What is a Spring?
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Undergrad Translational force of a pulley
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Undergrad Effective weight vs distance to the point of attachment of the weight
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High School Conservation of Momentum for system of particles
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Undergrad Shock Load on Rope: Weight Limit Analysis
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Undergrad Dust sticking to fan blade downstream of rivet head
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Undergrad Weight required to hang straight down with known torque
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High School Strapped to a quadcopter in zero gravity
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Undergrad Solving for the trajectory of the center of mass
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Undergrad Gravitational potential energy
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High School Difference Between Potential and Potential Energy
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Undergrad What Explains the Paradox of Mechanical Energy Conservation?
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High School Conservation of momentum and conservation of energy details
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Undergrad Calculating your weight in an elevator
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Undergrad Why didn't the wrecking ball smash his head?
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Graduate Can Newton's Method Solve Freer Motion?
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Undergrad The Plane in the Wind Puzzle: Does a Constant Wind Affect the Round Trip Time?
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High School K Energy & Momentum: Driving Force or Lost Heat?
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High School Will a round-headed rod topple if it slides down a frictionless slope?
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High School How come friction can make a car turn?
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High School Newton's third law (equal and opposite force)
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Undergrad How Does Angular Velocity Affect Instantaneous Acceleration in Rotating Systems?
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Undergrad Acceleration as a Function of Time Using Constant Power
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Undergrad Block with upward velocity tethered to a bottom block
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Undergrad Using Dimensional Analysis to derive an equation (Walter Lewin video)
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Undergrad Damped oscillator with changing mass
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Undergrad What Direction Do Sparks Travel from Steel-on-Steel Friction in Railroad Wheels?
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Undergrad Deriving kinematic equation for position
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Undergrad Velocity for uniform circular motion
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Undergrad Topics covered in John R Taylor Classical mechanics
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Graduate Motorcycle, the force exerted upon from collision
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Undergrad G-force centrifuge mounted on opposite rotating platform
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High School Centrifugal force spinning Basketball
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High School Potential energy and lifting an object vertically
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