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High School Rolling sphere down an incline ramp
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Graduate Mass air flow through a nozzle at different upstream pressures
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Graduate Ideal 1/4 mile time from Average Power
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Undergrad Harnessing kinetic energy from impact of rain water
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Undergrad When Does the Kinetic Work Energy Theorem Not Apply?
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Undergrad Mg cos theta in context of incline plane
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Undergrad Why do all points on a uniform disc have the same angular velocity?
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Undergrad Clarification(tangential acceleration)
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High School AP Question Torque Sign Conventions
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Graduate Find Moment of Inertia Around CoM: Summation Formula & Point Mass
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Undergrad Momentum vector always parallel to velocity
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High School Significance of this kind of oscillation.
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Undergrad Power Loss Confusion: I^2R vs V^2/R
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Undergrad Why is U(x) = -du/dx for an object in motion?
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Undergrad Force fields and law of conversation of energy
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How to make a spinning pendulum?
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Graduate Byron,Fuller)question-spherical harmonics & associated legendre funct.
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Graduate Flow Past Sphere at High Re - Velocity Behavior
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Undergrad Force applied to 2 connected mass.
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Undergrad Analogy between satelite orbit and mass oscillating through earth
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Graduate Relation between Impulse and Conservation of Momentum
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Undergrad Centrifugal force? Why does the Earth bulge at the equator?
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Undergrad Bar suspended by rope kinetic energy
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High School How does an umbrella create a similar effect to a radio with sound?
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High School Why Do Melting Antarctic Ice Caps Cause Sea Levels to Rise?
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Graduate Screw theory and Chasles' theorem
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Graduate Motion in a rapid oscillating field
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Undergrad Possibly incorrect physics test question - Momentum
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Undergrad Why is potential energy negative?
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Undergrad Finding impact force on Steel ball drop test
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High School Need help with Newton's Laws, basic Physics
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High School Is the act of gaining mass considered a 'motion'?
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Undergrad Jumping force, and weight lifting equivalence
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Graduate Vapor Pressure and non ideal gases
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Undergrad Static friction does no work (energy is conserved)
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High School Does the weight of an object affect the speed of ripples in water?
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Undergrad Momentum & Kinetic Energy: Inelastic Collisions
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Undergrad Measuring water pressure in long flexible tube.
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Graduate Lagrangian of 1D Motion: Finding Particle Coordinate x at Time t
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Undergrad Degrees of Freedom: What's the Definition?
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Undergrad Can potential energy be negative at infinity?
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High School Different Situations Related To Circular Motion
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High School Why does water affect friction differently in different situations?
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Graduate Cycloid pendulum (Huygens)
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Graduate Masses on an inclined plane and their Lagrangian
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Undergrad Doppler Effect Relative Motion
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Graduate What is the force of a head on collision between a jeep and a bus?
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High School Water Evaporation: Boiling Point & Slow Evaporation
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Undergrad Air Pressure in Elementary Dynamics Problems
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Graduate Problem with inelastic collision
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High School Units of loudness of sound, being a subjective quantity
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High School How does Newton's Third Law of Motion apply to stepping on a cockroach?
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High School Weighing yourself on a solid surface vs carpet
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Undergrad How can forces on a disc be balanced at different angles around a circle?
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Undergrad Why Are Inertial Forces Frame Dependent While Other Forces Aren't?
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Undergrad Exploring Conservation of Momentum and Energy
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High School Newtons law and canoe question
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Undergrad Newton's shell theorem & Nuclear Fusion
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Undergrad Simple supported round shaft deflection
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High School Why Does Pushing a Cart Not Work the Same Way?
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Graduate Are gravitational waves relativistic or Newtonian phenomenon?
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Graduate Can a Variable Inertia Flywheel Maintain Constant Speed?
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Graduate Vector potential components in small loop antenna
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Graduate Calculate Gravitational Effects without Time, Acceleration or Velocity
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Undergrad Potential energy of a pendulum and where you place the datum.
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Graduate Calculating Cd and Crr coefficient experimentally
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Undergrad Conservation energy to find escape velocity
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Graduate How to understand momentum is the generator of translation ?
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Undergrad Is a Helicopter on a Geostationary Orbit?
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Graduate Help Deriving the Navier Stoke's Eq
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Undergrad Why is Gravity not a Violation of the Conservation of Energy?
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Undergrad Determining the weight of material in an excavator bucket.
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Undergrad Understanding how to set up integrals for inertia
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Undergrad Collision of falling and thrown upward balls
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High School Helmet Safety - Measuring Force of Impact
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Undergrad How to calculate maximum load of the box
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Undergrad Substituting differentials in physics integrals.
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Undergrad Why Do Objects Deform Under Force?
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Graduate What is the likelihood of a coin landing on its edge?
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Graduate Velocity dependent potentials in the Lagrangian(Goldstein)
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Undergrad What causes potential difference in the conductor?
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High School Calculating Push & Pull Forces | Andre's Physics Questions
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Undergrad Solve Energy Conservation Q | Get Help Now!
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Graduate Question about hypervelocity weapons
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High School Why do objects whistle when falling? Like here.
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Graduate Hamiltons equations of motion in terms of poisson bracket
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Undergrad Shooting a .45 caliber hand gun on the moon launches you a mile?
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Undergrad How do internal forces affect the center of gravity in a system?
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Undergrad Mathematical interpretation of work done by a gas
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Undergrad Cylinders compressed by pressure
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Graduate How Do Active and Passive Rotations Differ in Coordinate Transformations?
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High School Is the Peregrine Falcon's Supersonic Speed a Myth?
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Undergrad Conservation of Angular Momentum and Vectors
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Undergrad Why does the right or left hand rule work? PLEASE read description
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Undergrad Projectile motion involving mass
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Undergrad Is GPE equal to mgh or mgL in a Bungee Jump?
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Graduate Can Metamaterials Be Used to Reduce Shockwaves in Supersonic Flight?
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Undergrad Collision between gas molecules with liquid molecules
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Graduate Understanding Emission and Absorption Power in Three-Body Systems
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