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Undergrad How is pressure related to the rate of momentum change in a gas?
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Undergrad Trouble with Conservation of Energy And Friction
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Undergrad Linear Relationship b/w Spring Compression and Projectile Distance?
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Undergrad Work done by ideal gas processes
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Graduate Single minded Foucault pendulum
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Graduate Will the outcomes of four collisions between identical ovals be the same?
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High School Syrup or milk flowing down a tube
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Undergrad Wider tires, Friction questions
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Graduate What are the Exact Velocities of Three Balls After an Elastic Collision?
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Undergrad Body trajectory and force direction
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Graduate Validity of rocket pressure thrust term
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Undergrad Why Does Physics Use Positive g Value and What Does -kx Represent?
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Graduate Separative work, Enrichment of elements containing multiple isotopes
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Undergrad Question about the tether scene from the movie Gravity
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Undergrad Car Accident Analysis: Speed at Impact and Vehicle Specifications Revealed
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Undergrad Relation between E and Potential gradient.
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Undergrad Stationary object, constant velocity?
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Undergrad What the destructive force of the shock wave depends on?
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Undergrad Energy needed to push a volume of water
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High School Doubt in the basics definition of work
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Undergrad Why Doesn't an Electron Move When Pushed by Equal and Opposite Forces?
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Undergrad Measure inward and outward pressure in a pipe?
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Undergrad Understanding Trampoline Physics for 2D Simulations
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Undergrad Understanding Atwood's Machine: Forces, Diagrams, and Gravity Explained
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Undergrad Unraveling the Mystery of Mass and Velocity
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High School Is the water surface truly flat in a bath tub?
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Undergrad Welcome to the Moment Calculation Discussion Forum
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Undergrad Is there anything with a constant weight?
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Undergrad Equations of the harmonic oscillator
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High School Direction of frictional force during walking
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High School Is energy conserved in a closed system ?
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High School Calculate G Force from 40 lbs Dropped 8 Feet
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Undergrad Potential Difference Across Resistor in Parallel with Inductor
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Graduate Focusing Sound Waves: Acoustic Lens & Loss of Energy
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Undergrad Why Does Kinetic Energy Increase When Mass Falls Towards Earth?
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Graduate Eq. of motion of elastic 2D finite element
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Undergrad Gravitational Force & Energy Conservation
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Undergrad Negative Pressure: Is There Anything Below Total Vacuum?
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Undergrad Why Can a Bullet Penetrate an Object Despite Constant Velocity?
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Undergrad In both cases force is being applied?
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Undergrad Heavy question; the gravity of a thought experiment
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Undergrad Newton's Discovery of f ∝ Δp/Δt
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Graduate Why do infinitesimal rotations commute but finite rotations do not?
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Undergrad Inflammable material carrying vehicles
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Undergrad Calculating Applied Forces and Weld Breakage in Horizontal Rod Suspension
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Undergrad Friction on a Rainy Day: Why Does a Comb Stop Attracting Paper in Wet Hair?
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Graduate Carbon Dating on Mars: Possibility & Limitations
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Undergrad Can a Single Acting Spring Loaded Cylinder Launch a 1kg Body 5cm Upward?
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Undergrad Potential Energy: Energy Input & Output
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Undergrad Damping Force in a piston: Ideal Gas versus a Fluid
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Undergrad Pool Players: Answer this collision question
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High School Gravitational Potential energy
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Undergrad Designing a Pneumatic Arm to Lift 5kg Load 10m
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Undergrad Very basic fluid statics and dynamics question
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Undergrad Throwing a plate from a third floor balcony
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Undergrad Amplitude dependencies in an oscillator
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High School How Does the Bernoulli's Theorem Apparatus Work?
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High School Does friction slow down a wave (in a phone cord among others)?
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Graduate A rope in tension between Earth and Moon
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Graduate Wind in a rotating space settlement?
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Undergrad Why is gravitational potential energy defined at infinity?
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Graduate Coriolis effect and base forces
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Undergrad Physics Marathon (Solve a Problem and Post Your Own)
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High School Basic question about energy conservation
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High School Query about kinetic energy equation e = ½mv^2
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High School Explain exceptions to Conservation of Matter to me?
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Undergrad Simple doubt in work done by gas
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Undergrad Rotation relative to an inertial frame
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Graduate Unleashing the Potential of Gravitational Generator: A Theoretical Approach
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Graduate Why Do Harmonic Motion Equations Differ Across Sources?
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Undergrad Energy and Force: Is it Possible?
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Graduate Generating Functions in Hamiltonian Mechanics
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High School Speed of sound waves in various media.
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Undergrad Some questions about sound(sine) waves.
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Undergrad Torque required to pull a 737-800
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Undergrad Calculating Bollard Pull: From N/KN to Tonnes
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Undergrad Can the Potential Energy of a Rocket Be Calculated Using a Simple Formula?
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Graduate Proving GPE considering 0 at earths surface
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High School Does Dropping an Object Increase the Force It Exerts on the Ground?
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High School Simple Accelerometer Equations
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Graduate Compression of air entrained in water
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Undergrad Will There Be Liquid Water or Steam in the Cylinder at 0.5 ATM and 99°C?
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Graduate Evaporation questions about saturation pressure
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Undergrad Why is kinetic energy conserved?
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Undergrad Question regarding systems in work & energy
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Undergrad Question about Sound Waves: Faster Than Speed of Sound?
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Undergrad Programming the forces the sun applies on earth
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High School What is normal air pressure in N/cm^2?
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High School Why is sound louder in a room with many people?
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High School Potential Divider: Explaining How Energy is Lost & Given to Components
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Graduate Collisions: Elastic vs inelastic
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Undergrad Potential energy of earth and gravity
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Graduate Understanding the Sign Problem in Electric Potential: A Simple Explanation
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Graduate Degrees of Freedom of Connected Compasses
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High School Understanding the Mechanics of Ventilators: How Do They Work?
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Undergrad Why is one Tension Negative and the Other Positive - Atwood Machines
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Graduate What is the use for plasma pressure?
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High School ? Why does F=ma instead of F=mv ?
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Undergrad Understanding Power Drain in Series and Parallel Circuits | MCAT Prep Tips
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Undergrad Gravitational force near and away from earth's surface
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