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Undergrad This problem's been bothering me for a while now
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Graduate Liquid Collision Rate: Estimating Molecular Flux
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Undergrad Calculating Power Output of a Turbine: What Factors Should Be Considered?
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Undergrad Calculating the thrust required to turn a submarine deep in the water
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Undergrad Calculating speed / distance over time?
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Undergrad Particle Speed And Acceleration ?
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Undergrad How Do You Create Hydrogen Plasma?
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Graduate Calculating Speed of Geometric Progression - Mechanics
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia: Kinetic Energy, Momentum & Conservation
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Graduate Average kinetic energy of a damped oscillator
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Undergrad Can someone please explain to me what a dynamical trajectory means?
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High School Trouble understanding the idea of escape velocity
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Undergrad Spinning Wheel: Is There a Particle at the Dead Centre That Does Not Spin?
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Graduate Oscillating System Composed of Two Hydrogen Atoms
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Undergrad Understanding Angular Velocity Qualitatively.
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Graduate Conservation of angular momentum.
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Undergrad Why is this calculation of earth gravitational acceleration incorrect?
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Undergrad Will a Floating Disk Rotate or Move Linearly if Force is Applied off Center?
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Undergrad Gravitational constant in english units
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High School Delta v and change in velocity
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Graduate Understanding Navier-Stokes Derivation and Momentum Flow | PF Discussion
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Graduate Combined translational and rotational motion of a rigid body
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Undergrad Pendulum velocity at any given angle
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Undergrad Axis of Rotation: Rotate About Other Axes?
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High School The Physics of Vacuums: Understanding Force and Gravity
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Graduate Slope rotating around a vertical axis.
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Undergrad Centripetal acceleration and circular motion
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Undergrad Net force on a Swinging Pendulum
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Graduate What is the relationship between velocity and momentum in a rotating gyroscope?
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High School What is the Science Behind Gravity and Its Universal Acceleration?
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High School How Do You Calculate Resultant and Difference of Forces?
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion: Simple Pendulum
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Undergrad Tangential & normal vs radial & transverse
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Undergrad Can Linear and Angular Momentum Be Combined in Mechanics?
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Undergrad Focus Sound Waves: Can We Refract Like Light?
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion - Potential energy
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High School How Does a CD Work? Answers to Your Questions
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Undergrad Atmosphere Modeling: If G Doubles, How Tall?
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Undergrad What concept does work formalize?
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Graduate Calculating Wheel Torque for Vehicle Dynamometer Design
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Undergrad Distance from non-uniform linear acceleration
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High School Discover the Theory Behind Roller Coaster Toys and Satisfy Your Curiosity
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion - Mass on a Spring
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Undergrad Average Velocity and Angle of Inclination of a Slope
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High School Effects of gravity on different elements
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Undergrad Coefficient of Static Fraction
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High School How Spinning Tops Work: Explained for Secondary Students
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Undergrad Questions about kinetic energy and momentum
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Undergrad Confused about gravitational potential energy?
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Undergrad Equation of motion of a mass-spring system
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High School Why do we need to know the value of 'g' to such accuracy?
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Undergrad Suction force and pressure difference
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Undergrad Troubleshooting Experimental Results: Measuring g with Gedanken Experiments
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Undergrad Doubt in mass suspended by spring
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Undergrad Are the Forces During a Gunshot Balanced and Optimized by Barrel Length?
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Undergrad Calculate Air Resistance on Objects Thrown Into Air by Earth Stopping
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High School Kinetic Energy & Force: Classical Physics
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Undergrad What Factors Influence the Siphon Effect in Hydrodynamics?
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Graduate Missing sketch in K&K Mechanics book
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Undergrad Circular Motion: Proof for Non-Uniform Circular Motion Acceleration
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Undergrad Comparing Modulus of Elasticity in Maths vs Physics
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Graduate Vertical Cable, Torque, Force applied to Wheels
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High School Drop a ball - where does the energy go?
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Graduate Infinitely stretchable elastic band
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Graduate Vapor Pressure, Open Container, and Boiling
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Undergrad Why does water exhibit anomalous behavior near its freezing point?
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High School If gasses escapes Earth, then how do they reach escape velocity?
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Undergrad Understanding Mechanical Work: Ideal Gas and Fixed Pressure
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Undergrad Perpetual Motion From Satellite Revolution
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Graduate PV work: differential vs instantaneous
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Undergrad Fluid Inside an Ideal Sphere: What Happens?
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Graduate Deriving sound from simulated interactions
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Graduate Understanding Viscous Stress Tensor in Incompressible Flow
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Undergrad What Drives Surface Tension in Liquids?
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Graduate Degrees of Freedom & Constraints of Pulley & Spring System
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Undergrad Center of mass of non-uniform plate
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Undergrad Work done by gravitational force
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Undergrad Center of mass vs. center of gravity
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Undergrad Car acceleration, fuel usage and kinetic energy
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Graduate Work done on accelerating car is zero?
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Undergrad Range of a Rocket Launched from Height h
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Undergrad Distance from Source to Reach 180/170 dB Intensity Level
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High School How Do Gramophones Amplify Sound with No External Power?
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Graduate Physical pendulum in phase space
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Undergrad Energy Generation through Gravity (mining operation monorail)
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Undergrad Perpetual Motion: Is it Possible?
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High School What are the variables in the formula for average acceleration?
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Undergrad Pressure Decay Equation: P1-P0 e-(A/V)t + P0 Explained
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Undergrad Force Gauge vs. Scale: Which is a More Accurate Measure of Deformation?
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Undergrad Solar Power Islanding - Jake Platt
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High School Calculating time taken to boil water
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Undergrad Stuck understanding Bernoulli's Principle, would love some help
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Graduate Does the Work-Energy Theorem hold true for objects in rotational motion?
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Graduate Motion of mass constrained to rail
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Undergrad How can we accurately calculate the time of impact in a real-life collision?
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Graduate Can a Free 2 Axis Gyro Model Account for Contact with a Stop?
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Undergrad Solving a Water Pressure Problem: Gauge Pressure at B
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Undergrad Time required by a motor to reach the torque
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Undergrad Help with power calculation please.
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Undergrad Nearsightedness: How Glasses Work to Fix It
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