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High School Centrifugal force and angular velocity
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Undergrad Opossing acceleration forces from the same mass, unbalanced?
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Graduate Forced Oscillations - Why Amplitude Reaches Fixed Value at Zero Frequency?
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Graduate Change in kinetic energy between reference frames
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High School Imaginary experiment on gravity.
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High School Sign of acceleration due to gravity doubt
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Graduate What is the Tree of Physics and how does it illustrate mechanics?
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High School Does Boiling Water Faster Depend on Amount or Incremental Additions?
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Undergrad Dumb question about gyroscopic forces to clarify if you'd be so kind
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Undergrad An odd one regarding impact force
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High School Like what IS energy? relative to force
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High School Question regarding underwater pressure
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Graduate Low Mach Numbers: Incompressible flow or fluid
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Graduate Stream function/velocity potential in fluid mechanics
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Graduate Em field 6 degrees of freedoms & 4-potential
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Undergrad What means materials will ignite in (low pressure)
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Graduate Time for an object to fall to a larger one
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Graduate Fluid dynamics and particulate diffusion question
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Undergrad Cavendish Experiment: Questions About Conditions & Gravity
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Undergrad Calculation of g force on an bank of an aeroplane
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Undergrad What is the Formula for Acceleration in Rotation?
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High School Calculating Horizontal Forces on Frictionless Surface
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Undergrad Simulation of gravity on large bodies
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Undergrad Center of mass with gymnastics as an example
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High School Why are hollow tubes stronger than full ones.
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Undergrad How do speakers produce sound?
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Undergrad Does between UEL and LEL can be have more powerfull explosion.
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Graduate What Are the Key Factors in Submarine Design Related to Water Pressure?
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High School Is sound wave a transverse wave?
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Undergrad How can I determine the maximum load on a surface?
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Graduate Estimating stiffness spring represented by interatomic force.
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Undergrad A bullet falling to earth and g being the only pull
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Graduate Center of gravity of an orbitting body not at center of gravity
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Graduate Gravitational force from a square plate
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High School Determine inital force from velocity and weight
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Undergrad Derivative of Distance r in DW=F*dr: Explained
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Graduate Tragedy of my trajectory calculations for rotary broadcast speaders
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High School Designing a Non-Electrical Marble Launcher: Creative Ideas and Simple Machines
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High School Back and Forth Motion: Definition & Explanation
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Undergrad Calculate Force of Rod at Fixed Pivot Point
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Undergrad Can a Research Paper on Classical Physics make it to a good journal?
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Undergrad How can I accurately test the variations between two accelerometers?
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Undergrad Rotational Inertia: Calculate & Plot Function w/ Sinus Decay
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High School Why does rain appears to be inclined when observed from a moving car?
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Graduate Queries on Damped Harmonic Motion
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Undergrad What Is the Most Efficient Diameter for a Mill Wheel in a Stream?
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Undergrad Calculating Rotational Inertia (A Bit of Confusion)
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Graduate What Are the Limits of Pressure as a Thermodynamic Quantity?
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Graduate Time derivative of vector potential - indices help
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Undergrad How does pressure and volume affect the work done by gas in a vacuum?
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Undergrad What Forces Act on a Static Cylinder on an Inclined Plane?
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Undergrad Why does the Earth have an equatorial bulge?
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Graduate What is the meaning of non-degenerate in statistical mechanics?
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Undergrad Debate Which will fly further: Golfball, Baseball, Mouseball
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Undergrad Truncated cone on stream of water
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Undergrad Why Is Time Interval Between Gas Particle Collisions Calculated as Δt=2l/v?
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Undergrad Ballistics Equations: Finding the Perfect Shot
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Undergrad Why Objects Rotate: Rigidity, KE & Magnets
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Undergrad Real world problem, with KE problem
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Undergrad Perpetual Motion Using Solar Energy
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Undergrad Water , gravitational potential energy
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Undergrad Soapbox racer - heavier is better?
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Graduate How Does the Kinetic Theory of Gases Describe Particle Collisions?
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Undergrad Understanding Notation: Simplifying \vec{a} = \dot{v}
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Graduate Potential theory for water waves
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High School How can students derive a torque equation using scales and mobiles?
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High School Interesting phenomena of boiled water and my coffee.
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Undergrad Free-fall acceleration vs gravitational acceleration
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High School Why aren't we using Hydrogen as a source of fuel for cars?
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Undergrad Spring of mass 'm' hung from ceiling.total elongation?
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Graduate Distribution of Energy: Deriving T from m, V, v0, & θ
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High School Silly question: balloon floating above vs with the Earth
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High School Tides and Moon Gravitational Force
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High School Why does Newton's Cradle behave the way it does?
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Graduate Rotational and Translational Forces
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion Equilibrium
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Undergrad Question about inertia and acceleration
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Undergrad Osmotic Pressure: Why It's Not Bad Physics
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Undergrad Chemical Potential: Heat Energy Carried by Particles
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Undergrad Stressed out about the stress formula
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Undergrad Tensions of cable over a pulley
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High School Car-Tree Impact Force: Understanding Newton's Third Law
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Undergrad Sound Wave Attenuation: Why Does Water Attenuate More?
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Undergrad Minimum work and work-energy theorem
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Undergrad Are we heavier during the day? (Thought experiment/want answer)
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Graduate Calculating forces regarding angular momentum/gyroscopic forces?
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High School Is Power the Same as Energy? A Biomechanics Question
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Undergrad Is Δs Inaccurate for Large Values of Δθ and r in dθ = ds/r?
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Undergrad Force caused by a bullet in a bone
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Undergrad Newton's laws and submerged objects.
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Undergrad Center of gravity & moment of inertia
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Graduate Free Fall of Objects Considering the Acelleration of the Planet
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Undergrad Expression of bulk modulus of a cube in terms of strain
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Undergrad Throwing Knife Physics: Why Blade End Hits More Often
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Graduate Relaxation in classical systems
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High School So, the webpage title could be: Collision Force: How is it Determined?
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Undergrad Relative Velocity: Understanding Rotation & Magnitude
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Undergrad Can this method turn potential energy into kinetic energy?
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Undergrad Harnessing Wind Energy From a Car for Fuel Efficiency
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Undergrad Method to determine surface gravity (g) at home?
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