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Undergrad Angular acceleration x radius= Acceleration of center of mass ?
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Undergrad How is - (gravitational) potential energy and free fall compatible?
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High School Is any good way on how to deal with Newton Mechanics?
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Undergrad Calculate the amount of force required to deform an iron by 1 foot?
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Undergrad Impact Force: Does Energy Absorption Affect Driver?
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Graduate A subtle question on restoring force in SHM
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High School How does acceleration= final velocity - initial velocity divided by time work?
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Graduate Liquid pressure gradient in zero gravity
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Undergrad Work relationship with energies
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Undergrad Reducing Force: Understanding Energy Absorption in Crashes
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Undergrad What can I consider 'fundamental definitions'?
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Undergrad Can We Spin Air? Spherical Centrifugal Force
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Undergrad Rigid Body Bouncing: How Smooth Surfaces Deform
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Undergrad Energy to move an object along a conveyor belt
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High School Falling: How Our Body Absorbs Force & Reducing Impact
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Graduate Collision and Friction: Theoretical Q with Practical Implications
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Undergrad Velocity of ball after being hit by a racket
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Graduate Pressure reducing orifice plates
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Undergrad How Do Angles Affect Load in Rope Rescue Systems?
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High School Calculating Tension & Buoyancy in Water
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Undergrad How Can the Diffusion Equation Help Maximize Water Absorption in Plants?
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Undergrad What factors affect the movement of a ball bearing attached to a spinning disc?
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Undergrad Is Newtons calculus approximate?
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High School Work Done When Walking: Yes or No?
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High School What Are the Energy Differences in Compressing a Spring by Hand vs Using a Clip?
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Undergrad What is the Concept of Time Speed?
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Undergrad What is the relationship between gravity and conservation of momentum?
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Undergrad Why doesn't a yo-yo come back to its original height?
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Undergrad X = Asin(wt + angle) and circular motion diagram?
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High School Difference between these equations?
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High School Falling from a Mountain: The Impact of Using a Stone to Break a Fall"
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High School How does an object move up with the same force as weight?
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Graduate Why Is the Larger Component in Coriolis Calculations Often Neglected?
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Undergrad Angular acceleration of a planet
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Undergrad Dropping items from an airplane.
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Undergrad Solid - solid impact force peak
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Graduate [Aerodynamics] Why does the drag coefficient increase after turbulence
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High School Equation for Ball Deflection at Corners in a Breakout Game
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Undergrad Derivatives and equilibrium position of a spring
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High School Where does ocean pressure come from?
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High School Question about fluids and Bernoulli's Equation
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Graduate Swinging periods of physical and simple pendelums
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Undergrad Solving Physics for Human Slingshot Model in Excel
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Undergrad How to Calculate Moment of Inertia for a Disk Using Calculus?
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High School Potential energy and kinetic energy
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Undergrad Acceleration as derivate of velocity
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High School What is the Law Behind Earth's Force on Falling Objects?
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High School What is the reason behind the stress being zero when stretching a rod?
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Undergrad Law of Conservation of Momentum and Jumping Off a Boat with Constant Velocity
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Undergrad Is it possible to split water with sound wave?
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Undergrad Solving Moment and Cross-Product Problems with R
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Graduate Rotational Dynamics: Analyzing Frictional Force Direction
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Undergrad Factor of friction strange behavior
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Undergrad Rolling Down Ramp - Question on Friction
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Undergrad Action-reaction pairs, concerning gravitational force &normal reaction
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Graduate How Does Damping Frequency Influence a Harmonic Oscillator?
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Undergrad Elastic Potential: U and F Explained for James
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Graduate Understanding Planewaves Bouncing Parallel Plates (Waveguide)
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Undergrad Rigid Body Rotation: Axis Points Stationary?
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Undergrad Is it less damaging to go faster?
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Graduate Classical Square Well: Hamiltonian Form & Elastic Collision
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Undergrad Level surface of a contained liquid
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High School Why does a=g*sin(theta) on an inclined plane
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Undergrad Sizing Chamber for Pressure Reduction - CO2 Essential Oil Extraction
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Graduate Acceleration of point of contact
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Undergrad How Does Torque in a Wheel and Axle System Create Forward Motion?
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Graduate Are Moments Treated Differently than Forces in Beam Analysis?
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High School Can a Self-Supply Gravity Motor Generate Infinite Energy?
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High School What is the Unit of Angular Acceleration in SI Units?
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High School The battery and its potential difference
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Graduate A unique rope and pulley problem
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Undergrad Force required to push an object a certain distance
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Undergrad Phase Velocity of a Water Wave?
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Undergrad How does a battery create potential difference
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia of a Rectangle
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Graduate Navier-Stokes from Quantum Mechanics?
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High School Parachute Equations: Calculate Rate of Descent
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Undergrad What is the peak power of Tesla's 85 kWh battery pack?
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A lamp hanging on from the ceiling, Im scared is going to fall on me
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Undergrad Understanding Tipping Force: Equation for a Tipping Block with 50N Strike
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High School Conceptual Normal Force Question
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High School Calculating Kinetic Energy with P=1/2Aρv3
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Undergrad Lab issue - Please check my projectile launcher calculations
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Undergrad Can a ball roll fast enough that it becomes airbourne while rolling?
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Undergrad Power and Thrust of a Motor/Propeller
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Undergrad Relation between r ,ω and θ for rotation around fixed axis.
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High School Grade 11 Physics Final Project. Help (Kinematics)
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Undergrad In rolling, how is Vcom related to ω?
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Undergrad Two bodies with rope moving apart
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Undergrad Proof of parallel axis theorem.
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Undergrad Solving Work with Constant Force and Gravity on Mass in a Vertical Circle
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Graduate How Do You Solve the Equations of Motion in a Gravitational Field?
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High School Contraption to apply constant force
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Graduate Rocket Motion in interstellar space
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Undergrad Static friction between two stacked blocks a 3rd law pair?
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Graduate Simple Lagrangian for constrained motion - please give your input
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Graduate How Does Wave Broadening Affect Amplitude in Dispersive Media?
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Undergrad Numerically Integrating Equation of Motion for an Object
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Undergrad Mass hanging from more than two strings
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Undergrad Path of a block suspended by two parallel cords
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