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Undergrad Applying Power concepts to a Rocket?
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Undergrad Any way to predict when to stop a moving ball in order to get it to x?
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Undergrad Connecting Newton's 3rd law of motion to circular motion
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Graduate Orbital Angular Momenta - Conversion to a Different Origin
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Undergrad Question about impulse forces and tipping point of block
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Graduate Completely Inelastic Collision
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Undergrad Rotation around center of mass
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High School Circular motion of ball and string question
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Undergrad Rotating Spacecraft Causing 'Artificial Gravity' via Centripetal Force
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Graduate Fluid mechanics study navier stokes
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Graduate How Does v^2 in the Wave Equation Represent Wave Speed?
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Graduate Understanding what goes on along the triple line (for water)
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Undergrad Sphere vs Cube: Rotational Inertia
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Graduate Does the existence of a potential render a space inhomogeneous?
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Undergrad Lagrangian and degrees of freedom
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Undergrad Glancing Collision with 2 Equal Masses
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Undergrad Hydrostatic pressure and the reading on a scale
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Graduate Balloon change of thickness, diameter and pressure
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Undergrad Clarification about conservation of Energy/Momentum
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Undergrad What is the Translational Acceleration at a Point on the Rim at t=10?
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Undergrad How Transformers Work | Understanding Voltage & Current
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Undergrad Answer Physics Question: Is a Bullet Exerting Force? Advice for Studying Physics
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Undergrad General Question on scales at grocery stores
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Undergrad What is the S-coefficient in Magnus Effect?
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Graduate Center of mass of a uniform sphere
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Graduate Acceleration of rocket in space
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High School Communicating vessels(experiement)
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Graduate Does Curved Surface Shape Affect Pressure Distribution?
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Undergrad Hydrostatic Pressure: Radial Inwards vs Outwards
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Undergrad Gravitational potential energy confusion
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Graduate Work Energy Theorem for Variable Mass Systems
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High School Understanding Coefficient of Friction: Answers to Common Questions
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Undergrad Calculating coefficient of resitution
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Undergrad Difference between coefficient of static and kinet friction
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Graduate Moment of Inertia of Curves and Surfaces
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Undergrad Potential energy of gravitation
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Undergrad How Does Pressure Remain Constant During a Phase Transition?
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Undergrad What size range of droplets is ideal for applying Stokes' Law in fluid dynamics?
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Graduate Calculating Pressure and Gravity Forces in a Two-Sphere System in Water
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High School What Is the Maximum Height Air Pressure Can Support?
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Graduate Formula for gravity path of two objects
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Graduate Numerically solving position and velocity of a particle
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Undergrad Deriving a differential equation for car motion
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High School Bottomless fish tank pressure brainteaser
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High School Enhancing a Catapult Project: Ideas for Angle Adjustment and Trigger Mechanism
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Undergrad Why does a wave pulse invert when it hits a fixed boundary on a string?
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Graduate Can You Build a Particle Accelerator at Home?
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Graduate Partition function lennard jones potential
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Undergrad Why do completely inelastic collision have MAXIMUM energy loss?
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Undergrad Inclined Plane Experiment: Iron Ball Attraction and Stopping Behavior
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High School Hydrostatic Pressure: Height vs Volume
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High School Soap Box car - heavier better ? Part II
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Undergrad Weight Force: Definition & Freefall Questions
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High School Law of Hydrostatic Pressure: What is the Significance of Height?
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Graduate The way helicopters are able to operate
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High School Conservation of mass and energy
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Undergrad Understanding the Impact of Static and Sudden Forces on Pain Perception
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Undergrad Saving Whales and Comparing Sounds
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Undergrad Understanding the Difference Between Kinetic Energy and Momentum
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy Equation
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Undergrad Density of Water: Is It the Same Everywhere?
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Graduate Typical energy ratios to get into orbit? (height, friction, velocity)
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Graduate Velocity of a particle exposed to a shock wave?
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Graduate Specific Volume water antifreeze mix
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Undergrad How to correctly find total drag?
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Graduate Modelling Acceleration to Constant Velocity
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High School Kinetic friction or static friction
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High School Force on Car's Tyres: Turning Right - Left or Right?
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High School Work is force into distance or displacement
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High School Why can't we lift objects while sitting?
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High School When a ball hits the ground, where in the ball is potential energy = 0
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High School Power of an Object: Desk Force & Newton's Law
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High School What is Negative Work and Energy?
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Undergrad Multi-Body Friction: Acceleration Impact
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Undergrad Shear and tensile force questions
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Undergrad Kinetic Energy of many-particle systems
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Undergrad Effect of Rotational Direction on a Football.
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High School What will happen when a body is equally dense as the liquid?
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Undergrad Drag Force on a Streamlined Body
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High School Difference between Work and Energy?
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Graduate How fast can a particle rotate?
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Undergrad Is Internal Kinetic Energy Directional at a Macroscopic Level?
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Undergrad Finding the Centroid of a Coke Bottle
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High School Projectile Question: Intital Velocity & Angle
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High School What is the significance of the constant G in Newton's gravitation formula?
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Undergrad Why Is a Pillow Safer Than a Rock If Both Fall at the Same Speed?
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Undergrad Is Infinite Work Possible in a Frictionless Vacuum?
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Graduate How does frame dragging affect the trajectory of a falling bullet?
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Undergrad Ideal Gas Simulator: Help Solving Collision Detection Issue
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High School Sound Travel from Water to Air - Visualizing the Possibilities
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Undergrad Why Does Relative Velocity of Approach Equal Zero at Minimum Distance?
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High School Why Does the Steering Wheel Self-Correct?
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Undergrad A few questions on different spring and mass setups
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Undergrad Understanding the Motion of a Falling Rod on a Frictionless Surface
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Undergrad Inertial forces in crank slider mechanism
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Undergrad Can energy be taken away from an object without touching it?
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Graduate Degrees of Freedom for Rigid Body of n Particles
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Undergrad Force from a Kinetic Energy Function
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Graduate Can a Klein Bottle Manifold Describe Certain Mechanical Systems?
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