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Undergrad Rocket Burning fuel causing change in mass
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Undergrad Torque Sum with applied torque off axis
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Undergrad What exactly is the Normal Force?
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Undergrad How to Determine x(t) for a Particle Given Initial Conditions and a(x)?
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Undergrad What Type of Energy is Absorbed in a Bicycle-Tree Collision?
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Graduate How does Particle Wave Duality Work?
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High School Mixing different pressures of air using valves
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High School Uniform circular motion lab question
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Undergrad Bernoulli principle - negative pressure
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Graduate Hamilton's equations for double pendulum
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Undergrad G Forces experienced by human if rotated inside a giant hampster wheel
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High School Friciton drives a car forward right?
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High School Newton's Laws-Practical Applications?
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Graduate How Does Extreme Pressure Affect Atomic Structure in Neutron Stars?
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Undergrad Does the Universe Expanding Make a Sound?
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Graduate Meaning of Square of four vector potential
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Undergrad Why is rigid body rotational energy not exactly applicable to fluids?
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Restraining Force of Intersecting Bands?
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Undergrad Understanding pressure with barometer as example
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Undergrad Conservation of Angular Momentum of a stick
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Graduate Bernoulli Equation for Rotational Flow
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Undergrad Trying to understand reduced mass
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia of a Solid Sphere: Revisiting the Derivation from HyperPhysics
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Graduate How Does Angular Momentum Affect Ice Skating Techniques?
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Undergrad Will Submerging a Person in Mercury Harm Them?
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Graduate Can Potential Energy Convert Directly into Matter?
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High School A question about elastic collision of bodies.
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Graduate Can anyone explain the use of inertial frames for problem solving in E&M?
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Graduate Lagrangian mechanics - derivation doubt.
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Undergrad Relation between acceleration and velocity
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High School How Does Earth's Gravity Affect a Balloon?
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Undergrad How does one calculate the velocity and strengh of a whirlpool?
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Graduate Normal and centrifugal force for arbitrary curves
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Graduate The form of gravitational potential energy
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How does the wave pendulum in Citadel Physics create its mesmerizing pattern?
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Undergrad Force & Energy: Can Force be Created Without Movement or Fields?
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Undergrad What is v(dv/dx) and how does it relate to acceleration?
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Undergrad Equilibrium and Minimum Force Requirements in a Frictionless Environment
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Graduate Calculating Electric Potential of Ammonia Molecule: Can You Help?
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Undergrad Gravitational Force Units Question
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Undergrad Kepler's planetary motion and inverse square law
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Graduate Working Principle of Split Ring Resonators
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How to place my speaker for louder sounds?
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Undergrad Directional Derivative of Potential energy
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High School What is this old apparatus with a coil and pulley used for in physics labs?
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Undergrad How do I calculate the maximum rotational speed of a hollow cylinder?
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Undergrad Backpacking Canister Stove - Canister Pressure at Altitude
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Undergrad Questioning My Conception of Surface Tension
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Undergrad Is the Oscillation Period Formula for an Elastic Band the Same as for a Spring?
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Undergrad Can External Forces Change an Object's Mass Without Altering its Velocity?
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Graduate Conceptual Doubts in Eletrodynamics
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Undergrad Change in Gravity Affecting Free Fall
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Undergrad How does an object undergo circular motion on a non-circular trajectory?
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Undergrad Induced drag confusion - More than one cause?
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Undergrad Calculating torque with buyouant force and hardly definiable arm
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Graduate When can we have perpetual motion?
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Graduate What's wrong with this derivation for rotational energy of a sphere?
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High School Force & Energy: How Does it Affect Object Motion?
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Undergrad Need some clarification with torque or force and gear ratio
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Undergrad What Torque is Needed to Rotate a Solid Bored Ball?
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Graduate Force/torque in a differential / gear ring.
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Undergrad Revolutionize Crash Safety: 90 Ton Impact Absorber for Cars
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High School Calculating Thrust and Work for a Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket
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High School How do Earth's gravity and a pencil's force compare according to Newton's laws?
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Graduate The fate of the vector potential in the case of the existence of a mag
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Undergrad Power transmission via Transformer.
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Undergrad Reaching Mach 1: Detecting Sonic Velocity in a Convergent Nozzle
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Graduate Energy governing equation in terms of PRESSURE
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Undergrad Water Wavemaker calculation need. fluid dynamics help.?
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Graduate Pressure relief from 15,000 psi to 0
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Graduate Why do tanks get hot when you fill them from higher pressure tanks?
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High School Egg Drop Design Challenge: Straws, Index Cards and Hot Glue
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Graduate Why Does a Spinning Coin Tend to Stand Upright?
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High School How Water Drops Generate Electricity: Explained
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High School Pulley Hoist Free Body Diagram
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Graduate Rotating cylindrical spaceship
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High School If a force is applied to a box, and the box is not displaced, no work
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Undergrad Drag equation using wind to create 3d graph
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Undergrad What are the Physics of a loop-the-loop
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Undergrad Acceleration changing over time
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Undergrad Coefficient of friction aluminium on aluminium
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High School The Force Equation: Understanding the Relationship Between Mass and Acceleration
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Graduate Investigating Slingshot Physics: Finding Distance as a Function of Displacement
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Graduate Where did I go wrong in my calculations for the inertia dyno?
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Undergrad Calculating Amplitude in Simple Harmonic Motion
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Undergrad Acceleration, bicyclists and ski racing
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Graduate Quick question about acceleration caused by B field
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Undergrad Can a gyroscope be used to stabilize a levitating globe?
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Undergrad Torque required to rotate a circular sector inside a drum
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Undergrad What is the cause of the slow movement of a large ice floe on a lake?
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Undergrad Buoyancy force and surface tension
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Undergrad Speed of a vehicle at moment of impact
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Graduate Some questions regarding proportions in a two-body problem
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High School The h in mgh Can you change it?
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Undergrad Kinematic questions(velocity of 2 contact points)
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Undergrad Density of Water: Does Cooling Below 0°C Affect It?
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Undergrad How do you calculate the amount of torque you need to pull an object?
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Graduate Adding stirring force acting on the fluid
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High School Differences in position in 2 very similar circumstances
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Graduate Virtual differentials approach to Euler-Lagrange eqn - necessary?
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