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Undergrad Gravity shift due to sun & moon passing overhead
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Undergrad Angular Momentum & Precession: Harnessing Torque?
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High School Solving Physics Questions: Scalars, Vectors, Displacement, Paths & More
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Undergrad Trying to Express an Amount of Force
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Graduate Postulates of Classical Statistical Mechanics
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Undergrad Help With Conservation Of Energy Concept
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High School Maximizing Distance on a Slope: Tips for Designing a Winning Car
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Undergrad Calculating the Maximum Height of a Helium Balloon
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Undergrad Pressure in pipe and find leakage
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Graduate What is the Speed of Changes in Gravitational Fields?
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Undergrad Why is torque perpendicular to the plane of rotation in rotational motion?
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High School Power needed to climb constant slope at constant speed
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Undergrad Why Does Rotational Inertia Depend on Mass Distance from the Axis?
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Undergrad How to justify the shell theory by using Gauss Law?
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Undergrad For this pulley system, why is it m1g - T1-T2=m1a?
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Undergrad Where can I learn all of this? Fluid Physics
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Undergrad Does a pendulum in a vacuum ever stop moving completely?
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High School Potential difference vs Potential energy
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Undergrad Graph Plotting Q&A: Velocity & Acceleration Data
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How can i block the sound outdoor ?
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Undergrad Normal force in rotational motion
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Undergrad How to derive the formula for Gravitational Potential Energy?
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Graduate New NASA report: Eagleworks Lab
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Undergrad Derivation of the kinetic energy equation in terms of distance.
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High School Questions about basic physics concepts
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Undergrad Jerk: The Third Derivative of Position
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Undergrad A Quest to Perfectly Understand Classical Mechanics
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Graduate Oscillator Equation - Energy Conservation
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Energy with reference point at infinity?
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Undergrad Negative Work or Positive Work? and gravitational potential energy
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Undergrad I'm writing a program that simulates circular
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Undergrad Why Does Backspin on Golf Balls Increase Distance? Explained by Science
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Undergrad Yo-yoing over the harmonic oscillator
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Undergrad Convert 2000 Ft Lbs Torque to Pounds - Electric Brake
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Graduate Conservation of Angular Momentum and the Role of Coordinate Systems
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Graduate Conversion of translational momentum to angular momentum
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Undergrad Explaination of Surface tension of water
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Undergrad Rotational Dynamics Confusion
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Undergrad Question about rotation w/ an additioanl object.
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Graduate DU/dt = 0 for oscillating spring, help with derivation
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Undergrad How does the type of drill affect the rotational kinetic energy of a gyro?
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High School Gyroscope Precession Explained: Simple Explanation
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Undergrad Calculating Forces & Friction on a Block Resting on an Incline
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High School When to Use Kinetic vs. Potential Energy: Explained
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Undergrad Understanding Zero Angular Momentum
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Undergrad Kinematic Equation vs. Delta velocity / Delta Time - Factor of 2?
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High School How would I calculate water pressure in a vertical column?
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High School Acceleration v Constant Velocity
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Graduate Solving Satellite Motion with Drag Force: Analytical Solution?
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Graduate How to show that a trajectory is closed?
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Undergrad Mind-spinner 1: When (do/don't) action/reaction force pairs cancel out?
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Undergrad [At' Pressure] Glass of water held upsidedown
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Graduate Hinged Stick Experiment: Finding Critical Angle for Ball and Cup
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Undergrad Statically indeterminate beam (fixed ends) and the moments at the supports
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Graduate Generalized coordinates - Rotating pendulum
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Undergrad Quick question on the conservation of angular momentum
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Undergrad Rolling Motion of a Rigid Object
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Undergrad How Does the Point of Application of a Force Affect an Object's Motion?
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Graduate Calculating Velocity with Accelerometer & Pitch for Robot Positioning
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High School Calculate Muzzle Velocity: Angle, Height, Horizontal Displacement
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Undergrad Clearing Up Units Confusion: How to Ensure Consistency for Density and Rotation
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Undergrad The relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy
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Undergrad Does Gravity Cause Hotter Water at the Top of a Tower?
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Undergrad Building a Ski Rope Tow. Need help with motor sizing
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Undergrad Nightclub physics: Fourier decomposition with cocktail glasses
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High School History of Measuring g with a Pendulum
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Undergrad Static vs. Neutral Equilibrium of a Mesh
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High School Can Circular Motion Be Calculated Like Linear Motion?
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Undergrad Why doesn't the earth spiral into the sun?
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Graduate Proving Rotational K.E. Formula?
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Undergrad Normal force in circular motion
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Graduate A Case Of Momentum Conservation
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High School Why all free falling bodies reach the ground at the same time?
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High School Water not flow out of capillary
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Graduate Pressure forces from a liquid in rotation
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Undergrad Friction Challenge Problem - Finding Distance Required To Stop.
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Undergrad Definition of potential energy
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Undergrad Simple question about fluid pressure (medical injection)
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Undergrad Coin Drop Motion: Galileo's Physics Experiment
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Graduate Understanding Molecular Collisions in Gases
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Graduate Nature of Inertia and the Emptiness of Space
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Undergrad Perfectly elastic collision of spheres
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Undergrad Newtonian vs Einsteinian gravity in everday life?
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Undergrad Bernoulli & Navier-Stokes: Relation Explained
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Undergrad Elasticity (understanding elasticity from stress strain curve)
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High School How i find friction between surfaces without using COF tester?
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High School How does gravity affect the balance of an egg and muscle strength?
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Undergrad Merry go round angular velocity problem asap help needed
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Undergrad Atmosphere pressure from gravitation
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High School The Power of Kinetic Energy to the EK=1/2*m*v^2 Formula
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Graduate How can I determine the moment of inertia of an irregular object?
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Graduate Equilibrium in Newtonian Mechanics: What is the Connection to Lagrangians?
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Undergrad How does an object with no velocity have force
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High School (Average) Kinetic Energy of Molecules
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Undergrad Tsiolkovsky's rocket equation question
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Undergrad Clock Spring Torque: Understanding Input and Output Torque in Winding Mechanics
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Graduate Deriving relation between angular momentum reduction by torque
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Undergrad How will be the frictional force on a bullet while spinning and non-spinning.
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Undergrad Tension in Two Strings With Different Angles
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Undergrad Help with motion of the car - Displacement
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