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Graduate Gravitational potential using spherical harmonics (WGS84)
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High School Conservation of Momentum & Quantity of Motion: Examples Needed
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High School Confusing regarding Kinematic Equations
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High School Reproduction of a Police Accident Report Physics 30 Question
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High School Pontoon Pump Forces: Understanding Inertia
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High School How to find vertical distance given speed and time?
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Undergrad Finding the resultant of 3 Vectors modeling a force table
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Undergrad Derive 1-dimensional motion from average acceleration (no calculus)
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High School Solving 2D Kinematics Problem: Distance OP in m
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High School Physics: 1d Motion-Instantaneous Velocity vs Average.
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High School How much force is on each spring in this device?
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Undergrad Calculating Force on Dog's Head in Collision
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Undergrad Pseudo forces on a person in a park-swing
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Graduate Solving mgh at Infinity: Understanding GPE & GMm/r
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Undergrad Does this violate the Law of conservation of energy?
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Undergrad Why does a stone tied to a string not fall?
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Undergrad Basic question concerning the concept of a work integral
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Undergrad Projectile Motion ~ AP Physics (A rifle is fired at an angle of )
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Undergrad Solving the Work-Energy Theorem Error in Block-Table System
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Undergrad AP Physics ~ A good jump in the long jump event is
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Graduate Fluid dynamics, friction and pressure
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Undergrad How do I calculate the cable tension for a 14 degree suspended drawbridge?
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Undergrad Tension, FB diagrams and some formula questions.
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Undergrad Conservation of linar momentum - variable mass
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High School Understanding Dimensional Analysis in Basic Linear Motion Formulas
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Undergrad Can an Asteroid Impact the Moon's Orbit?
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Graduate Finding the potential of a conducting disk(without laplace)
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Graduate Two ways to calculate the final speed of a rotating cylinder
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Graduate Overshoot when solving damping differential equations
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Undergrad How can I calculate the joules for speeding objects?
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Undergrad Problem Introducing Me to Sliding Friction
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High School Understanding Basic Mechanics: Solving the Confusion on Force and Speed
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Graduate Question on center of mass (centroid)
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High School Position ~ Time Graph vs Displacement ~ Time Graph
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Undergrad Does Lifting a Block Involve Negative Work on You?
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Undergrad Where does potential energy go?
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Graduate Work done by an expanding gass against a mass
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Undergrad Doppler effect and multiple independant sound sources.
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Undergrad Calculate Speed of Car in Car Accident
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Undergrad Why Don't Rotations Contribute to the Average Energy of a Monatomic Gas?
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Undergrad Understanding Work: Conceptualization and Misconceptions
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Undergrad 'Water Cooling System: Can it Cool my Computer?
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Undergrad When acceleration and velocity vectors on the same graph.
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High School Why do we rotate along with the earth?
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Undergrad Question about the significance of negative work
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High School Frictionless world - Earth rotation
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Graduate Estimating Displacement of Particle in Brownian Motion
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Undergrad G Force upon falling object on impact
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Undergrad How to calculate forces on a wheel
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Undergrad Compressing Water: What Happens and Is It Possible?
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Graduate Bernoulli's Equation Applied to Two Free Surfaces
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Undergrad Calculate approximately G-force applied on Car shock absorber
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High School Boiling water more efficiently
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Graduate Lagrangian vs Newtonian formalism
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Undergrad Average Acceleration (gravity question)
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Graduate Vertical Motion with Linear Drag Derivation
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High School Flywheel Help: Which Will Keep Turning Longest?
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Undergrad Non constant accelleration equation(s)
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Undergrad What is the Horse and Cart Problem in Newton's Third Law?
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Undergrad Why Liquid Boils: Explaining Saturated Vapor Pressure
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Undergrad Velocity of a rollercoaster at the bottom of a curve
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Undergrad Gravitational field vs. acceleration due to gravity
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Undergrad Why is there no action-reaction pair for normal force?
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Graduate How Is the Constraint Function in Equation 727 Used in Lagrangian Mechanics?
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Graduate Friction in Lagrange's mechanics
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High School I have a question about pulley
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High School How will opening a vacuum box in a vertical water column affect the water level?
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Undergrad Velocity of Liquid: Pressure & Density Factors
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High School Interesting Aerodynamics Research topics
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High School Observation of Effects of a Large Wave
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High School What is the Average Velocity of a Race Car on a Circular Track?
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Undergrad Question Regarding Coefficient of Friction
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High School Does a Tube's Length Affect Force at the Same PSI?
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Undergrad Effect of air pressure on boiling point of water
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Undergrad Why is Torque the Cross Product Between r and F?
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High School Trouble Deriving a Constant Acceleration Formula
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Graduate Why cant I get conservation of energy here
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Undergrad Coefficient of Kinetic friction as a function of speed
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Graduate Derivation of Potential Energy for two masses attached to three springs
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Undergrad What Are the Major Properties of Inertial Forces?
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High School Rotating heavy masses x100 of you're own?
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High School Quiet Bernoulli Levitation (Aerodynamic Levitation)
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High School Discover the Position of Planets in Our Solar System Using Math
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Graduate Black hole and angular momentum
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Undergrad Solving Statics Problems: Setting Free Body Diagrams to Zero
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Undergrad Calculating Ejector - Q1, P1, V1, Q2, P2, V2
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Graduate Euler angles equivalence with a single rotation
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Graduate How do I convert mechanical work into torque on a suspended object
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Undergrad Geometry to work out how fast a bullet would have to travel to
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Undergrad At what height should a gun be fired for bullet to have escape velocity
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Undergrad Bernoulli equation and velocity problem
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High School What is the Coriolis Force and How Does it Affect Driving Direction?
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Undergrad Fictitious Forces ⇔ Constraint Forces? (re: D'Alembert's Principle)
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Graduate Angular Momentum Projection of a Rigid Body: Formula & Proof
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Undergrad What is the Role of Springs in Guitar Vibration?
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