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Undergrad Torque on a Free Body: Applying 1N Force to Ruler
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Undergrad Why Don't Objects Fall in Space?
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Undergrad Why Does an Object in Free Fall Cover More Distance Than Expected at 10 m/s²?
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Undergrad I know the force of gravity inside a hollow sphere is 0, but
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High School Does a change in direction always result in acceleration?
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Graduate Change of relative permittivity of liquid and solid water
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Undergrad Objects of Different Density in Freefall
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High School How does moving your legs propel you forward in swimming?
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High School How to Calculate the Launch Velocity of a Trebuchet Projectile?
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Graduate Free fall of hatch with a frictional hinge
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Graduate Breathing against a fan/pressure I'm confused any help would be great
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High School Energy lost in toy due to friction?
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Graduate 3D Rotation of a rigid body in Fixed Axes (Not Axes Rotation)
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Undergrad Simple argument that a force applied farther from the rotation axis
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Undergrad Maxima of Two Waves Beating Together: 0 or Infinity?
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High School Calculating Simple Force | Tips from Experts
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Graduate Energy conservation law violated(seems to be)
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Graduate Measure Phase velocity/group velocity of EM-wave
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Undergrad How to find 'g' from a MEM's Device (Shimmer IMU)?
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Undergrad Projectile: know only launch velocity, max height, and distance
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High School When something gets stuck , whats going on?
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Undergrad How is momentum conserved when external forces are present?
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High School Why does tap water make sound?
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Undergrad How Can I Calculate Index Time Based On Distance Using Kinematic Equations?
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High School Which Method Best Determines Overall Average Velocity?
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High School Understanding Free Fall: Explained in Simple Terms | K.I.S.I.S."
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Graduate Lienard-Wiechert potentials. To solve an equation.
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Undergrad Parafoil vs Paraglider: What Gives Them Lift?
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Undergrad Does a sling or a gun exert more initial force of the projectile?
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High School How Does Thrust Force Function in Propulsion?
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Undergrad Why Do Horizontally Fired and Vertically Dropped Bullets Land Simultaneously?
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Undergrad What is the relationship between torque and F=ma in rotational motion?
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Undergrad Stretched fabric cylinder between two hoops - what is the shape?
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Undergrad Solving Projectile w/ Initial Height, Height Max, Horiz Dist.
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Graduate Use Archimede's Spiral For Accelerate An Object.
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Undergrad Does Gravitational Variation Affect Fuel Consumption on Identical Roads?
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Graduate Poynting vector. Conservation theorem.
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Graduate Looking for generalized formulas for Galilean transformations
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Undergrad Solve Vector Statics Problem - Need Help Now
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Graduate How To Build A Simple Particle Accelerator
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Undergrad The total sum of forces in circular motion in gravitational field
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Graduate What is the general approach for calculating tension in different situations?
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Graduate Is angular momentum conserved here?
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Undergrad Solving Center of Mass Doubt: What is 'y' in Integration?
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Undergrad What is the Relationship Between the Two Impulses in a Vertical Jump?
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Graduate Why Does Treating Variables as Constants Fail in Line Integrals?
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Undergrad Work Done By A General Variable Force
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Undergrad Force of Gravity Between Proton & Electron in Hydrogen Atom
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Undergrad Can a thermocouple be used as a power cable?
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Undergrad Mercury in Freefall: The Impact on Elevator Mechanics Explained
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High School Some Weird Questions On Aerodynamics
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Undergrad Why m.N is not a Unit of Torque
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High School Lobbing eggs from a 15ish foot balcony without the eggs breaking while on grass?
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Undergrad Acceleration needed to go from a point to another
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High School Projectile Motion - Acceleration and Angles
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Undergrad Will all four jets produce fountains at the same height?
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Graduate Transformation of variables in definite integral limits
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Graduate What Is Violated in Deriving Torque Equation for Rotations?
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Undergrad Calculating Ball Trajectory in Basketball Simulation Game
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Graduate Impacting an accelerating spacecraft
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High School How Can I Measure the Impact Protection of Running Shoes?
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Graduate Principles behind how Waveguides work.
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Undergrad The buoyant force of air? Concept question
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High School Contradicting conclusions on falling bodies.
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Undergrad Newtons 2nd law for rotating bodies
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Graduate Power dissipation in parallel circuit
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Undergrad How is it possible for a car to skid away from the center at a curve?
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Undergrad Harmonic Oscillator: Solving Newton's Second Law
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Graduate Fourier Analysis of Real Sound Waves
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Undergrad Understanding Sound Propagation in Liquids: Longitudinal and Transverse Waves
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Graduate How to Prove the Weighted Centroid Formula for Parallel Forces?
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Undergrad Mechanics question on vector statics
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Graduate Understanding Torque on a Solenoid: An Explanation and Analysis
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Undergrad How can hydrostatic pressure be zero?
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Undergrad Small angle approximation for (dθ/dt)^2=0
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High School Understanding Circular Motion Formula: s=rθ
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Undergrad How objects start revolving in the space
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Undergrad Time it takes for submerged object to rise to surface
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Graduate Perpetual Motion In The Gravitational Field
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Undergrad How to calculate a jet pump thrust force?
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Undergrad Hydrogen gas emission spectrum
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Graduate Statistical Mechanics - Books suggestions
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Graduate Noether's Theorem and Conservation of Information
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Undergrad Help finding potential energy of submerged buoyant object
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Graduate Model Dynamics of Unit Mass Sliding Down y=f(x) Under Gravity
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Undergrad Escape Velocity of Heated Nitrogen: A Scientific Inquiry
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Undergrad I am trying to figure out how much force i need to pull to drag an
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Undergrad Coordinate Systems: When to Make the Switch?
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Undergrad Pressure of liquid given radius, help please
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High School WHY? is the relationship between speed and time exponential?
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Undergrad Grabbing something at Terminal Velocity
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Undergrad Gravitational force on objects
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Graduate What Is Virtual Displacement in the D'Alembert Principle?
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Undergrad What happens to kinetic energy in a car collision?
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Graduate Friction in circular motion and torque transmission
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High School Is Time just a quantitative description for fastness or slowness of motion?
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Oscillation in a quartic potential
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Undergrad Calculating Liquid Level in 38,500 bbl Tank Facility
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Graduate Having trouble understanding/accepting the definition of work. Thought exercise
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Graduate True black carbon in diamond from an image
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