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Question about the Signs of Rotational Motion
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How does ultrasonic oscillation reduce sliding friction?
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Opposing force of the axle when a torque is applied to a wheel?
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Periodic Boundaries in Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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What force causes a balloon to float?
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Understanding Poincare's recurrence theorem
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Point sized particle collision and no transfer of energy
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##v_{rms}## in the Kinetic Theory Of Gases
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Superionic and metallic states of water and the Anomaly of Water
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Some questions about chromodynamics
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Radial acceleration derivation with minimal knowledge
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Motorcycle at max lateral acceleration
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Deliberate riseball (dimple) from a baseball pitch
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What is the tension force at the top of a spring?
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Conversion of angular momentum to linear momentum
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Personal Jet Boat Water Craft Thrust Question
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Coupled pendulum with external force?
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Calculate friction in an unusual manner.
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Can Wind and Water Sounds Be Distinguished in Nature?
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How does dynamical mass generation works ?
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Can a blow dryer make a ping pong ball hover and spin?
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Rod Cross' collisions, sports balls, and silly putty
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Bernoulli's Equation and water rockets
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Calculating Torque needed to raise an object
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Speed measurement -- Limitations to "instantaneous" measurements?
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Understanding Torque and Inertia: How Does it Affect Motion?
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Excess pressure inside a Liquid drop
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Linear Force to Torque Conversion
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Momentum at time t and at a time t+dt for a rocket
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Rolling without Slipping - axes of rotation and centripital acceleration
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How to express space-dependent acceleration?
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In circular motion - centripetal acceleration is never there
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Measure flow rate with a manometer (pressure gauge)
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A question regarding Bernoulli's equation
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Finding the potential energy if force depends on both position and time
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Angular Momentum Vector and Torque Vector
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Transition time from one steady-state Speed to another for a cyclist
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Deriving the kinetic energy equation?
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Surface Tension and Capillary Rise
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Work-KE theorem and net force....
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Hydraulic pressure/flow -- friction loss question
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Average speed needed to flip a vehicle
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Is the Stress in a Twisted Helical Spring Caused by Torsion or Bending?
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Why does the potential of A decrease when plate B is nearby?
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Carbon Dating Gases: Is It Possible and What Can We Learn?
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What does this mean ##U=\int F\times d\vec{r}## in the Work-Energy Theorem?
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Is Bernoulli's Equation related to the Conservation of Mechanical Energy?
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Weight distribution of 2 configurations
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Adiabatic approximation in the derivation of the speed of sound
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The aerodynamics of a car (calculating downforce)
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Time to Equilibrate 0C Copper & 75C Water
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Why Does the Kinetic Energy Formula for Ag Atoms Use 2kT Instead of (3/2)kT?
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How to emulate the sound of a ringing bell?
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Belt and Pulleys - Centrifugal Forces
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A question about potential energy and work
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Factors affecting surface tension
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One dimensional elastic collision
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How to define "energy" and "work" without using either word
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What Do Newton's Laws Say When Carefully Analysed
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Correct understanding of the tension force
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Can Newton's Laws Be Applied in a Rotating Cabin?
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Why Can a Sound Wave Not Travel Faster than the Average Molecule Speed?
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Conservation of energy in a bullet-wooden block impact system
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Who Does the Work When a Ball is Kicked: The Player or the Ball?
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Conservation of Angular Momentum
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