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Undergrad Base Motion and Vertical Beam - Basic Reaction Forces?
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Graduate What comes on top of a generator of a PDE?
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High School Projectile motion — Thinking about forces on a curve ball
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Graduate Interpretation of Lagrangian solution (complex numbers)
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Undergrad What does weight actually do in gyroscopic precession?
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Undergrad Classical Mechanics - Motion of a particle
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High School A Question about a Quote from the Feynman lectures
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Undergrad The power spectrum of Poisson noise
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Undergrad Calculating Force Needed to Pull Bungee Taught
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Undergrad Bouncing Height of Cylindrical Tube: Equation & Properties
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High School Fluid Continuity Equation in different reference frame
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Undergrad Tangential velocity of an object rotating around a rotating axis
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Undergrad Total angular momentum of a translating and rotating pancake
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Graduate Hamilton's Method with Lagrange Equation and Constraint
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Graduate Russian Commentary on Chain Wheel Experiment
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Undergrad Time derivative using the quotient rule
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Graduate Lagrangian for a double spring pendulum connected through a rigid bar
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Graduate Dissipation function is homogeneous in ##\dot{q}## second degree proof
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High School Object falling through highly compressed air question
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High School Comparing two expenditures of work
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High School Air escaping out of can with hole
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Undergrad Wire Tension Formula: Shape Expression w/ 3 Pivots
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Undergrad Is My Summary of the Work-Energy Theorem Accurate?
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Undergrad Issue calculating water pressure due to the constriction of water flow
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Undergrad How to know whether it is +,- g and +,- y in the kinematic equations?
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Undergrad Rolling balls with different rotational inertia
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Undergrad Falling in an O'Neill Cylinder
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Undergrad Non-Constant Angular Acceleration
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Undergrad Time Derivatives: Hi Guys, Am I on the Right Track?
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Undergrad Two axis motion for any vehicle
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Graduate Non holonomic constraints in classical mechanics textbook
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Graduate Extending Hamilton's principle to systems with constraints
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Undergrad Independent coordinates are dependent
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Undergrad Virtual displacement is not consistent with constraints
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Undergrad Drawbridge falling before caught by rope/cable - Max force
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High School Why don't boxers' skulls shatter from the forces of punches?
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Undergrad Why does a drip of water into water make a noise?
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Graduate Motion of a spring that has mass
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High School Why Do You Feel Like You're Moving Opposite the Car's Direction?
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High School The Mysterious Water Bottle: Uncovering the Physics Behind It
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High School Solve My Train Dilemma: Can I Jump High Enough?
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High School Is Newton's first law of motion applicable when walking?
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Undergrad Changing the RPM of a frictionless spinning wheel in a box
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Undergrad Centrifugal Effects During Rail Launch
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Undergrad Why do gyroscopes not fall down?
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High School How much atmospheric pressure is exerted on the human body?
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High School Intermediate Axis Theorem - Intuitive Explanation
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Undergrad Is energy always conserved in a co-rotating frame?
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Undergrad Trouble simplifying the Lagrangian
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Graduate Lagrangian Multipliers with messy Solution
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Undergrad Question about L(v^2) Notation in Landau & Lifshitz's Mechanics
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High School Balloon rocket- What happens inside and why the reaction?
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Undergrad Is there a negative sign in front of the centrifugal potential energy?
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High School Impulse and distance from the axis of rotation
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Undergrad Trouble understanding coordinates for the Lagrangian
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Undergrad Understanding the Coordinates in the Lagrangian for a Pendulum
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Undergrad Motorbike vs Football: Is It Possible?
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Undergrad Real life example of the composition of two SHMs with same angular frequency
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High School How is the acceleration proportional to the removed force?
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Undergrad Gearbox Gear ratio: How to get 60 rpm to 3500rpm? help please
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Undergrad Minimize supported weight of a water pipe
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High School Suggestions for Internal Assessment Project on Young's Modulus
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Undergrad Pressure in a straight pipe vs a curved pipe?
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High School Deriving formula for force by thought experiment
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Undergrad Can I suck myself forward with a straw when floating in air?
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Graduate Trying to solve an auto accident question
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Graduate Movement of a Ball Bearing within a cavity inside a Projectile
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Undergrad Question about n rotating parallel cylinders
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High School Relating displacements in a pulley system
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Undergrad Help please -- Trying to figure out rake barge capacity and displacement
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Undergrad What's the proof that R2 /(R+h) = (1 – 2h/R)
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Undergrad Velocity of air coming out of a nozzle
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Undergrad Confusion over the "centrifugal potential energy"
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Undergrad Trying to calculate barge capacity and displacement
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Undergrad Forward momentum of mass due to inertia
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Undergrad Nozzle Reaction Forces: Explaining the Resultant Force
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Undergrad Pressure inside a plastic bottle filled with water and squeezed by X weight?
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High School How to determine force based on pressure
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Undergrad Static rotational friction: does diameter matter?
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Undergrad Escape Velocity Question: Why is the final kinetic energy = 0?
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Graduate Hydraulic jumps: Why do they occur when/where they do?
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Undergrad What is the Mechanical Advantage of this lever? (for pulling tree stumps)
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High School Why Is Initial Velocity Not Always Zero?
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High School When a bullet is fired from the back of train
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Undergrad Rocket Fuel Ejection: Intuitive & Math Explained
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Undergrad Two-body problem in orbiting frame
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High School Acceleration of Moving Particles: Explained
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Undergrad Uniquely Defined Accelerations
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Undergrad Help with Goldstein Classical Mechanics Exercise 1.7
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Undergrad 1st law of Newton as a special case of the 2nd law (historical aspect)
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Undergrad Exact Integration of Newton's Gravitational Law?
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Undergrad Calculating power output on a spin bike
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Undergrad Relative Motion & Local Frame’s Position - when projecting components
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Undergrad Calculating Windspeed after Brick Launch from Dumpster Lid
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High School What is the Definition of the Joule and How Does it Relate to Energy?
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Undergrad Verse from "A Brief History of Time"
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Undergrad Pipe Air Blowing - Exit Velocity of Air
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Undergrad Time derivative of the angular momentum as a cross product
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High School Bug walking around the perimeter of a lazy susan (hypothetical)
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