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High School Is it dangerous to compress carbon dioxide under high pressure?
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Undergrad Rockets - in theory, does thrust scale linearly with mass?
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Undergrad Spiral motion & angular acceleration (Question)
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Undergrad Max Height of Object: Proving Maximum Ordinate with Calculus
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Graduate Why does water freeze at -5C in this experiment?
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Undergrad Associative Property for Power Towers?
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Graduate Conservation of energy - rocket hovering above moon
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Undergrad How exactly does a transformer work?
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Graduate The Quietest Sound Possible & The Quietest Sound Ever Recorded/Measured
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Graduate A Particle in freefall with drag effects
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High School G Forces vs Gravity: Driving a Car Through Banked Wall at 100+ mph
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Undergrad Solving Geometric Puzzles: Prisms & Balloons, Polygons & Tension
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Graduate Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory and Nonlinear Differential Equations
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Undergrad Pendulum SHM: Vector Direction of Weight vs. Tension
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Undergrad How acceleration upwards and downwards affects force
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Undergrad How to calculate torque on a shaft?
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Undergrad Altitude needed to create an impact of 4kg using a weight of 70g?
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Undergrad Maximizing CFM Potential: Calculating Air Tank Capacity and Volume Differences
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High School Exploring SHM: Types, Formulas, and Resources for A Level Physics Students
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Undergrad Wind Mill Damage: Calculating New CG
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Graduate How to Calculate Torque of a Leaning Rigid Body
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Undergrad Understanding Projectile Motion and Forces in Wind Currents
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Undergrad Skateboardings physical limitations
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Graduate Calculating the Power Output of an AC Generator.
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High School Friction force calculation of syringe plunger
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Undergrad Force and point of application
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High School When I push a an object, why does it move?
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Undergrad Making a box to always fall on the same side
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Graduate How can a nucleus make a sound?
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Undergrad Action reaction forces: what is the reaction to tension?
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Undergrad Can I prove conservation of mechanical energy?
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Undergrad Air pressure at water depth and buoyancy
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Graduate How does super position not violate conservation of energy?
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Undergrad User_6Calculating G-Forces on Amusement Park Ride
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Undergrad At what flow rate will water be pushed through a hole in a dam?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of a uniform solid sphere
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Undergrad One-sided force applied to spring
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Graduate Questions about a particle shot off of a rotatiting disc.
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Undergrad Oblique collision - quick Q - exam is tomorrow
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Undergrad Torque and rotational kinetic energy
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Undergrad Using differentials in the derivation of equations
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Undergrad Power required to accelerate an object question?
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Undergrad What is the derivation for the equation for liquid pressure at depth?
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Undergrad Open bottom aquarium glass question
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Graduate Geometric perspective of the vector potential
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Graduate Center of mass in Lagrangian mechanics
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High School What happens to carbon monoxide when compressed or put under high pressure?
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Graduate Frenet–Serret formulas, what are the possible applications?
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Undergrad Friction force pair between two stacked blocks on a frictionless surface
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Undergrad A Question Concerning Gravitational Potential Energy
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Undergrad Swing Physics: How Does It Work?
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Undergrad Quick question about the gravitational law
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Undergrad Calculate Speed After 2-D Collision: 12kg Ball, 7kg Ball
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Graduate Convertion from and to spherical - cartesian
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Undergrad Can We Measure Deceleration in Weightlifting Without Specialized Equipment?
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Undergrad Potential in a Non-Conducting Spherical Shell
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Undergrad Exploring Newton's Equations of Motion in Different Coordinate Systems
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Undergrad Phases of water coexisting at equilibrium.
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Undergrad Speed and Velocity in relation to Postition
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Undergrad Science of Wakes: Low Pressure Region Explained
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High School Confused with pressure in closed-box
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Undergrad Pneumatic Golf Ball Cannon Distance HELP
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Undergrad Water-air composite pressure system
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Undergrad Weight in an elevator, at terminal velocity
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Undergrad Linear momentum converted to angular momentum?
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High School Basic Rectilllinear Motion questions
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High School Direction Of Instaneous Velocity
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High School Action-Reaction Forces: Understanding the Basics
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Undergrad Work Done By Elelctric field in a circuit
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Undergrad Dealing with angular momentum of rigid bodies
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Undergrad Momentum conservation - falling object
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Undergrad How to find distance and velocity with just acceleration and time
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Undergrad I want to work on battery technology. What field does this best fall under?
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Undergrad Direction of friction: deceleration and turning
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Undergrad How Does Angular Velocity Affect the Angle of a Spring-Mass System?
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Undergrad Refreshing help needed with calculation of torque of gear wheel
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High School How Can Fins Enhance the Stability of a CO2-Powered Rocket?
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Undergrad Friction Force And Circular Motion
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Undergrad Will Friction Loss Stop Water From Flowing?
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Undergrad Why are there escape velocities for gravity/
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Undergrad Why when swinging do you come away from your seat?
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High School How much lb could an average person push?
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Graduate Frezing of water at below 273 K (0 C)
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Graduate How do I work out ultimate tensile stress?
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Undergrad Solving a Bumper Dent Mystery: Proving Force and Info Needed
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Undergrad Pressure at different altitudes
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Undergrad What are the different accelerations acting on a ballistic missile?
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High School I know in order for a team to win tug-of-war, the frictional force has
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High School Can anyone tell me the relationship between work done and potential difference?
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Undergrad Need to choose DC motor with correct specs
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High School Could a Black Hole be the cycle of Dark Matter powered by Dar Energy:?
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Undergrad Calculate G-Force: How to Measure Gravity's Force
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Graduate Closed trajectories in phase space
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Undergrad Who derived Gauss's law for gravity
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Undergrad Understanding Vertical Circle Motion and Tension in Circular Motion
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Undergrad Direction of percieved gravity - MIT lecture
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High School Time Period of Halved Simple Pendulum
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Graduate Is There a Limit to Turbulence in Fluid Dynamics?
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Undergrad Noncentral Elastic Collision: Return to Moving Particles
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Undergrad Centripetal acceleration and outward motion?
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