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Graduate Virtual displacement and generalised forces
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Graduate Acceleration as a function of time and position
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Undergrad Rotation of a body around which axis
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Undergrad Calculating velocity of object (final) down a ramp.
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Undergrad Gravitational elongation formula conversion from SI
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High School Gravitational Potential energy on an incline
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Graduate Question About Rotational And Translational Motion
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Undergrad Getting work out of kinetic energy
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Graduate Oscillation of two masses connected to springs and a fixed point
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Undergrad What experiements were done to figure out law of gravitation
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Undergrad Max Angle for Ladder Leaning on Wall
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Undergrad Torque distribution to thrust?
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Undergrad Analyzing Motion in a Circle: Acceleration & Velocity
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Graduate Kinetic Theory of Gases: Momentum Change & Force
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Undergrad Amount of Energy from Bullet fired from different weapon
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Undergrad Flow in a pipe with a tank on its top, and a nozzle on its bottom
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion on a moving platform
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High School Weight of Neutron & Hydrogen Subscript 2
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Graduate Will Ice Shattering Affect the Impact Load on a Power Station Roof?
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Undergrad How to find damping ratio from a graph ?
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Undergrad Derivative of kinectic energy , dK/dv
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High School Forces acting on an object -free body diagrams
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Undergrad The first two times are 0.000169 s and 0.001724 s.
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Undergrad How to Locate the Center of Gravity
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High School Is the acceleration of smaller gears always 4 times greater in a 4:1 gear ratio?
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Undergrad Using accelerometer to detect moving/stationary at sea on a vessel
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High School What is the difference between pressure and energy?
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Undergrad Why is Work Considered a Scalar Quantity Despite Having Direction?
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Graduate Rigid Body Dynamics - 4th Equation
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Undergrad Misunderstanding in Fundamental Concept
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Graduate Estimating Error in Acceleration: Can We Do It?
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Undergrad Rotation, friction and size (mass/radius?)
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High School Why Does Stopping Distance Increase with Speed?
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Undergrad Why does the Gyro Effect cause increased resistance with faster spin motion?
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Graduate Potential in caternary problem
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Undergrad How to reduce the force exerted by a guitar string to a Vernier sensor?
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Undergrad Biomechanics bench press for powerlifting
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Graduate Physics proof for traffic ticket
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Undergrad ADXL Accelerometer data to speed
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Graduate What is the Moment of Inertia for a Non-Uniform Cane with Attached Device?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of a squARE lamina
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Graduate What is potential and its significance in Quantum Mechanics?
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Undergrad A question of inherited velocity
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Graduate Velocity distribution of atoms
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High School Wind Turbine generator on a camper
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High School Screws Shaking Loose: Vibrations Explained
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Graduate Where is kenetic energy stored (potential energy)
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Graduate Rotation of rigid body in space
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High School Frictional force- sign convention
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Undergrad I have an doubts in the gravitation law.
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Undergrad Why is a neutral axis necessary in beam theory?
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High School How Does Temperature Affect the Speed of Sound?
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Undergrad Why does damping affect the time period of SHM oscillators?
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High School Energy conservation in collisions
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Graduate Mechanics of Wheel and Forces Involved
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Undergrad Force required to start rolling a wheel ?
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High School Water held in straw by vacuum. Is this possible on grand scale?
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High School The question of circular motion in future
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Undergrad What Is Work? Understanding Its Fundamentals & Relationship to Energy
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Graduate Are Beta Particles Made of Electrons and Anti-Neutrinos?
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Undergrad Finding velocity of falling object
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Undergrad Reasons for miscalculation of spring work and change in ke
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Graduate What is the reason for calling Newton a genius?
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Undergrad Why Isn't Momentum Conserved on All Axes in a Bouncing Ball Scenario?
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Graduate Moment of inertia tensor for two particles
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Undergrad Vapour Pressure: Pressure Exerted on Liquid & Container
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Undergrad Gravity & Energy: Questions on Object Acceleration & Hydrogen Cloud Collapse
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Graduate Poincaré recurrence applicability condition?
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Graduate The spiral obtained when tape wound on a spool.
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Undergrad Oblique Collisions and Momentum Conservation in Identical Mass Objects
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Undergrad What is the direction of torque for a sin curve?
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Graduate Euler angles and angular velocity
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Undergrad Transmission delay of pressure in a fluid
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Undergrad Dampening of oscillatory motion
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Undergrad Making sure my intuition is correct about buoyant force
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Undergrad Solving Gauge Pressure with Boyle's and Charle's Law
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Graduate The Nut Torque Problem: Analyzing Pressure Differences
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Undergrad Finding force using moments problem
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Undergrad Motion of object under central force
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Undergrad Why Does the Restoring Force Use k1x + k2x in Spring Oscillations?
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Undergrad Is G Calculated with g on All Planets and Stars?
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High School Grav Potential Energy question doesn't make sense
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Undergrad How does Professor Splash work?
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How many HP(horse power)has a horse?
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Graduate Action of co-circular springs on a point mass
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Undergrad Newton's logic behind taking force as change in momentum w.r.t time?
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High School Calculating Distance From a Falling Stone
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Undergrad Run-on Torque value added to required torque for self-locking nut.
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Undergrad Understanding air particle velocity as cross product freq x disp
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High School Confusing Conceptual Question on Newton's Laws of Motion
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Undergrad Integral of speed as a function of displacement
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Undergrad Maximum Energy stored in a wheel
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High School Completing the circuit in power lines
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Graduate The minimum cost of converting static pressure into dynamic pressure
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Graduate Why Does This Seemingly Nonsensical Argument Hold?
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Undergrad Speed of particles of a wave vs the wave speed
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Undergrad Surface area of a Planet based on gravatational acceleration and mass
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Undergrad Weird results when measuring water evaporation
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Graduate Rowing the water out of a rowboat
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High School Water waves and motion of bodies.
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