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Undergrad Is there a formula to predict the loudness of an impact in deciBels?
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Undergrad Throwing and dropping something
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High School Question about analyzing forces
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Undergrad Dynamics midterm coming up don't understand pulley questions
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High School If i use a certain amount of energy/work - lets say 0,36 J - to wind
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Undergrad Questioning the law of conservation of mechanical energy
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Graduate Fluid stress tensor in cylindrical coordinates?
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Undergrad Power supply and power dissipated in a circuit
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Undergrad Formula for sound dissipation in air?
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Undergrad What does it mean to take moments about a point on a body?
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Undergrad Lateral force of water on the walls of a tank
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Undergrad What is the final term in the distance formula for maximum range?
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Graduate Perfectly inelastic, rigid collision, vel. ever 0?
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Undergrad Pressure questions filling smaller tank from larger
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Undergrad Questions on speed of an object from different reference points.
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Undergrad Transformation of KE of Gummy Bear in Inelastic Collision
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Undergrad How much suction required to lift?
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High School Resistor which reacts to moisture in soil or water.
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Graduate Time taken for pressure to equalise?
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Undergrad Watching an aeroplane through a window
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Why is my body so sensitive to a van de graaff generator
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Undergrad 3 GPS Satellites & Receiver Clock Synchronization
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Undergrad Effect of Immersed Iron Piece on Spring Balance Reading | Physics Q&A
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Undergrad Kinetic+potential+internal; also, Joules
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Graduate Maximum acceleration of the body in elliptic orbit.
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High School What is the work and kinetic energy of a ball displaced by gravity?
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Undergrad Formula for the angle a sniper must make to hit a target at distance x
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Undergrad Why Does Acceleration Down Make an Object Weigh Less?
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Undergrad Rock climber force diagram and acceleration
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Undergrad How to get an obect to stop rising?
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Undergrad Intuition behind Centroids / Center of Mass
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Undergrad Hydraulics - System curve VS pump curve
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High School How do I calculate mass when I have the height and weight?
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Undergrad Tension in a string,changing force and equilibrium.s
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Undergrad Figuring out a motor for a potter's wheel
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High School Which would have greater pressure at the end, an L shape or Y shaped
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Undergrad Calculate Water Condensation from Cold Plate
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Undergrad Proof of the equation of centripretal force
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High School Why We Measure Acceleration in m/s²
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Graduate As for the three body problem (the formula used, and the related areas)
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Undergrad Why Is the Derivation of Kinetic Energy Confusing?
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Undergrad How do I determine lifting force
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Undergrad Rotational and translational equilibrium
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Undergrad Why do Newton's laws only apply in inertial reference frames?
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High School Does size and scale affect speed
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Undergrad Components of Weight on an Inclined Plane
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Undergrad Physics: Why Water in Car Acceleration is Perpendicular
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Undergrad Interpretation of Gyroscopic effect and rotation
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Graduate Pressure drop for viscous fluid in conducts with an obstacle at the outlet
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Undergrad Viscosity & Drag: Linear Coeff & Medium Density
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Undergrad Impulse, momentum, and force during motion around a circle
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Undergrad Adhesive force and surface tension
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High School What Happens to Water Released in Space?
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Undergrad Understanding Centripetal Force: How It Works in an Inertial Frame
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Undergrad Can a funnel or cone shape increase the power output of a windmill?
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Undergrad Taking mechanical physics next fall
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Undergrad Help: maximum force of an object when given impulse and time on a graph
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Undergrad Finding the spring constant of a torsion spring.
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum, energy and an inelastic collision.
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Undergrad Harmonic Oscillator - Mass With Initial Velocity
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Undergrad What is the concept of per second per second? Like acceleration?
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Undergrad How is the Centripetal Force Created in a Loop-de-Loop?
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High School Distance, velocity & Acceleration
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Graduate Motion equations of a disc rotating freely around its center (3d)
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Undergrad Freezing and Boiling water at the same time
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Graduate Maximum power transfer theorem leading to erroneous result Why?
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High School Help with frictional force concept
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Undergrad Shooter hitting targets of variable heights
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High School Is a 40w Bulb Efficient at 120v?
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High School What does torque of 5 kg.cm meant by , for a dc geared motor?
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Undergrad Why is there close to zero potential difference in conductors in a circuit?
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High School Sound speed = ultrasound speed?
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Undergrad What Causes the Attraction Between Objects?
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High School Why Does Distance from a Pivot Point Reduce Effort in Mechanics?
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High School How to Calculate Total Mass of a Person with Additional Gear?
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Undergrad Torque and Power required to turn a plate
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Undergrad Easy Question: Formula for Launch Angle? Projectile Motion.
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Graduate Balance of the cylinder on the rod
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Undergrad Acceleration as a function of position, and velocity.
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High School Can You Hear Someone Talking from the Top Floor to the Bottom Floor?
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Undergrad Artificial Gravity: What Makes Objects Press Towards Rotating Satellites?
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High School Weight of a body in a water column
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Graduate Inviscid fluid flow past a square cylinder.
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High School F=ma, but Gravity is a Force with no mass?
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Undergrad Car crumple zone deformation physics
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Undergrad Does Centripetal force cause a tangential force?
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Graduate How Does the Principle of Virtual Work Apply to Particle Equilibrium?
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High School Does acceleration cause a string to stretch?
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Undergrad Does the Normal Force Defy Newton's Third Law on an Inclined Plane?
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High School What is the cause of upthrust experienced by a body placed in a
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Undergrad How to calculate moments to find a force
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Undergrad Force is ill-defined? contradictory definitions?
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High School Does more energy equate to more force?
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High School Force and Energy(this is really confusing)
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High School Why Didn't the Ship Sink When a 15kg Bird Landed on It?
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Undergrad What mindset is required for Classical Mechanics
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Undergrad Question on vertical pole and equilibrium
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High School Cool classical physics proof I came up with today
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Undergrad The simple yet best challenge i ve ever seen
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Undergrad Elliptical motion of surface buoy.
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