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Undergrad Moment of force and Newtons 2nd law
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High School Calculation of Angular Position from Angular Velocity
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Undergrad Does velocity from rotational Ek add to a total velocity of a body?
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Undergrad What is the speed at the end of each gear in a drag race?
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Undergrad How Does the Rotation Axis Affect Equilibrium in Torque and Center of Mass?
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High School Torsional Pendulum: History, Uses & Applications | Learn More
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Graduate Interesting calculus of variations problems?
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High School Not really a equation? finding friction
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Graduate Is the momentum conservation law correct in parametric conversion process?
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Undergrad Difference between the inertial and gravitational mass
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High School Evaporation of a solid in water vapor.
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High School Measuring drag coefficient experimentally
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Undergrad Why do lower frequencies travel farther than higher frequencies?
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Graduate Calculating phase velocity in a material
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High School Finding Center of Mass of Two Rods
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Undergrad Adding more than two coherent sound sources of different phases
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy OR Momentum?
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Undergrad Most force/strength used in the same time frame
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Undergrad HELP proof that a=v^2/r in NON-uniform circular motion
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Graduate What Makes the Secular Equation Secular in Normal Mode Analysis?
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Graduate A Damped Oscillator and Negative Damping Force
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Undergrad Kinetic energy of two moving objects
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High School If I wanted to create a hand crank to spin this dc motor
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Undergrad Acceleration due to Centripetal force
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Undergrad Nonlinear gas volume/pressure relationship
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High School Accelerate 6kg & 4kg Blocks: Instantaneous Force of 60N
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Graduate Concepts behind particle accelerators
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Undergrad The explanation of brownian motion
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Undergrad Earth wire position and charging by induction
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Graduate On the principle of least action in classical mechanics
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High School Centre of mass and centre of gravity
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Undergrad Velocity Equal Along Curved Paths?
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Undergrad Inertial reference frames and Newton's Laws of Motion
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Undergrad A frog is riding on the top of a cylindrical piece of wood floating in
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Graduate Doing Kin entrance test without physics background. realistic?
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Undergrad Vector Acceleration: Is 1/2at Equivalent?
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High School Egg Drop Project: Honors Physics
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia Help: Calculating Away from Axis
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Graduate Pressure in a liquid without gravity
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High School Egg Drop Experiment Physics CLass
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High School The law of conservation of momentum and change in momentum
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Graduate Are force carrier particles emitted by mass or created by fields?
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Undergrad What is the Physics Behind a Cat's Jump?
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Graduate Velocity field from pressure distribution of a flow
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High School Work done by gas under constant pressure
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Undergrad Is There a Connection Between the Seconds Pendulum and Gravity on Earth?
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High School How can I calculate the tension in a rope?
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Undergrad Why Does the Phasor Rotate Anticlockwise?
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High School Negative Acceleration: Deceleration or Reversal?
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Graduate Alternative Equation of Motion
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Undergrad How can we prove that the forces acting on a body can form a closed-up
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Undergrad Calculating drop heights based on known forces
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High School What are the minimum force values needed to hold an object without it falling?
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Undergrad Power Transmission: How High Voltage/Low Current Works
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Graduate Is the principle of energy a tautology ?
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Undergrad Momentum intuition, had me thinking last night
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Graduate Soln of Leplace in Cartesian Coord
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Undergrad Wave box with constant amplitude and velocity
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Undergrad What in heaven's name is the 'Water Triple Point '?
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High School Sound Wave Physics: X-Axis vs. Trough
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Undergrad Transfer of of force and pressure in a liquid.
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Undergrad How Far Can a Car Travel When Accelerating from 0-81 mph?
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Graduate Kinetic Theory and Activation Energy
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Undergrad Will the lighter particle decelerate faster due to drag?
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High School Why someone cannot raise him/herself up by holding the hair?
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Undergrad Physics Computer Simulation: Optimum Angle for Drag Projectile
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Undergrad Calculating distance from force and impact
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Undergrad Need help to make a powerful antenna
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Graduate Piece of Cement in a Rotating Cement Mixer
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Undergrad What Forces Must a Siphon Overcome to Work?
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Undergrad Discovering the Optimum Angle of Launch for a 1.5m Projectile
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Undergrad Tension - Conservative/Nonconservative?
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Graduate Understanding Integrals of Motion in Lagrange's Equation | Explained
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Undergrad Solve Pivot Putty Question - Get Help Now!
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Undergrad How to get the equation spring equation? Please help me understand
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High School Ocean liner in bucket full of water
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Undergrad Understanding Sound and Bulk Modulus: Formula, Interplay, and Phase Dependence
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Graduate Lagrangian Mechanics: Constrained Systems Q&A
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High School What is a free body diagram and how can it be used to analyze forces on a body?
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Graduate Calculating Roll Angle from Sideslip in Aircraft with Dihedral Wings
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Graduate Definitions of Momentum and Work
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Undergrad How does a water droplet freeze on a surface without going into too much detail?
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Undergrad Transmitting video from underwater
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Undergrad Forced vibration with decreasing force amplitude
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Graduate Transforming Lagrangian without changing the equations of motion.
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Undergrad Pressure - velocity relations for water
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Undergrad Trouble understanding collisions
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High School Solving an Energy Problem in AP Physics: Calculating Frictional Force
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Undergrad Weight at different height forklift
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Undergrad Understanding Zero-G: Calculating Airplane Acceleration at Different Altitudes
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Graduate Wikipedia Article re: Hamiltonians: Could it have been better stated?
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Undergrad Time to stop body in motion depend on its mass?
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High School Force on Body: Showing No Effect on Acceleration
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Undergrad Physics - Kinematics/Rotational Kinematics
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Graduate Observer 1 & 2 View Force on Subject A: Analysis & Resolution
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Undergrad Floating an ocean liner - Mythbusters submission
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High School What might be the best way to measure speed and location of a car that
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Graduate Find s(t) Given Initial Conditions and F(s)
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Undergrad Maximum power transfer vs Max power efficiency
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Graduate Lagrange & Hamiltonian mech => Newtonia mech.
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