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High School Time of a toy car travelling over a surface
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Graduate Ballistic Re-entry and the effects of lift
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Undergrad Uncovering the Physics of Horseshoe Pitching Impact
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Undergrad How to make water splash less?
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High School Newton's Law Of Universal Gravitation
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Graduate Help needed on calculating system pressure during rapid phase transition of CO2
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Undergrad Velocity of water out of reservoir.
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Undergrad Difference between pseudo force and centrifugal force
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Undergrad Flowfield visualization of a gun shooting underwater high speed video
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Graduate Reynolds Transport Theorem derivation question
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Undergrad Energy Conservation in Quasistatic process
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Undergrad Physics of a Spinning Bowling Ball
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Graduate Optimizing Generator Efficiency with Metal Spheres: A Calculation Study
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Graduate What is the impact of other forces on measuring gravity on a very small scale?
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Undergrad Understanding Lift Generated by Rowing Blades
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Graduate Lagrangian on a saddle advice?
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Undergrad What Happens When a Pebble is Dropped Through Earth's Core?
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High School How Does Force Transfer Between Bodies?
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Undergrad What type of flywheel would be best for improving performance in a truck?
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High School Maximizing Water Rocket Glider Performance in High School Project
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High School What Are the Best Books to Understand Pseudo Forces in Physics?
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High School Rolling a half full water bottle and simple harmonic motion
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Undergrad Swing of a hanging rope due to wind
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Undergrad Torque and Power required to accelerate a car from 0-60MPH
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Undergrad Does speed vary with a circle's radius?
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Undergrad Collision of an expanding disc with another disc.
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Graduate Radius of Gyration for Generic Polygons
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Graduate Bead on a hoop, angular momentum
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Undergrad Is the Problem of the Rotating Rod Solvable with Given Details?
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Undergrad Is the acceleration due to gravity affected by the size of the objects involved?
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Graduate Principle of Least Action help me clear it up
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Undergrad Understanding Dilution Principles in Nuclear Power Plant Disasters
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Graduate Theoretical Rotational-Linear Kinetic Energy Ratio of Spherical Projectile
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High School How to calculate the speed of the moving point
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Undergrad Perplexing Phenomenon: Body Rotation While Floating
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of an object with uneven distribution of weight
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High School From where does earth get energy for rotation?
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Undergrad Can we break down a single noise into individual soundwaves?
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Undergrad A taut rope pulled - delay on the other end?
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Undergrad Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
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Undergrad Wind Power Vehicle Traveling Down Wind Faster Than The Wind
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Question About Scales that Measure Pressure
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Undergrad Draw Map Based on Speed and G Forces
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High School Friction on on circular objects while rolling?
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Graduate Dispersion: frequency dependent wave speeds
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Undergrad Is 100 Nm Equal to 100 Joules of Energy?
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Undergrad How to derive expresssion for coefficient of kinetic and static
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Undergrad Overhead crane and pulleys problem
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Undergrad Cue ball force(?) at impact with other ball
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High School The relation between frictional forces and their angles.
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Undergrad Why Do Stream Tubes Form in Fluid Mechanics?
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Undergrad Trying to find the error in my logic or math. Deceleration of a car.
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Graduate Energy conservation in elastic multi-dimenstional collisions
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Graduate How Do You Model Speed with Constant Power and Quadratic Drag?
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High School Windtunnel Experiment: Calculating Drag Force on Airplane Body
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High School Earth Rotation: Impact on Stationary Helicopter Position
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Undergrad Potential of the rod on its axis.
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High School What causes springs to wear out?
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Undergrad DETERMINDING the axis of rotation
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Undergrad Why Does the Load Measurement Vary with Crane Movement?
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Undergrad Express h in Terms of r and theta: Rotational Physics
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High School Would the different weight affects the speed of bicycle when coming down slope.?
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Undergrad Average Velocity from V-T Graph w/ Non-Constant Accel.
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Undergrad What Would Happen to a Newton's Pendulum in Space?
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Undergrad Different types of Forces (Gravitational and Normal forces)
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Undergrad Harmonic Motion of a Ball in a Hole at Earth's Centre
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Undergrad Plastic Water Bottle Rolling Down Ramp
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High School How does a cyclotron work?what can it be used to make?can it be made
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High School PLEASE help can't answer my little sister's question
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Graduate What is hidden angular momentum ?
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Undergrad Equilibrium in pent up energy during decompression.
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Graduate Computing distance and time from a differential equation
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Undergrad Direction of damping force on a surface
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High School Hollow Pipe or Solid Rod: Which is Stronger?
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Undergrad Is Mutual Ball Friction Causing Unexpected Ball Movement on a Tilted Plane?
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Undergrad Calculating Drag Coefficient of a Golf Ball Without Wind Tunnel
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High School What stops the earth from colliding w/ moon?
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Undergrad Axial Vector: Small Angular Displacement
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Undergrad Solving Rectilinear Motion Equations - Deriving at^2+v+h
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Undergrad Viscosity of fluids effect on it's splashes?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion: Acceleration Max/Min
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High School Cosine Theta in Work: Force Angle Relation
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Undergrad A good analogy for the force on a 2 bolt anchor
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Undergrad Stress-strain graph explaination?
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Graduate Virtual displacements and Virtual Work
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High School Throwing a ball in a moving train
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High School What happens when you drop magnets in aluminum and glass tubes simultaneously?
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Undergrad Use of Calculus in Newtons Laws
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Graduate Why Does a Crane's Load Cell Show Different Weights While Lifting and Lowering?
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Undergrad Question about vertical oscillations and energy
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High School Captain America's shield bouncing
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Undergrad What are limitations of work energy theorem ?
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Graduate Can a solid sphere only be considered a point for inverse-square forces?
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Undergrad How much force would a 4 kg meteor impact earth with?
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Undergrad A question about DC motor (input power, output power)
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Undergrad Why Does Misting Fan Cool Air?
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Undergrad How does an rotating loop determine direction of an station signal
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Graduate Mass speed molecular stability
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High School Should work done be written as negative value?
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