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Graduate Complex formulation of classical mechanics
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Undergrad Is Movement Truly Possible Despite the Paradox?
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Undergrad Comparing Drag in Still vs. Flowing Water: A Physics Experiment
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics, video lectures
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High School Example of kinetic force > static force
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High School Two different fences i need them to be about the same in a baseball field
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Graduate Doppler shift for accelerated motion
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Undergrad Solve Air Spring Equations for Walking System
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High School Hi,I was wondering if acceleration was a form of nonuniform speed?
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High School What Causes Negative Work in Physics?
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Graduate Potential energy of quadrupole moments
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High School Conservation of mechanical energy formula. What is x ?
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Undergrad Isn't gravitational orbit perpetual motion?
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Undergrad Seal Team Six Helicopter Crash 5/1
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Undergrad Ensuring Stability: Calculating the Base Weight for a DIY TV Stand
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Undergrad Qualitative collisions questions
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Graduate What is the physical interpretaion of the vector potential.
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Undergrad Why every gas would exert zero pressure at -273.15 degree celsius
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High School Sound in winter and in the summer
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High School Can we go through the center of the Earth
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Undergrad Dynamics (mechanics) and virtual work
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Graduate Fluid Dynamics: The nature of vortex's
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Graduate Plotting a Trajectory for a Ballistic Object: Complexities Revealed
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Undergrad Is Perpetual Motion Possible in Physics?
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High School Uniform Motion & Speed: Acquisition & Possibility
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Undergrad Going Loopy (vertical circular motion)
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High School Friction acting on a wheel that is initially at rest
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Undergrad How to calculate the RPMs needed to make a spincast lquid parabolic dish?
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Can Someone Explain Non-English Text in This Image?
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Undergrad I need to find the length, weight of the bob and angle to make the
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Undergrad Conservation of Momentum = Conservation of Energy?
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Graduate Impact of quantum effects on macro scale objects
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Graduate Deriving Barometric Equation: Force Balance Confusion
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Graduate Torque on a tightrope: a function of the cable?
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Undergrad Using Forces vs. Energy Formulas: Which is Better?
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Undergrad Does Decreasing Pipe Volume Increase Fluid Flow Pressure?
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High School Elastic Collisions - Understand Motion Transmission w/ Kinetic Energy
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High School A cylinder full of water on a scale
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Undergrad How Does a Chain Hoist Work Mathematically?
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Graduate Spring constant, pendulums and and angular momentum all rolled into one
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Graduate Help UFRJ (Brazillian college) physics exam
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Undergrad Elastic collisions inside a hollow cilinder
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Graduate COMSOL example model results do not match with Mathematical Model
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Undergrad Inclined plane, ball filled with honey.
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Graduate Relativity of 2 cars' velocities
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High School How would you in few words explain 'force'?
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Graduate What Are the Implications of a New Relativistic Quantum Theory?
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High School Is Buoyancy Different on Other Planets Due to Changes in Gravity?
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High School Golf Ball Dimples: Impact & Benefits
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Graduate The rotating movement of an asteroid
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High School Rotation of Object around it's centre of mass
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Graduate How to Compare Analytical and Measured Forces?
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Graduate Formula for Natural Frequency of Cantilever Beam
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Undergrad Understanding Acceleration: Calculating Distance Covered in 3 Seconds
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Undergrad Fluids (Through an IV) Question
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Undergrad Car crashes, I try to analyze it.
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Graduate Is it possible, two packages traversing through the earth at different lattidues
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Undergrad Find Thrust of a Model Rocket Motor
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High School Thought About Old Flak Cannons/AA Guns
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High School What does these structures do? (pistons with linear and circular motion)
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Graduate What is the damping factor of a cantilever beam in free air?
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Undergrad Why does gravity cancel out for all points inside a sphere?
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Undergrad Mechenical method to produce preodic cycles
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Graduate How does thermal expansion affect the energy of elastic materials?
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Undergrad Motion Video Capture Education Software for Intro Physics Course?
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High School What effect the speed of sound?
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Undergrad Plausible Impact Energy of a Small Meteroid?
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Undergrad Can the escape velocity be achieved at any angle?
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Graduate Variable gravitational acceleration
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High School Is the Speed of Sound Affected by Gravity?
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Undergrad How much extra weight is needed for a 15lb 2x4 to withstand a 67mph drop test?
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Undergrad How to Simulate a 15lb Wood 2x4 Impact at 67 mph?
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Undergrad Why does the gravitional force causes only centripetal acceleration?
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Undergrad Solving the Mystery of 3D Mechanics: Is the Sum of Moments 0?
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Undergrad Will a free falling rod rotate or not?
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Undergrad Definition for Mechanical Work
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Undergrad How do we know we can just add vectors in Plane-Wind problems?
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Undergrad Satellite Collision: Effects of Inelastic Collisions on Orbiting Satellites
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Graduate Principle of Least Action - not always valid?
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High School Objecs falling from different heights question
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Undergrad Smallest radius a flywheel can be and still provide enough energy
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Undergrad Physics: Potential Energy Beyond Earth's Surface
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Undergrad Dynamic and kinematic viscosity and how they relate
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Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure from Speed: A Scientific Approach
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Undergrad Maximizing Acceleration in Circular Motion: Understanding Loop Dynamics
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High School Atoms and the law of perpetual motion
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Undergrad Calculate Velocities and Volume Flow Rate?
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High School Calculating Wind & Water Force: Simple Methods
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High School What is the Highest Safe Approach Speed for Uncontrolled Intersections?
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Undergrad Question about mechanical energy and orbits
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High School Relation between simple and second pendulum.
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Undergrad A question about apparent weight.
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Undergrad Why is water more efficient than air in absorbing kinetic energy?
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Undergrad Mass Spring System: PE & KE in SHM Motion
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Undergrad Is Work Dependent on Launch Angle?
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Graduate Poission equation, spherical harmonics, looking for reference
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Undergrad How Does Surface Roughness Influence Cold Welding and Friction?
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High School Sun vs Moon Tides: Understanding the Forces Behind Sea Tides
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Undergrad What is the point of angular momentum?
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