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What Are Potential Holes in Liquids and Their Implications?
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Basic kinematics equations question
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Can the shape of Earth affect its weight and gravity?
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Power Consumption: Is Unplugging Worth It?
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Understanding Space and Time Warping with Velocity: A Quantum Perspective
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How can I rotate a shape in 2D space?
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Angular velocity and rotational motion
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Can a Non-Linear Spring Constant Affect Projectile Motion Results?
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Is stoke's number same as inertial impaction parameter?
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E+M fields for a localized pulse
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Does Reducing a Satellite's Speed Guarantee Its Descent to Earth?
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About force, mass, Newton's 2nd law and inertial frame
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What is a good subject for my first physics project?
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Apparent paradox with instantaneous change with velocity
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How do I reduce the coeff. of friction against water?
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Simple Harmonic Motion with 2 Springs attached to a Dynamics Cart
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Modeling eliptical motion of planets
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Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy principle
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Conservation of Angular Momentum
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Simple Harmonic Motion and Wave Motion
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Does Angular Momentum Change When We Drop Weights From A Rotating Turntable?
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What angle do I use to find the perpendicular force in torque calculations?
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Can Negative Force Result in Positive Work?
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Atwoods: Deriving Torque Relation with R
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How Do Scales Maintain Balance Without Swinging All the Way Down?
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Energy + momentum conservation paradox
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Modeling Time to Cover Distance with variable acceleration
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Clarification on Torque/Angular Momentum in Case of Accelerating Center of Mass
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Rolling Motion, a Contradiction
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Water gushing out the barrel: Which barrel has the correct hole placement?
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Speed of sound super sonic jet
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Moment of Inertia: Does Mass Matter?
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Explain Inertia: Science & Process
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Find Mechanics Problems with Solutions for Physics 218 Exams
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How Does the Radius of a Raindrop Affect Its Acceleration and Terminal Velocity?
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Acceleration / velocity & safety
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Seperating water into oxygen and hydrogen.
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Angular Frequency and Angular Velocity
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Minimum speed of an object required to go round a circular loop.
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Jets speeding up earths rotaion
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Understanding Signs of Net Force in Mass-Spring Systems
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Measuring Gravity with a Pendulum on Other Planets
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Moment Inertia Tensor: Difference Explained
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Water psi effect on boat transducer
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Does a Bullet Speed Up After Being Fired?
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Physics of Wakeboarding/Waterskiing
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Calculate Wind Speed at 88masl with Coefficient 0.3
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Relation Between Inertia And Kinetic Energy Question
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With moving source, power shift?
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Work and change in kinetic energy
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Modeling Friction with Lagrange: Easiest Method?
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Estimate Your Ear Canal Length: Hear Soft Sounds!
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Kinetic energy and momentum p=mv
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Static Friction: Factors & Magnitude Limits
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Did the Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Reach Supersonic Speeds?
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Open problems in fluid mechanics
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What does position resolution (in %) mean? Is a low percentage better?
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Humans don't hear below ~20 Hz, so why can we hear a singular sound?
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Convert .130 kg to Newtons: Is Gravity Relevant?
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Discovering the Physics Behind Boiling Water's Temperature Limit
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What Powers This Record-Breaking Radio Control Glider?
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Please provide an example of INTERNAL and EXTERNAL torque
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Paint on cars that change colour
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How much power is needed to ride a conveyor belt into space?
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Drag Vs Depth Calculator: Object Velocity, Mass and Weight
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Bernoulli's spinning-top-cylinder problem
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Total Mechanical Energy & Escape Velocity: Explained
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Conservation of Angular/Linear momentum in a system?
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Bernoulli's Principle explanation help
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What is momentum and how does it relate to running?
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Circular motion and vertical circle
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How does radar find the position of an object?
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Angular Velocity: What's the Difference between Horizontal and Vertical Circles?
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Cannon Length: Why does it matter?
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Bernoulli's Principle and Static Gas Pressure
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Classical statistical mechanics: dimensions of partition function
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How fast do impulses travel through a Newton's Cradle?
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Why Do Objects Bounce When They Hit the Ground?
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Weight of landing from jumping
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Why does tension increase with distance
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Kiteboarding problem using weights and pulleys
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Moment of Inertia and axis of rotation
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Work of Force: Understanding \int \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{r}
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Basketball Dribbling: Does the Ball Come to Rest?
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Basketball Rules: When Does a Ball Come to Rest?
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Testing of Impact Sensor-Verify G-Force Readings
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Position Function and its antiderivative
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Does Weight Affect Friction in Winter Driving?
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The Physics of A Human Landing and Rolling
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Are kinetic frictional forces always slowing down objects?
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Where to Find the Coefficient of Friction Between Paper and Plexiglass?
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Understanding mechanical concepts
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The Drinking Straw, Vacuum and Hydrostatics
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Question about Friction and gravity
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Why does the drag force increase with velocity and viscosity?
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Question about Sonic Doppler Shift Speed Measurement
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HIlbert-Polya conjecture proof of RH through Quantum mechanics
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Calculating Energy for Water Propulsion with Circular Blades
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How can one determine the weight of a boat submerged in water?
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What is the Typical Coefficient of Lift for an Aircraft?
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