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Undergrad Why is the Carnot Cycle so Important?
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Undergrad Bullwhip wave mechanics: What changes?
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Graduate Calculating Euler Angles from Two Frames of Reference
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Help solving Tornado Tree Problem in Alabama
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High School Eliminating or slowing down inertia with waves?
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Undergrad Sorry if this is in the wrong place but im at work so i need to be
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Undergrad Perpetual Motion Debate: Proving its Reality?
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Graduate What do accelerometers actually measure?
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Undergrad Is there a physical reason why conservation of momentum HAS to happen?
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High School Distance cut in half infinitely (shooting an arrow at tree)
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Undergrad Understanding Brownian Motion: The Theory Behind Random Particle Movement
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Undergrad Why Does a Cycloid Curve Minimize Travel Time?
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Undergrad How High Can a Ground-Launched Projectile Reach?
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Graduate Understanding Angular Momentum and Torque in Rotating Objects
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Graduate Reaching any point mass configuration by internal forces
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Undergrad Conceptual question regarding equal and opposite reactions
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Undergrad The Mystery of Pseudo/Inertial Forces: Explained
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Graduate Antimatter falling upwards because of gravity?
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Undergrad Derivative of Momentum: Why is dp/dt = F?
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Undergrad Calculating balloon neutral boyancy
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Undergrad Force on a plate due to air jet
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy with an Ellipse
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Graduate Energy density in 1D elastic wave
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Graduate Can an Inertial Frame Stop a Constantly Rotating Object?
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Undergrad Conceptual Question on Rolling Objects
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Undergrad Calculating the Centripetal force of a trebuchet
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Undergrad What is the resulting force acting on water tank walls?
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Graduate Application of Newton's law of cooling to biophysics experiment
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High School Centripetal Acceleration increases with greater radius?
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Undergrad When gravity acts on an object it doesn't require energy, does it?
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Undergrad Can a rotor ever come to a complete stop with a negative angular acceleration?
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Undergrad How friction affects rotational inertia of a hollow cylinder
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Undergrad Reaction moment in cantilever beam
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Graduate What is the maximum possible specific impulse.
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Undergrad Gravitational force and tangential velocity of planets
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High School Situation diagram and free body diagram
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Undergrad Can a Rotating Conducting Disk Generate a Magnetic Field?
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High School Wave lengths affect the speed of photons?
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Undergrad How Does a Weighing Machine Measure True Weight?
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High School What are the effects of oil on a ball rolling up a ramp?
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High School How Does Time Impact the Force Calculation in F=ma for a Falling Object?
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Graduate How can this indicate rotation?
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Graduate A beutifully simple interpretation of Vector Potential
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High School Simple/compound machine design
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High School De-Ionized Water: Duration, Storage, and Ionization Factors Explained"
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Undergrad Calculating the motion of a frisbee disc?
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Undergrad Calculate Fish Lure Depth Behind Moving Boat
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Undergrad Initial speed of a football when average speed is known
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Graduate Inner working of a linear actuator
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High School Velocity - Viscosity/density? WHAAA?
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Undergrad Saturation pressure of vapor in air
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Undergrad 2nd moment of area without using integration
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High School Which object has more inertia and why? The one that has more mass or
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High School Human Weight, Work and Gravity
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Undergrad Does radial velocity affect centripetal force
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Graduate How does gravitational anomalies affect a planet's rotation?
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High School Find Force Req'd to Move Object: Weight & Calc Mu=F/Normal Reaction
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High School Speed of Sound Wave: Car Moving 50m/s
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Undergrad Is Newtonian Mechanics enough to explain KE transfer in collisions?
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Undergrad Please help, derivation of a=v^2/r of the circular motion using calculus
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High School Force & Tension: Does Length Matter?
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Undergrad I have a question Conerning firearms.
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Undergrad Counter-Steering when driving a motercycle
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Graduate Partial Pressure in beaker of water
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Undergrad Liquid Flow Rate: A vs B - Understanding Fluid Dynamics
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Undergrad Negative pressure & Hydrostatic paradox
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High School Pressure & Area: Understanding Cars' Behavior
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Undergrad Prove Polygon of Forces Not Necessary for Equilibrium
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Undergrad Could Mountains Act as Wheel Weights for Earth's Rotation?
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Graduate Contact problem Analytical solution
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Undergrad Biomechanics of Free Throw Shooting
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Graduate Characteristics of the Me-163 Komet
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Graduate Rigorous statement of virtual work principle?
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Undergrad Proof of the inverse proportionality of R^2 to the attraction force
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Undergrad Why Does Water Flow in a Wavy Pattern on Inclined Surfaces?
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High School Uncovering the Truth: Why Does Water Become Vapor in Cold Air?
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Undergrad Investigating the Motion of Floating Particles in Escaping Powder Experiments
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Graduate Proof on two dimensional elastic collision.
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Undergrad Collision : When a gnome hits a giant. (Or any non-gnome)
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Undergrad Trying (desperately) to understand angular momentum
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Undergrad Galileo's Experiment: Uniformly Accelerated Motion
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Undergrad Tennis Ball Cannon Pressure & Exit Velocity
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Graduate How Does Side-Slip Affect Lift Calculation in Flight Simulations?
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Undergrad Proving moment of inertia of hollow sphere with y^2+x^2=R^2 method
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Undergrad Do Multiple Reaction Forces Create Infinite Chains in Newton's Third Law?
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Undergrad Calculus in Impulse Momentum Theorem
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Undergrad Mass vs. compression with rollers
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Undergrad Shouldn't this force have a horizontal component, too?
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High School Which parameters affect about friction? and why?
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High School How far would a helium balloon rise if it never burst
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Undergrad Inelastic collision: Momentum conserved, KE not- How?
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Undergrad Conservation of energy and friction
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Undergrad Crumple zone difference in a collision
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Undergrad Single Rotor Versus Coaxial Rotor Lift
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Undergrad Equation for Surface Pressure?
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High School Mass vs Compression: How Do They Exert Pressure?
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Undergrad Proving the moment of inertia of a thinwalled hollow sphere
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High School What causes attractions between masses
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Graduate Are Lx, Ly, Lz (the components of Angular Momentum)independent to each other?
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High School Help understanding how a siphon works?
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