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High School Does Potential Energy = 0 at Earth Centre?
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High School What Factors Influence the Spring Constant of a Rubber Band?
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Undergrad If gasoline turns from liquid to a high pressure gas
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Undergrad Is holding a box over my head work, or not?
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Undergrad Calculation of vehicle pitch rate and roll rate from acceleration
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Graduate Work done for an adiabatic process
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High School When the snow started falling, the boys noticed
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Graduate Extracting power from a plasma
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Undergrad Does a constant force = Constant Power?
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Undergrad Force as a function of velocity
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High School Basic questions about hydrogen and hydrogen gas
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Graduate Max power in in sinusoidal circuits
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Graduate Collisions in a particle accelerator involving some elementary particles
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Undergrad Circular motion of water in a glass
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Undergrad Why is there a cosmic speed limit?
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High School Propulsion mechanism of a ferris wheel
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Graduate Unlimited Energy: A Perfect Magnet-Powered Newton's Cradle in a Vacuum
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Undergrad Calculating Power Dissipation in a Circuit
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Graduate Relationship between Applied Force and Friction: A Graphical Analysis
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Undergrad What Lies Beneath the Definition of Velocity?
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Graduate Biomechanics somersault question
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Undergrad What Determines the Angle of Attack in Flight Dynamics?
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Undergrad Surface tension acting on DNA molecules
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Undergrad Conservation of linear momentum when friction is present
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Undergrad Indentation Formula: Calc w/o Vernier Caliper
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High School A boy is sitting on a sled that is 100kg. If you pull the sled
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Undergrad Calculating Diffusion Speed from Gas to Vacuum: How Do You Do It?
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Undergrad Can my dining table hold four times its weight before tipping?
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High School Does gravity stop accelerating objects once they are in contact with
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Undergrad Gravity-Defying Bicycle Stunt: How Far is Too Far?
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Graduate Does Fluid Near Solid Interfaces Move Faster Due to Viscosity Differences?
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Graduate Fluid stream on a Curved Surface
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High School Tension on a rope is being pulled by two kids
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Graduate Navier stokes equeations, shear term
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Undergrad Questions on Kinetic Theory of Gases
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High School How to find braking force of a car
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Undergrad How Do I Calculate RPM for a Propeller in a Uniform Water Flow?
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Undergrad Balancing Stacked Coins: Understanding the Physics
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High School When a ball rolls down an inclined plane , it gains speed because of
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Undergrad Tension & Pulleys: Force, Acceleration & Magnitude
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Undergrad How do cats defy physics with their perfect landings?
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Undergrad How does the condensation of steam into water create a vacuum?
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High School What is the formula for calculating the weight of a plane in level flight?
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How Do I Make a Balloon Pop by Itself?
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High School Does Lunar Gravity Affect Lake Water Levels?
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Undergrad Why is Work Zero at Constant Volume?
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Undergrad Earth's Angular Velocity and Various Object Launching
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High School Very simple question regarding work and energy transfer
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Graduate Potential inside an non conducting sphere given the potential on the sphere.
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Undergrad Classical Mechanics Textbook: Beyond Algebra Required?
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High School Thrown vs Dropped Objects: Explained
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Undergrad Does Hitting an Object at the Corner Affect Its Speed Compared to the Center?
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Graduate Angular Momentum and Coefficient of Restitution
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High School Instantaneous and average speed
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Graduate What Are the Key Classic Resources on Membrane Mechanics?
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Graduate How does perimeter weighting affect the moment of inertia of a golf club head?
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High School Newtons vs. Pounds: Why Do We Use Them?
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Graduate How do I calculate the movement of air in a valveless pulse jet engine?
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Undergrad Frictional forces of car tires. Translation
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Undergrad How Does Time Influence Friction Between Surfaces?
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Graduate How can I make a detailed hypothesis for my particle accelerator project?
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Graduate How Can Photoelasticity Detect Minimal Stress in Window Glass?
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Undergrad Terminal velocity of spherical body.
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Graduate Solving an Impossible Problem - Frictionless Train Car??
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Undergrad Speed of Sound - General Formula
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Undergrad The Challenge of Nuclear Fusion: Harnessing the Power of the Sun
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Undergrad Calculating trajectory of spaceship-like object
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Undergrad Tension in a Wire: Calculating Maximum Load Capacity
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High School Balloon Elevation: Will Wind Affect Their Flight Time?
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High School One Rupee Mystery: Why Does the Coin Fall and Card Move?
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High School Hear sonic booms by slowing down?
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Undergrad Help Clarify Friction: Can Tangential Force be Greater than Frictional Force?
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High School Average and constant acceleration
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Undergrad Very Simple Conceptual Question About Rolling
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Graduate Fuseable Link Design for ATV Axle Shafts
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High School What stops the heavier object from falling down?
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Undergrad Resolving Power of a microscope
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Undergrad Can Humans Create Rotational Motion of Water Using Their Own Electric Field?
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Graduate Air in water - effect on UV dose
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Graduate Mathematical prerequisites for Classical Mechanics
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High School Parallelogram method to calculate the resultant force
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Undergrad Can a gyro prevent a pendulum from swinging?
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Undergrad Power Hydraulics: Calculate Cylinder Diameter
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Undergrad Water flow and propeller speed
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Undergrad Why Is Perpetual Motion Impossible?
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Undergrad The Physics of Sound Waves in Musical Instruments
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High School Why are properties of water so convenient?
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Undergrad Is there software available to visualize helicopter dynamics in Matlab/Simulink?
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Undergrad How dampening works versus conservation of momentum
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Undergrad Solving a Complex Problem: Analysis and Comparison of Different Approaches
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Undergrad Thrust to weight ratio and lift
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Graduate Question on an example in Griffiths' book, Not a homework
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Graduate Partial pressure and diffusion question
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Graduate Deriving Speed In Terms of Potential Difference
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Undergrad Energy/calories and average force
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Graduate Can something keep on accelerating?
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High School Center of mass without calculus has basically only 1 formula?
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Undergrad Gravity's Effect on Height: Function Explained
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High School Surface Tension of Water: The Effects of Syrup on Surface Tension
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High School I would like to start a discussion involving how sound works.
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