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Undergrad How do I calculate torque on a shaft with a 500 lb wheel?
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Undergrad First-Order Principles of Classical Mechanics
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Graduate Time as an illusion that arises from motion.
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High School Definition of elastic collision
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High School What Factors Affect Toboggan Speed?
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Undergrad What is Feynman's Definition of Perpetual Motion?
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Graduate Rotating a vector about a new origin
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Undergrad How Do Club Length and Mass Influence Golf Ball Distance?
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Undergrad What causes the centripetal acceleration of the earth?
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Undergrad Floating a Battleship in a Bathtub
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Graduate Mean power in driven, damped harmonic oscillators
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Undergrad Angular velocity and external forces
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Undergrad An impractical bridge, but would it work?
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High School Origins of Coefficient of Friction and Normal Force
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High School Whats is the different between kienetic energy and momentum
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Undergrad The Relationship Between Newtons and Joules
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Undergrad Attempting to reduce the speed of sound on a plane/plank
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Undergrad Are there any Cons in using rotational speed of Earth for Rockets?
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Graduate Cooling of water vapor - air mixture to T < 273K
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Undergrad Deriving Relation between Angular & Translational Velocities in Circular Motion
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Undergrad Energy Dissipation in Horseracing
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Graduate Inertial Propulsion: The Potential of Eliminating Electron Mass in Graphene
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Undergrad Avian Wall Walking: The Physics Behind Birds' Ability to Run Up Walls
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High School What is the difference between conserved momentum and potential energy?
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High School Is Time's Speed Constant for Everyone?
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Undergrad Moment library article - question
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Undergrad Rocket fuel efficiency and payload capacity rule of thumb
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Graduate Confused by wikipedia on (torque-free) precession
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Graduate Can Time Travel Be Explained Through Object States Instead of Velocity?
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Undergrad Fraction of energy dissipated when solid cylinder placed on table
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Graduate Impulsive Motion: Solving the Riddle
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Undergrad CO2 pressure, consumption, and bubble counters
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Graduate Collision between two moving objects (one with a non-known trajectory)?
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Undergrad Cross/Dot Products in Physics: Work, Torque & Impulse
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High School Centripetal force in a semicircle
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Undergrad What Forces Influence the Energy Required to Peel Tape?
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Undergrad How to convert accelerometer data to metabolic equivalents(METS)?
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Undergrad How Does the Square-Cube Law Limit Animal Size?
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Undergrad Correlation between a car's horsepower and maximum strength of Cable
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Graduate How Do the Energetic Properties of a Nut and Bolt Change When Fastened?
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Undergrad Power Consumption Calculation Verification
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Undergrad The Best Angle for Maximum Spitting Distance?
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Graduate Action and equations of motion
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Undergrad Centripetal force in a curved road
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Graduate What Stops a Falling Rock at the Atomic Level?
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High School Marble experiment (referring to momentum)?
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Undergrad Static Friction & Friction Coefficient | fsN
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High School Normal Force: Mass on a Surface
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High School Relationship between acceleration and distance
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High School Sound waves speed and intensity on wood,metal and cement
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Undergrad Head-on Collision Damage: Comparing 50mph and 100mph Impact Damage
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High School Can Pressure Be Less Than 1 atm in a Grounded Container on Earth?
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Undergrad Second moment of area, storing of energy.
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Undergrad Fluid mechanics suction question
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Undergrad Can Joules Be Converted to Newtons in Energy Calculations?
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Undergrad Coriolis Effect on Projectiles
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Undergrad What Causes the Centripetal Acceleration in Circular Motion?
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Graduate Can a Helicopter Fuselage Exhibit Pendulum Behavior?
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Undergrad What is with the law of conservation of momentum?
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Graduate How did Ludwig Boltzmann develop the Boltzmann distribution and define entropy?
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Undergrad Converting kN to Bar: An Explanation and Guide
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Graduate Oscillation in quadratic potential
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Undergrad Air flow in relation to water depth
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High School How fundamental is Law of Conservation of Energy?
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High School How is the force to move an object on a flat service calculated?
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Undergrad Pedal Angular Velocity: Pi/2*f or 2pi*f?
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High School Build a Vortex Air Ring Shooter with 32 Gallon Bin
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Undergrad So, what happens to the energy of a bouncing ball in a vacuum?
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Graduate Billards Physics: Estimating Kinetic Energy Loss
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Graduate Resolving the Low Reynolds Number Paradox: Wake Formation
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Undergrad Derviation of Moment of inertia
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High School Punch, kicks, collisions in athletic contests
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High School Catapulting & Trebuchet Physics: A Beginner's Guide
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Graduate If there is a maximum velocity, c, is there a maximum kinetic energy?
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Undergrad Energy made available by Change in CoG
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Undergrad Confusion about the nature of torque.
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High School Friction depends upon area or not?
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Graduate Solve for dimensions of rectangular prism given inertia
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High School What is the Concept of Centrifugal Force and Who Introduced it?
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Graduate What is the connection between phase changes in water and string theory?
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Undergrad Derivative of energy is force?
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Graduate Angular Momentum about Center of Mass
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Undergrad Newton's laws of motion discussion question
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High School Explanation to some observations
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High School Faster fluids have a lower pressure?
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Graduate Measuring g with an index card and a pin
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Undergrad Can Mercury Transfer Kinetic Energy Effectively on the Planet Mercury?
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Undergrad Physics of Driving onto a Moving Car Carrier: Myth or Reality?
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Graduate Does Edge Tone Work with a Large Air Source?
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Undergrad Collisions - Momentum destribution
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Undergrad Vector Symbol Meaning - Explained by stampede247
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Graduate Rolling Wheel Paradox: Is it True or a Model Problem?
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Graduate GUTs from fermionic supergenerators.
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Undergrad Aircraft in General - Get Started with Physics and Books
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High School The formula for force, for something deceleration.
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High School Will heating a closed tank of water cause bubbles to form?
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Undergrad Red giants and angular momentum question
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High School Have you ever wondered about the physics of hydroplaning?
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Undergrad Integrals and derivatives , velocity and displacement
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Undergrad Ballistics Calculations/Charts
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