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Undergrad Cannon recoil WITHOUT projectile?
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Undergrad Flow rate and velocity form a Conical tank.
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Undergrad Principal axes of the moment of inertia
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Undergrad Do Newton's Laws Predict Equal Forces Between Two Bodies of Similar Mass?
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Undergrad How Does a Bat Rotate and Translate After Being Struck by a Ball?
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Undergrad Cons. Angular Momentum & Reference Frames
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High School Why Does Water Expand on Heating/Cooling?
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Undergrad Can You Apply Bernoulli's Equation and Continuity for This Fluid System?
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High School The physics of tornadoes and interior pressure
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Undergrad What Are Simple Methods to Measure Surface Tension at Home?
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High School When calculating the amount of work done, using the force applied and
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Undergrad Can a Ball Slide Rather Than Roll Down an Accelerating Inclined Plane?
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Undergrad Conservation of mechanical energy and external forces. A bit confused
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Undergrad Bat Sweet Spot Location Calculation
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Undergrad Arguing with physics teacher. Is there a terminal velocity(I know its a speed) ?
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Graduate How Can You Launch a 0.019 kg Object into a 200,000 Meter Orbit?
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Undergrad The theory of ones self being dropped as a cat from a three storey window
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Undergrad Measuring Torque Without Stalling Motor | Battery-Powered Solutions
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Undergrad Question about energy of a speeding object, hitting a stationary object.
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High School Why Is There a Negative Sign When Calculating Power with P=IV?
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High School Compute Force f from A, B & C Coordinates
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High School Master Vectors: Tips for Finding Relative Velocity & Adding/Subtracting Vectors
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Undergrad Describing the circle of a uniform rod hit at one end
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High School Can Mathematica help with solving projectile motion equations?
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Undergrad People say there is weightlessnes
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Undergrad Can a buoyant object achieve perpetual motion?
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High School Work & Energy: Definition and History
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Undergrad Understanding Kinematics for Inertial to Body Conversion
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Graduate Damped Coupled Oscillators, Deformations and Energy Lost in Collisions
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High School Does an Object Lose Potential Energy as It Gains Kinetic Energy?
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High School Tie 3 objects together, where is F greatest
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Graduate Understanding Pressure in Liquids: The Role of Electromagnetic Forces
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Undergrad Is the centroid always the centre of gravity for a triangle of uniform density?
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High School How Does Human Power Relate to Acceleration in Lifting 40kg Up 36m?
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High School Calculate the Coefficient of Friction for a Frozen Turkey
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Graduate Is Time the Fourth Dimension in the Universe?
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Graduate Bernoulli and flow in a flooding river
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Undergrad Solving Constant Force on Particle Motion
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Undergrad How do I calculate top velocity for a constant mass rocket in a vacuum?
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High School How many feet does a 700 lb object take to stop?
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Undergrad Conservation of Momentum and Energy of metal pucks
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Undergrad How do you determine conservation of momentum
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High School What is Gravity: Learn How It Attracts Objects
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Graduate Could this happen? Proton-Antineutron Collision
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High School How Fast Does a Trebuchet Counterweight Travel?
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Graduate How Does Dirac Challenge Classical Mechanics Assumptions in Quantum Theory?
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Undergrad Kinetic Energy and Inelastic Collisions
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Undergrad Flat vs inflated bike tire - friction
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High School Is the Formula for Surface Tension Incorrect?
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Graduate Video Lectures for Quantum Mechanics?
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High School Gravity: Earth-sized platinum sphere with 3 meter empty center - behavior
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Graduate Fusion of the isotopes of hydrogen
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Undergrad Friction between two stacked blocks
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Graduate Question about the Reynolds number and fluid drag
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High School Understanding Gravitational Potential Energy: 3 Questions Answered
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Undergrad Finding the length of a pendulum
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Graduate Solving the Rocket Equation: Confusion with Signs
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High School Why Does Gravity Affect Weight?
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High School Calculating Acceleration Due to Gravity for a 96m Building
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Undergrad Does Using Inertia Help or Hinder Weight Lifting?
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High School What Causes Gravity? - Newton's Law of Gravitation Explained
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Undergrad Relation between torque and speed
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Undergrad Pressure energy(fluid mechanics)
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High School Fundamental doubt on Acceleration.
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Undergrad Terminal velocity of an object falling through a liquid
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High School What Conditions Allow a Thrown Ball to Return to the Thrower?
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Undergrad Dewatering Fiberglass - Vacuum
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Graduate Solving Buckling Load Problem for Masters Degree Mechanical Engineering Project
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High School A question about average velocity?
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Undergrad Which Gas Shows Greater Pressure Increase When Compressed Adiabatically?
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Undergrad Understanding Jacobian in relation to physics
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Undergrad Speed of Bar on Roller table after cutting
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Undergrad Does application of torque add to rotational stability?
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Undergrad Calculating Visibility Range on One-Lane Street
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Undergrad Rocket Acceleration: 1,000ms-1 to ? in 2 mins
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Graduate Solving Work Along a Force Field Path - A Math Question
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Undergrad Solving Mohr's Circle: Deriving Principal Stresses & Strains
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Undergrad Potential Engery and Energy Conservation
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Graduate Calculating Energy Production of a Linear Generator
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Undergrad New formula for centripital force ? whats wrong
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Undergrad Zero potential between two plates
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Undergrad Two equations for centripetal acceleration
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Undergrad Understanding Multiple Scale Setup: M1 Hanging from Two Identical Scales
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Graduate Energy Dissipation Through Various Density
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Undergrad Calculating Earth's Centripetal Force: Impact on Weight and Direction at 700mph
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Undergrad Physics Challenge: Building a Newspaper Structure
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High School Calculate what K (Spring Constant) my spring should have
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Undergrad Rigid body rotation about a moving axis
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Undergrad Why does a gyroscope resist rotating towards the ground?
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High School How do you solve a quadratic equation using the completing the square method?
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Graduate Classical mechanics - Conservative system
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Undergrad Calculating Variables for Bending a Beam
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Undergrad How Does Anchor Rode Angle Affect Tension and Force Mechanics?
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Graduate What is the density of state exactly?(STATISTICAL MECHANICS)
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Graduate Conceptual question about a rotating ring
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Graduate Bead on a rotating vertical ring
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Graduate Maxwell's Derivation of EM Wave Momentum: E/c
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Graduate Tips & Recommendations for Solving Laplace Equation Potentials.
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Right Torque for a Robot's DC Motor?
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Graduate Why Do Principal Moments of Inertia Values Change with Different Origins?
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