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High School Does the record move faster or ?
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High School Calculating Drag Force: Weight, Mass & Acceleration
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Graduate How do relativity and quantum mechanics contradict each other?
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Graduate Equation of motion for a chain sliding down an edge
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Graduate Vector Potential: Reality or Tool?
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Graduate Mechanical System: Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Bar with Gravity
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Undergrad Determining Force for Stopping Angular Motion in Rotating Body
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High School Wedge constant :- Newtons laws of motion
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High School Would an hourglass on a rocket going up empty faster than one on the ground?
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High School Interesting practical question skydiving
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Undergrad Help With Work Conceptualization - College Physics 1 Student
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Undergrad HP or PWOER Loss between 2 different sized Pulleys?
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Undergrad Different formula for generator and motor ?
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High School Can a heavier car reach higher top speed rolling down a steep?
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High School Understanding Work: A High Schooler's Guide
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Undergrad Formula for trajectory also applicable to decelerating bodies?
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Graduate Boussinesq Elasticity Problem Derivation
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Undergrad Frequency and viscous friction in a spring?
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Undergrad Factors affecting the design of an efficient paddle wheel
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Graduate Sudden impulse due to explosion
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Graduate Problem in inertial reference frame
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Undergrad Acceleration in space question
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Undergrad LOG: Understanding Car Crash Velocity and Acceleration Calculations
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Undergrad Atoms & Sound Waves: Science vs Religion
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Undergrad Fluid mechanics conceptual question
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Undergrad Can Gravity Be Manipulated in a Science Fair Project?
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Undergrad Circular motion: An aeroplane loops the loop
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Graduate Understanding Sideways Momentum in Heisenberg's Thought Experiment
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Undergrad Comparing Car Collisions - Force & Momentum
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Undergrad Calculating DC Motor Parameters for a Pick and Place Robot
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High School Constructing a Self-Propelled Car without Gas/Electricity
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Undergrad Lever Balance Displacement Calculation
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High School Hot air balloon staying in the air for 24 hours
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Undergrad High pressure vs speed of sound?
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Graduate Solving Rotating Frame Problem: Need Help!
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Undergrad Suppose a nut becomes loose and gets detached from a satellite
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Undergrad Why does vasodilation in periphery lead to reduction in blood pressure?
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Undergrad How to calculate change in pressure of air through a funnel
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Undergrad How Much Weight is Needed to Break Super Glue Under Pressure?
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Undergrad Projectile Motion with Drag: Understanding F=ma and dv/dx in Physics
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Graduate Instantaneous force propagation in classical mechanics
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Undergrad Is Constant Acceleration Possible in Elliptical Motion?
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High School I remember when I was young I saw people emptying the water from their
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High School Acceleration: Why 2 Formulas & How Does It Relate to Distance?
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Graduate How Do Pulley Motions Influence Particle Dynamics?
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High School A few questions about steam, water vapor, and humidity
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High School What is the use of a Force Couple System?
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High School Are we heavier at night than at day?
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Graduate Relative angular velocity of a satellite
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Undergrad Navier-stokes equation (fluid mechanics)
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Undergrad Standard deviation in Graviational force, g
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Undergrad Noise Neutralizer: Build a Device to Block Sound
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Undergrad Gravity and Energy: Attraction & Velocity
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Undergrad How Do Elastic Collisions on a Frictionless Ring Affect Object Velocities?
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Undergrad Hypothetical spherical ball freezing.
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Undergrad 3-Dimensional Projectile Motion
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High School What is the net force involved in jumping?
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What is the real power behind the rush to fill in complete emptyness
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High School Calculating the Force Needed to Remove Adhesive Tape
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Graduate Modelling Car Impact: Predicting Obstacle Movement and Displacement
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High School Types of Kinetic Energy: Vibrational, Translational & Rotational
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Undergrad Is Newton's Law of Restitution Accurate for Eccentric Impacts?
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High School Question about Force (I think)
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Undergrad Artillery projectiles simulation
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Undergrad Why doesn't the Earth collide with the Sun?
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Undergrad What happens with the sea level due to the centrifugal acceleration?
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High School Is Meters per Second Squared a Measure of Velocity Increase?
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Undergrad Do things roll on frictionless surfaces?
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High School Does the wall get somewhat warped from me pushing it?
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Undergrad The bounce of a tennis ball (clay v. hard court)
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Graduate Existence of Acceleration Potential Explained
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Undergrad Random thought about force and motion
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Undergrad Surface Tension of wood on water
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High School How do you calculate gravitational acceleration with a pendulum?
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Undergrad Why Should Spring Constants Be Added in a Dual-Spring System?
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High School Calculating gravity - is your down plus or minus?
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Undergrad Does recoil affect speed of trajectory?
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Undergrad Angular Momentum and Linear Momentum
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Undergrad Circular motion: static or dynamic friction?
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Graduate How does relativity affect speed perception?
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High School Static vs. Dynamic Impact: What's the Difference?
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In what ways is Carl Sagan's Cosmos outdated?
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Graduate Velocity correlation functions
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Undergrad Buoyancy: Doubtfull and unclear points in theory
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Undergrad Who used projectile motion to find a muzzle velocity?
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High School Whats going on in this video with the water ?
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Undergrad Internal Shear Stress Question
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Undergrad Remember the debate about downwind vehicles
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Undergrad Confused about the reactive power
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Undergrad Solving Stokes' Law Experiment Mystery
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High School Can someone explain the physics behind maglev trains?
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High School Non Calc - Potential Energy/Conserv. & Centrepital Acc?
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Undergrad So, the question could be: When does slipping occur on a car?
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Graduate What is the paradox of rolling for an ideal wheel on a horizontal surface?
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Undergrad Is there any way to prove that a given force is conservative?
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Undergrad Pressure of a gas - quick question.
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High School A quick conception question Newtonian physics
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High School Can air humidity(water vapor) fall like rain in a room?
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Graduate Generalized momentum - Physical meaning
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Undergrad Vector nature of mechanics (help)
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