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Undergrad Is the value of gravity always constant?
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Undergrad What will be the gravitational force inside a hollow cylinder at the
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Undergrad How Does Moment of Inertia Affect Motor Size Requirements?
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Undergrad What Is the Physical Meaning of Torque Defined as r x F?
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia: Constant Velocity in Space Without Friction
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Graduate Deriving the equations of torque and ang. Momentum from Newton's laws
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Undergrad What is the Relationship Between Potential and Kinetic Energy in Physics?
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Undergrad How to Determine the Original Length of a Steel Violin String Under Tension?
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Graduate What is the Role of Gyroscopic Inertia in Bullet Spin?
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Graduate Lagranian:Generalized momentum
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Undergrad Why do golf balls have dimples and cars have smooth surfaces for aerodynamics?
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Undergrad I am trying to set up a model using calculus in physics and I need assistance?
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Undergrad Conservation of spin, energy and momentum
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Undergrad Is Stair Climbing Acceleration Dependent on Distance and Time Squared?
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Graduate Understanding Conservation and Symmetry in Physics
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Graduate Silly collision question; hit by turkey vs. hit by bullet
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Graduate Constraint Equations: Atwoods Machine
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Undergrad Did My Lecturer Make a Mistake in this Physics Equation?
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High School Soap Bubble and surface tension
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Undergrad Is Pressure Directly Proportional to Temperature in Gases?
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Undergrad Solving for Constant Acceleration and Time in 1D Motion Problem
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Undergrad Another simple torque question
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Undergrad Relationship between wave propagation speed frequency
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Optimizing Energy Input for Power Plant Efficiency
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Graduate How Does Charge Movement Affect Electric Field Perception in Different Frames?
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Undergrad Finding Point for Adding Forces Acting on Object
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Undergrad If the centrifual force does not exist then why?
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Undergrad Rocket equation exhaust velocity question
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Undergrad Find Relative SPEED of Image to Object: My Solution
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Undergrad Power consumption in a rotating system
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Graduate How has the weight of our planet changed over time?
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Undergrad How to calculate fuel to accelerate a vehicle
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Undergrad Does Eddy Current Braking on Roller Coasters Involve Constant Acceleration?
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Undergrad Calculating work done by a bicycle
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High School Here I made a very simple motor
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High School What is easier to measure, angle or velocity?
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High School Variation of gravitation field strength?
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Undergrad Instantaneous Velocity of a car after letting off the throttle
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Undergrad How does pressure affect the phase transition from gas to liquid?
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Undergrad Is the physics concept of tires kinematics or work/energy? Please explain why.?
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Graduate Tsunami Waves & Mechanical Wave Physics
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High School Water vapor at approx. 300 degrees Celsius
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Graduate Creating a waterfall from a roof slope.
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High School How do rockets in space works?
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Undergrad Understanding Torque & Force in Circular Motion
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High School Relationship between Newtons 1st and 3rd law
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Undergrad Is My Calculation for Pressure Loss in German Pipework Accurate?
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Undergrad Ratio of mass moment of inertia to mass
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High School Why can't we feel the acceleration of the earth?
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Undergrad What is the Qualitative Definition of Work and Energy in a Closed System?
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Undergrad Conservation (momentum and ke)
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High School How does the force of wind come from?
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Graduate Object sliding through hollow rotating tube
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Undergrad Why is speed of sound constant?
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Undergrad Calculating Power and Instantaneous Power - What's the difference?
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High School Will the weight of jar changed?
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Graduate What is meant by first momentum of energy spectrum (ES)
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Undergrad Wheel torque > contact patch friction > torque
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High School Measure Person's Jump Time & Height: Weight, Force & More Tips
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Graduate Rolling down a slope vs to slide down a slope
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Undergrad Position as a function of time through a varying gravitational field
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Undergrad Modulus of Rigidity & Shear Modulus: Definition & Meaning
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Graduate Learn How to Use Lagrangians for Statics: Building Compound Shapes and Examples
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High School Types of Forces: Push, Pull, Weight, Friction & More
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Graduate How do multiple hulls manage underwater pressure in deep-sea structures?
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Graduate Calculating torque for precessing gyroscope
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Undergrad Calculating force with only mass and distance known
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Graduate Possible new reformulation of classical mechanics
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High School Coke physics (ice and pressure)
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Undergrad It's a pretty simple question but it's been racking my brain. Say I
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Graduate What Are the Correct Terms for Rolling Wheels vs. Rolling Balls?
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High School Can DC Motors Recharge Batteries?
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Undergrad When Does a Beam Start to Behave Like a String Under Tension?
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Graduate How do I calculate the individual interactions between two links of a chain?
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Undergrad Forces on Pendulum: Resolving mg & T
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Graduate Calculating Drag in 3D with Different Areas & Coefficients
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Graduate Can Fundamental Yanks Replace Forces in Physics?
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High School Gravity: Why Objects Fall at Same Rate?
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Undergrad Calculating force of colision in Newton's Cradle
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Undergrad Calculate Rocket Launch Speed | Andrew's Problem
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High School Power saving device too good to be true?
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Undergrad Qualitative query regarding Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
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Undergrad Friction acting on a ball on an inclined plane
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Undergrad Does Newtons of an Egg drop vary accordingly to height?
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Graduate Circular motion at end of string in horizontal plane
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Undergrad Mechanical Failure of a Truncated Cone
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Undergrad Finding Mass of Block B in Triangle with Pulley & Friction Coefficients
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Undergrad Calculating Energy Use of Spaceship for Harry & Burt Trip
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Graduate What is the issue with the wave equation for a flexible cable including gravity?
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Graduate What is the Maximum Height of a Pendulum Ball with Constant Wind Force?
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Graduate Solving Complex Velocity from Particle Falling in Gravity
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Undergrad Calculate Pendulum Frequency: Length, Weight & Height
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Graduate On the notion of pressure in the canonical ensemble
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Graduate What does infinity potential mean?
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Undergrad What's the energy source for capillarity to lift liquid up?
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Graduate Expansion of the Universe, Dark Energy and Conservation of energy.
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Undergrad How to model a vibrating stick
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Undergrad Torque and holding torque question
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Undergrad Is Pressure a Scalar Quantity or a Vector?
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