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Undergrad Change of coordinates in a potential energy field
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Undergrad Relationship between frequency and power for sound?
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High School Help me understand jerk of a falling object hitting an "ideal foam"
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High School Gravitatonal field force arrow diagram for Sun and Earth
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Undergrad Gravitational field in Galilean relativity
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Undergrad Effects of External Torques on the Angular Momentum of Asymmetric Bodies
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Undergrad Tong Dynamics: cannot cancel angle from orbit energy expression calculation
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High School Move in Space without mass exchange
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Undergrad How can we prove the kinetic energy equation
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Undergrad Confusion about adding angular velocities
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Insights How to Solve a Multi-Atwood Machine Assembly
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Interferometric autocorrelation of sech^2 pulse?
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Undergrad Does a rotating accelerometer moving linearly measure linear velocity?
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Undergrad Statics: When the reactions depend on the displacements
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Undergrad Electric guitar sustain calculation
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Undergrad Earth's angular velocity when axis is aligned with apparent gravity
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Undergrad Determine if the block will slide or flip over after contact
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Undergrad The proportion of kinetic energy of a rotating rigid body?
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High School What is the Absolute Value of the Normal force on a block on this wedge?
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Undergrad Determining whether an object will topple or move without a Slope Test
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Undergrad G Force Calculation Optimisation with camera, equations & accelerometer (drop testing)
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Undergrad How can angular displacement be larger than 2pi?
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Undergrad Why does a free rigid body rotate only about its COM when F(ext) is applied?
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High School What is physical significance of the direction of angular velocity?
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Graduate Boundary condition of limiting friction in continuum mechanics
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Undergrad Why does the main muscle use the most energy in body movements?
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Undergrad Why must partialS/partialα_n = -β_n where S is the complete integral?
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Undergrad Does the classical theory of angular momentum explain this video of a unicycle robot?
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Undergrad Units of a vector in a velocity vs time graph?
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High School Filming a passing road sign: speed vs bumpiness
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Undergrad Will This Friction Clamp Hold the Weight?
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High School Why in two block systems do both blocks tend to have the same velocity?
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Undergrad A rod that falls while rotating from the end of a table
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Undergrad Noethers theorem, transformations of the Lagrange density
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Undergrad Question about friction in situation where interface slip occurs
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Undergrad Sliding a cloth beneath a block causing tipping
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Undergrad Return to the center of the Earth
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High School Feynman's lectures: Newton’s Laws of Dynamics
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Undergrad Mechanics of an inertial balance
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Undergrad Two-Mass Oscillator: Plotting Amplitudes Over Frequency in Hertz
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Undergrad Lever arm comparison on a boat with toe-in motors
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High School Why Is an Object's Weight Equal to the Force of Gravity It Experiences?
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Undergrad Lower center of mass creates more stability so how do you explain moving the center of mass upwards increases stability?
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Undergrad Instantaneous velocity - displacement and distance
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Undergrad Question about Momentum vs. Kinetic Energy vs. Deforming In Collisions
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Graduate Recover Hamilton equation from 2-form defined on phase space
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Undergrad A vehicle has two wheels rolling at different speeds. What forces act on the vehicle as it follows a curved trajectory ?
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High School Lewis C. Epstein's "Battleship Floating in a Bathtub"
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High School Static friction needed for rolling without slipping
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Undergrad What Happens to Rotational Velocity When AC Part is Dropped?
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High School Two-body Kepler problem where the Sun is at rest in a coordinate system orbited by another body
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Undergrad Finding yield strength with a load/displacement curve
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Undergrad Presentation of the Dehavilland Comet crash due to metal fatigue
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High School How Much Mass Required to Demonstrate Gravity?
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Undergrad Find Best Water Nozzle Type & Pressure for Longest Distance
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Graduate Modeling the damping of a physical rigid pendulum
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High School How can tension apply torque on a simple pulley?
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Undergrad Understanding Bolted Joints: Shigley's Explanation & Real-Life Testing
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Undergrad Generate a trackmap with speed and g forces
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High School Why don't cars accelerate according to F = ma?
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High School Diving into ellipsoid swimming pool at one focus
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High School Shortest distance between two points
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Undergrad Cavendish balance and mass of objects
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High School Is the time derivate of force equal to the position derivative power?
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Graduate Pressure on a Capsule within an Enclosure (Underwater @ 500m)
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Graduate Decoupling of a spring mass system
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High School Parcel theory -- how can there be buoyancy with miscible gases?
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Undergrad How is the net force on the system equal to 0 initially?
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High School Rotational Dynamics: Confused about the tension in this string pulling a mass up an incline
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Undergrad Looking for a formula for damage when sliding to a stop
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High School How to characterize a rubber ball moving horizontally and bouncing off of a vertical wall?
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Graduate Equations of Motion for Torsional Inverted Pendulum on a moving cart
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Undergrad Optimal space between anchor points on a long piece of material
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High School Fulcrum point loads
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Undergrad Air pressure question for two different water columns
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Does a bug hitting your windshield slow down your truck?
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Undergrad Range of projectile launched from a non-rotating spherical planet
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High School Conservation of KE in a moving frame
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Undergrad Transmission of torque using friction
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Undergrad Why are the accelerations not equal?
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Graduate Rigid body motion (RBM) transformation
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High School Need help finding the G1, G2, etc... drag coefficient functions
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High School How Does Inclined Load Affect Weight Distribution When Moving a Cabinet?
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High School What sound frequencies can pass through a hole in a wall?
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High School Non-physicist needs your help torquing a nut!
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High School Coefficient of friction in sea water
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Undergrad How to find moment of inertia of an insect?
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Insights The Slinky Drop Experiment Analysed
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High School Can Unequal Masses in a Tethered Spacecraft Simulate Gravity Effectively?
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Graduate The effect of perpendicular wind at channel inlet
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High School The inclined plane paradox (proved)
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High School How Do Diameter, Focal Length, and Distance Affect Whisper Dish Efficiency?
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High School Doubts about the definition of a linear system
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High School Newton's 3rd Law interactions with 2nd and 1st Law Partners
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Undergrad Newton's second law for rotations
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Undergrad Coriolis effect and the acceleration experienced in a rotating frame
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Undergrad Newtonian path of light in a gravitational field
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Undergrad Sound between two rooms - closing which door affects the sound most?
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Undergrad Calculus Question within Lagrangian mechanics
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