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Undergrad Solving a momentum problem where masses change after the collision
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Graduate Impact considerations
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High School Is water pressure on an inclined wall less than the weight of the water?
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Graduate Flaw in Lagrangian Mechanics for a rotary inverted pendulum system? (Simulation vs. Measured)
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Undergrad Is there a way in Lagrangian mechanics to incorporate the inertial response from initial momentum when using initial conditions instead of BCs?
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Undergrad Question about passive transport of water to the apex of a tree
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High School Constant jerk motion: acceleration vs. position
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Undergrad Gravitational Force Calculation w/ Superposition Principle
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High School Validity of hydrostatic pressure equation
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Undergrad Conservation of Angular Momentum vs a gyro at the North Pole
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Undergrad Determine angle of initial momentum in zero reference frame
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Graduate Calculate velocity of streams impinging at differing angles
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High School Formal definition of work done
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High School Acceleration regards F=ma
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Undergrad Effect of height and gravity on the size of fruit in a tree?
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High School Rubber band force-extension graph
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High School Torque Calculation - Not a basic application
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High School What Is Mass and How Is It Defined in Physics?
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High School Looking for quality data from ticker time experiments (for quadratic regression analysis)
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High School Will there be water coming out of the last hole?
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High School Measuring Shock Absorbency / Kinetic Energy
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High School Path traced by a point on the periphery of the ball? Helix?
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Undergrad Writing an equation for torque around an arbitrary point on a body
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Undergrad Rolling Without Slipping
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High School Is velocity ever a scalar quantity?
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Undergrad Assumptions for Navier Stokes equations in this system
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High School How to understand formula for bending of a rectangular rod?
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Undergrad Formula for maximum angular frequency and velocity
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High School How does an object gain potential energy?
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High School Proper Understanding of Dynamical Systems and State Space
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High School Understanding randomness in universe
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Undergrad Why does mechanical energy of a damped oscillator not vary with spring constant?
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High School direction and magnitude of force on an arrow that left a bow.
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Undergrad Infinite value of amplìtude of an undamped driven oscillator at resonance
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Undergrad Question on analytic mechanics
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Graduate Treating Velocity as Independent of position till the end in Lagrangian Mechanics
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Undergrad Relationship between Concentration of a Force and Energy Density
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High School How is tangential velocity measured in m/s when it’s r * w?
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High School Analysis of Simple Pendulum Motion
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High School thickness of skin of soap bubble
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Undergrad Lagrangian for pendulum
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High School Can energy be decomposed?
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Undergrad Boundary conditions for a stream function in a hydrodynamics problem
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High School Vertical Compression Strength of Different Hollow Rods
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Undergrad Can you use these equations to calculate explosion overpressure?
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High School Time to fall from 200 miles
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High School Creating drag to reduce falling speed
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Undergrad Help Needed with Tracker Physics Program Measuring Acceleration
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High School Are the following two formulas equivalent?
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Undergrad What is the characteristic of a system that turns it into a chaotic system?
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Undergrad Gravitation and nucleons
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Undergrad DDWFTTW: Looking for the least confusing explanation
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High School Acceleration as a function of position
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High School Deriving v(t) from F(x), for Linear Motion
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High School Newton's Third Law in space
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Graduate Trying to establish a connection between the 2 rotating quadrants
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High School Balancing on Pulley system
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Undergrad Find period of circular-orbiting source based on max observed freq
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Undergrad Help with a Rigid Pendulum Calculation please
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High School Hold a hammer at the top vs bottom of the handle
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High School Strain on a foil sheet separating two compartments in a cylinder
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High School Concrete formwork pressure
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Undergrad Same old question, I still don't get it: E=1/2mv^2 - more E with V?
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Graduate Cart pendulum problem when the pendulum is a beam with torsional stiffness
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Undergrad Torque required from powered roller to rotate cylinder
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Undergrad Cartesian velocity and generalized velocity
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High School Velocity of the tip of a 2m pole hitting the ground
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Undergrad An actual meaning of instantaneous velocity
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High School Rotational Kinematics -- questions about a=mg sin(theta) / (m+I/R^2)
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Undergrad Mechanics of Rolling and Striking Cones
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High School Formula for time in terms of acceleration and distance
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High School What determines heaviness of objects in Space?
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High School Newton's First Law -- Mistranslated for 3 centuries
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High School Resnick Halliday Krane: Venturimeter formula mistake?
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High School Can we differentiate with respect to a vector?
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High School Will there always be a vector product for 2 vectors in a 3d plane?
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Undergrad Design of Mechanism for Moving Soil -- Need help with an instability
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Undergrad Continuity of Hamiltonian at separatrix in action-angle variables
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Undergrad Newton's 2nd Law confusion: mass times acceleration is not a force?
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High School Liquid Flow Calculation out of a pressurized tank
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Undergrad Acceleration in Newton's second law
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Undergrad Mechanical Advantage of a Leveraged Squat Machine?
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High School Are frictional forces action forces or reaction forces?
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Undergrad How to calculate the kinetic energy of an object propelled by a magnet?
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Undergrad Filling a pool with the hose end above or in the water
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High School Friction forces on the tires of a moving car
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Graduate Inconsistency between definitions of power and work in continuum mechanics?
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Undergrad Power done by work on a continuous body isn't the derivative of work?
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High School Friction and Newton's laws in car braking systems
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Undergrad Newton's Third Law: Action & Reaction Along the Line Connecting Two Objects
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High School 4 pounds over the weight limit of a tv stand
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High School Energy needed to raise an object to a certain altitude
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High School I don't get instantaneous impulse
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High School "Accelerations" as higher order derivatives
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High School Questions about momentum and force as well as normal force/friction
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High School The physics of flywheel launchers (like tennis ball shooters)
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High School Can only one help me build prototype or simulation
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High School Momentum question: Object dropped onto a moving railcar
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High School The power output of a vehicle when descending hills
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Undergrad Is the Earth-Sun system an oscillator? What is an oscillator?
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