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High School A question about centripetal acceleration
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Undergrad Gravity Q&A: Difference Between Person's Reaction & Ground Reaction
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Undergrad Upward acceleration of submerged bubble based on radius
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion: Damped Oscillation & Resonance Explained
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Undergrad Quesiton on applied force on a rolling object
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Graduate Cm Acceleration: Rolling Cylinder Movement Analysis
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High School Hawk-Eye computer system used in sports to track ball trajectory
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High School Basic kinematic physics equations do not make sense to me.
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Undergrad Location of an object moving in a circular path
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Undergrad What are the forces and pressure involved in causing siphon action?
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Undergrad How do supersonic sources create sonic booms?
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High School At what rate does the mass accelerate?
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Graduate Net velocity relative to center of universe?
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Graduate Potential energy of mass spring system
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Undergrad My misconception about the preservation of energy.
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Graduate Moment of Inertia for a hollow Sphere
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High School Equation of a simple harmonic motion(SHM)
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Undergrad Can Acceleration Alone Determine the Path of an Object?
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High School What Happens When a Marshmallow Collides with a Human in Space?
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Undergrad Can a spaceship withstand acceleration in a vacuum?
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High School Centripetal acceleration v^2/r?
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High School Are You Confused About Mass vs. Weight in the Shoe Drag Lab?
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Undergrad Forces on a Spring: A Closer Look
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Undergrad Torque: Understanding Gear Ratios & Cruise Control
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Graduate How do particle accelerators change fast enough
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Graduate Problem Dealing with Linear Angular Momentum
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Graduate Applicable domain of Stokes Flow
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High School What are common signs of a faulty wheel hub bearing?
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Rotating single slit and 2 single slits merging
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Undergrad Screw Gauge Pitch: Length of Main Scale Division?
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Undergrad Why does smoke rise in a spinning space station?
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High School How would I solve a problem like this.
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Undergrad Torque, force and rotational acceleration
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Undergrad Can Two 19-Liter Bottles Lift a 75kg Person Off the Ground?
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Undergrad How Does a Rotating Metallic Bar Generate a Potential Difference?
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High School How to draw distance-time graph from velocity-time graph?
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Undergrad A block on an inclined plane does not rotate?
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High School Can a steel ball ( marble ) hover ?
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Graduate Does pressure depend upon the observer?
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Graduate .Work Done by an Ideal Gas - Derivation and Implications
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High School Can anybody explain the formula for Kinetic Energy?
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Graduate Solid Mechanics: Cantilever Beams & Loads on Neutral Axis
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Undergrad Calculating velcoity around a corner
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High School Stratosphere ride in las vegas?
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High School What factors affect the displacement range in Hooke's Law?
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High School You shoot them straight into the air, which one hits the ground first?
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Undergrad Can a smooth ball be made to curve?
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Graduate What is phi? Understanding Conservative Forces
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Graduate Why did WTC7 collapse at free fall speed despite resistance from structure?
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Undergrad Selecting Motor for Project: Calculating RPM Requirements
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Undergrad Big deal that we speed along on the surface of the Earth
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Undergrad Calculating Time in gravity/acceleration problem
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Undergrad Centripetal forces effect on weight
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Graduate Conceptual doubt about elastic potential energy of a system
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Undergrad Calculate Interception Angle for Enemy B
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High School How to do velocity-time graph to distance graph/acceleration to velocity graph?
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Undergrad Luanch angle to put a satellite in an orbit?
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Undergrad Lunar effect on weight on earth
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Undergrad Change in speed around elliptical orbit
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Undergrad Total energy of elliptical orbit
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Undergrad Moving in a lift and gravity. Yes the classic question but I can't understand
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Undergrad Solid mechanics (shear stress) question
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Graduate How would a long object move?
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Undergrad Why is the thrust force equal to the change in momentum of the rocket?
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Undergrad Calculating Moment of Inertia for a Physical Pendulum
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Graduate Olive Oil's Unexpected Behavior in Water
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Undergrad Having trouble with weight versus mass
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Undergrad How to calculate power required by vehicles
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Undergrad Help Needed Solving Physics Problem for Civil Engineering Student
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Undergrad Pressure created by clamping base and cover
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Graduate Galileo's thought experiment
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Undergrad Newton's law of cooling from Stefan's law?
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High School Question about loudness of sound
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Undergrad Can the pressure difference be reduced by drilling holes in a moving plate?
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Undergrad Velocity and acceleration increase
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High School Freezing point of flowing water.
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High School Tension Forces and Block: Direction of Pulling?
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Graduate Pressure & Stress: Definition and Relationship
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Undergrad Which bat would cause a fatal impact: wooden or aluminum?
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High School Forces while walking and driving
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Graduate Calculating equilibrium point of a network of springs
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Undergrad Deduction of centripetal force
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Undergrad How are Zero G planes able to simulate weightlessness?
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High School Effects of gravity on a pendulum
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High School Can You Make a Telescope Using Water Drops?
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Undergrad What Causes the Discrepancy in Standing Wave Velocity Measurements?
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Undergrad Could this experiment prove the existence of special relativity?
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Undergrad Earth's Rotation: Centripetal Acceleration Source
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Undergrad What happens to the pressure of a liquid extracted from a pressurised container?
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Undergrad Degrees of freedom and RMS-speed of CO2?
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Undergrad Why - momentum must be in the wall?
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Graduate What Is the Role of Space-Space Components in the Stress Tensor?
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Undergrad How Much Load Can a Captive 316 Stainless Steel Pin Withstand Before Failing?
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High School Gravity: What Forces Keep an Object in Orbit?
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Undergrad Help finding time between two frames for collision detection
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Will My DIY Pipe Shelving Be Stable Enough?
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High School Why Haven't Lighter Density Liquids for Swimming Pools Been Invented?
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Undergrad Women ski jumpers at a disadvantage because of their mass?
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Undergrad Helicopter Hovering: Solving the Mystery of Earth's Rotation
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Graduate Speed of Gravity: Does Gravity Move at Light Speed?
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