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High School Understanding Products in the Equation v^2 = u^2 + 2aS
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Undergrad Torque required to rotate something
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Undergrad Solving Dynamics Problems: When Does Friction Change Direction?
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A bunch of Classical Mechanics online Resources( lecture notes)
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Graduate Lagrangian Mechanics: Pendulum & Trolley
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High School Can a Piezoelectric Sensor Detect Hand Movements?
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Undergrad Kinetic Energy of Objects in System, in different frames of reference.
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Undergrad Calculating Force to Open a Door with 60 Pascal Pressure
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Undergrad Curve balls and Bernoulli's principle
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Graduate Does Jumping in a Rotating Space Cylinder Make You Land Ahead?
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Graduate Surface waves on a balloon and our possible extra dimensions.
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Undergrad Fluid dynamics - flow profile and velocity
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High School How to measure crash impact of a remote control car?
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Graduate Space-time symmetry (Langrangian Mechanics)
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Undergrad Why do objects float in substances more dense than themselves?
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Graduate Constructing a Position-Time Function for a Rocket
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Graduate Work done by expansion of liquidfied natural gas to atmosphere
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Undergrad What Is the Relationship Between Surface Tension and Potential Energy?
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Graduate Riding a Bike on Ice: Does Angular Momentum Counter-act Torque?
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High School Is there no stress when a net force is not equal to 0
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Undergrad Average Velocity: Find Average Velocity of Gas Particles
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Undergrad What Were the Historical Breakthroughs in Understanding Force and Energy?
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If I had two cups of hot water and put one in the fridge and left one
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High School Weight of impact is from an object of 40kg that falls 50cm
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Vertical Velocity and Energy Efficiency of a Ball Launcher?
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Undergrad Velocity vector along a parabola
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Graduate Why does viscosity help air bend?
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Undergrad Looking for proof that a free rigid body will rotate about its CM
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Undergrad Centripetal acceleration and velocity derivation
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Undergrad Does Copper's Young's Modulus Remain Constant When Stretched?
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Undergrad Why does changing the mass of a flying ball affect its trajectory?
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Graduate How can the force of gases be calculated for explosive devices?
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Graduate Will a Book on a Ziplock Bag Create a Constant Water Flow Rate?
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Undergrad Real world testing bench - trying to check my calculations
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Undergrad How can it be proved that every body has (and only one) CM point?
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Graduate Fourier transforms of power of a function
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High School Does the aeroplane fall into the black hole?
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Graduate Frames of Reference on Top of a Moving Train
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High School Old person curious about conservation of energy
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Undergrad How does the principle of Reference Frames work?
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High School Opposing Forces on an Ideal Spring
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High School How Does the Shape of a Fan's Wing Affect Air Flow?
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Graduate Is velocity incremental when measured precisely?
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High School General Friction Info& Inclined Planes
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Undergrad Mythbusters Bus Jump Small Scale
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Undergrad How is transverse momentum defined and calculated?
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Undergrad Transverse Momentum: Definition & Explained
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Undergrad Use of centrifugal force in outer-space
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Undergrad Anyone fancy doing a good deed? Aerodynamics.
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High School Why Do Train Wheels Screech on Curves?
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Graduate Can Space-Based Solar Power Solve the Energy Crisis?
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Undergrad Understanding the Movement of a Sphere on a Frictionless Surface
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Undergrad Bernoulli's Equation and Fluid Mechanics?
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Undergrad Calculating Force of 25 lb Bag Hitting Object
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Undergrad What is the relationship between the length and height of a cable?
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Graduate Particle Accelerator & Energy Consumption
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Undergrad Is it possible to have distance but apply no force?
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Graduate Can Deformation Energy Principles Be Applied to Nonlinear Elasticity?
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Undergrad Understanding Torque Consumption in a Multi-Pulley System
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High School Does an artificial satellite rotate in its own axis?
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Graduate Bernoulli's principal and law of conservation of energy
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Graduate Gravitational Lagrangian PE term
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Undergrad Push-up as Lever - How Much Weight Moved?
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Undergrad How do I derive an equation for deflection of an end loaded cantilever beam?
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Undergrad Consider the momentum as the acceleration energy?
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Undergrad Calculating the required fan size and cfm.
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Undergrad Calculus conservation of momentum problem
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Undergrad Conservation of linear or angular momentum + center of mass.
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High School The shot at the beginning of Wanted was it possible?
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High School How do pelican crossings work?
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Undergrad Does Weight on Feet Wear You Out 5x as Much on a Hike?
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Golf ball spin direction vs distance
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Undergrad The Physics of Golf: How Trajectory, Spin & Velocity Affect Shots
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Undergrad Does a free falling ball drops on Earth violate this theory?
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Undergrad Finding the Degree of Freedom in Mechanics for Scientists
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Graduate Gravitational collapse of a cloud of hydrogen
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High School Can Cars Really Run on Water? Debunking the Myth with Scientific Evidence
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Undergrad How do I calculate the friction coefficient for my pendulum using Excel?
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Graduate Gravitation and Motion Equations
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Undergrad How high can water rise in a stream when a hand is placed in it?
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Graduate Find Max Velocity of Object From Spring Force Equation
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Undergrad Direction of Friction: Rotating a Wheel Up a Hill
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Undergrad Finding failure of a beam system
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High School Ships, locks and potential energy
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Undergrad Mixed up with Work and Power and Force
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High School Does wind affect how far sound can travel?
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Undergrad Turning radius and wheel speed difference
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Undergrad Where can I find beginner-friendly resources for learning Lagrangian Mechanics?
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Graduate Forensics - car and pedestrian
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High School How does power consumption affect energy usage?
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Undergrad A ball is rolling freely on a flat surface
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Undergrad Sudden Phase change of water to ice
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Undergrad Inelastic collisions and material properties
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Undergrad Two Bodies rotating around each other
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Undergrad Can Ultrasound Waves at 25 kHz Be Directed Like Laser Light?
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Undergrad General Conservation of Momentum Question
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Graduate What happened to the division of g in the Mach 3 force diagram problem?
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High School Calculating Load on Anchors for Three Hammocks
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Graduate Spherical Collisions: Solving Non-Equal Mass/Radius
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Undergrad Does the moon have greater gravitational force than the Sun on the Earth?
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