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Graduate Oscillatory motion (vertical spring-mass system)
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Undergrad Statics question about deflection
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Graduate Change in Acceleration: Analyzing Force Time Curve
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Undergrad Working with UV-C on independent project
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Undergrad Does anyone recognise this equation (Indicated mean pressure)?
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Undergrad No work done and no energy spent?
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Graduate Particle Accelerator Schematics
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Graduate Lectures on Quantum Chromodynamics from CERN
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Graduate Solving Equation of Motion for Particle on Sphere's Surface
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High School Orange - Hitting it lying on a surface or hanging free
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High School Vector Quantities: Can Unit of Measurement Reveal Vector?
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Undergrad Pressure & Flowrate - Can Flow Rate Determine Pressure?
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Undergrad Flowrate and Pressure Calculation
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Undergrad Find velocity of a pulley system
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Graduate An object moves uphill in a potential
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Undergrad How can fuzzy logic be applied to the inverted pendulum problem?
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Undergrad How Does Galilean Invariance Explain Different Observations of Falling Objects?
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Undergrad Force of Wind on a moving object.
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Who was the first to define torque?
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Graduate Conservation of Energy Problem
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Undergrad Speed of Shadow: A Mysterious Phenomenon
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Graduate Solving KE for a Bead Rolling Along an Ellipse Using Lagrange's Method
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Undergrad Bullet Penetration: Kinetic Energy vs Momentum
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Graduate Infinitesimal angular displacement ?
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High School Kinetic energy and initial velocity should be simple, right?
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Undergrad Confused about Vertical Windmills
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Graduate Engineer Analyzing Microsyringe Dynamics - Solutions for Velocity & Flow Rate
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High School Are AP Physics B Exam Projectile Problems More Complex Than Honors Physics?
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High School Can you me with Newtons 3rd Law
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Graduate Solving Air Pressure Concepts in Torricelli Experiment
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Graduate Crazy water pressure formula implication?
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Graduate Normal coordinates of a dynamical system
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Undergrad Momentum Conserved? Physics Q&A on 1 kg Cart
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Undergrad Time of motion, natural logarithm help
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Graduate The equation of a roller coaster loop
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Graduate What Causes the Energy Gain Paradox in This Thought Experiment?
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Undergrad What happens when an object sinks to the bottom of a liquid?
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Undergrad So that's why my car rolls Is it?
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High School How Does a Potential Divider Work?
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Can it be possible to take well water by using a vaccume tank
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Undergrad Very Confused Static Pressure?
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High School Buoyancy questions: Submerged vs Floating
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High School Why normal force always prependicular?
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Graduate Application of Mechanical Similarity
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Undergrad Hydrostatic pressure in a submerged pipe
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High School Torque or the moment of a force
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Undergrad Proof of the Law of Conservation of Energy
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Undergrad Determining Damping Ratio for Spring-Damper System
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Undergrad Calculating rotational g force
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High School Where Does Kinetic Energy Go in a Closed System?
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Undergrad What Happens Behind a Dam Wall?
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Graduate Biological legs vs Cheetah prosthetic legs - wich is better for running?
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High School Helium Pressure: Compressing & Lifting Capacity
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High School When a stream hits a surface, why does the stream always split in two?
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Undergrad Quick question about Escape velocity
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Graduate Molecular Vibration and Translational Kinetic Energy in a Gas
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Graduate Coupled damped harmonic oscillator
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Undergrad Newton's 2nd Law: Zero Acceleration Problem
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Undergrad Understanding Wheel Rotation Force and Its Relationship to Wheel Characteristics
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Undergrad Just a quick question of the escape velocity equation
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Undergrad Building an ice rink - question about water pressure exerted on a wall
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Undergrad What Causes Normal Forces in Physics?
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High School Trying to understand this concept
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Graduate Why is the action stationary for the true path in mechanics?
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Undergrad Timing a pendulum drawn back to the horizontal.
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Undergrad What Makes the Cyclotron So Versatile?
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High School Molecule size of water and oxygen
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Undergrad Investigating Tonometer Experiment: Standing Wave Phenomenon
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High School What is the relationship between force and height when lifting an object?
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High School Why Is Earth's Potential Set to Zero?
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Undergrad Understanding Physics Impulse: Integrated vs Average
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Undergrad Why does the angular momentum always seem to follow the direction
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Graduate Mechanical Similarity: Solving Equation 10.2
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Graduate Kepler, Newton, Gravity, error
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Undergrad V-Shaped Pendulum Help - Formula & Analysis
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High School Rearranging the kinematic equations
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High School Average velocity from multiple displacement/velocities
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High School Atmospheric Pressure in Sealed Water Tank: Fact or Fiction?
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Undergrad Using dimensional analyisis to verify formulae
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Undergrad Theory of RMS Speed Formula Explained | Understanding Vrms = √(3RT/M)
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Undergrad Confirming fact about potential energy of each particle in a fluid
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High School What Is Moment of Inertia in Rotational Motion?
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Undergrad Gravitational potential energy of asteroid
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Undergrad Uniform elecric fields- force and kinetic energy
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Undergrad Does Gravity Increase with Depth Inside the Earth?
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Undergrad Definition clarification of vector mag/direction/rant
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Graduate Finding Coefficients for Coupled Harmonic Oscillator
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Undergrad Does a 29 Mountain Bike Wheel Really Offer Less Rolling Resistance?
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Undergrad How Can I Integrate Lift, Drag, Mass, and Gravity in Flight Physics Simulation?
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High School Concept of 3 balls falling from building at different angles
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Undergrad Galileo's Pendulum: Testing Synchronized Clock Accuracy
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Graduate The impossibility of absolute rigidity during collisions
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Undergrad Find Center of Gravity of 3D Objects to Balance in Water
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Undergrad Forces acting on pipe submerged in drying cement
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High School Newton's Cradle office desk toy
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High School First peerson to define work as W = F d.
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Undergrad Pendulum but instead of the one string you have two strings attached
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High School Weight in Vacuum vs Atmosphere: A Question
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Graduate Moment of inertia and friction
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Undergrad The time take to two balls (gravitationally attract), to reach each other
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