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Undergrad How do you separate things from centrifugal force?
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Undergrad Troubleshooting Accelerometer Data: Plotting and Interpreting Results
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High School Bicycling on the Moon: Gravity's Effects on Bicycle Stability
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Undergrad Pressure exerted by a liquid is different to gas?
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Undergrad Work energy theorem vs Newton's 2nd law and kinematics
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High School NFL Linemen vs. Wide Receivers: Speed & Mass
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High School Jump Shot Effect on Basketball: Does It Help?
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Undergrad Ladder leaning against a vertical wall.
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High School A deeper explenation of a pulley
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Undergrad Centripetal acceleration geometry
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Undergrad 1kg object and I apply a force of 1N for 1sec, It will move 1/2m
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Graduate Calculating a Collision of Two Rotating Objects
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High School Creating Lift with a Fan: A Physics Experiment
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Undergrad Move a Part at Constant Speed Under its Own Weight
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Undergrad Does Changing the Moon's Volume Affect Its Revolution?
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Graduate Can Zero Torque Occur if Angular Momentum and Velocity Vectors Aren't Parallel?
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Undergrad Coriolis from our orbit around the Sun
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High School Hydrostatic Pressure Explained: Why Does Water Flow & Stop?
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High School Quick question: how does air friction work?/why do things float
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High School Inertia in motion - why is momentum called this
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Effect of changing the position of legs when swinging
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Undergrad Inertial Frame of Reference & Equilibrium
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Undergrad Argument with professor: how can you describe the trajectory of a particle?
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High School Discover the Coefficient of Friction for a 5.6N Block at Constant Velocity
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Undergrad Measure the deflection at the end of a beam
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Graduate What is the path of a particle on an inclined plane with a string attached?
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Undergrad How far will the GOLF BALL travel?
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High School What is the difference between relative and absolute motion?
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Undergrad Calculating the angular momentum of rotating objects
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Undergrad Calculating Torque from motor specs
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Undergrad The partial pressure of gases below sea level?
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High School Lifting vs Pulling: Chain Hoist vs Hand Winch
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Undergrad Whats my best formula to use to calculate Horsepower or Torque from acceleration data
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Undergrad A different take on the hollow vs solid rod
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Undergrad Golf Physics: The Secrets of the Swing
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Graduate Calculating Energy to Pressure
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High School Constant Drip Speed: Need Advice on Designs
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High School What is the instantaneous axis of rotation?
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Undergrad Debunking the Myth: Speed of a Car Ramp-Up onto Moving Truck Explained
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Undergrad What Causes a Box to Accelerate Down a Tilted Board?
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High School Designing a Gravity Car for Physics Class
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Graduate What happens when the field when it did the work?
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High School Low Pressure Air: How Is It Made?
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Graduate The Relativity of Rotation & Gravity
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Graduate What Are the Mysteries Behind Rotation in Mathematics and Astronomy?
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Undergrad Understanding the Free Fall Timescale Equation: Explanation and Derivation
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High School Can spinning an object fast enough make it weightless?
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High School Build a Tall Paper Tower: Physics Lab Project
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High School Wonder about instant Acceleration
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High School How 3D Movies Work: Explained in Detail
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High School Need help why did the water increased the friction?
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Graduate Gravitational potential and partial derivatives app's
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High School Tying knots in rope(s) - tension, weakened strength
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Graduate Calculating Shear Rate for Non-Newtonian Liquid Flow in Non-Circular Duct
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High School Understanding Weight Distribution on Beams: The Role of Rigid Body Moments
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Graduate Why Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism
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High School What is the Origin of Tension Force?
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High School Why Do Contacting Bodies Exert Normal Force on Each Other?
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Undergrad Turning on snowboard or surfboard
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Undergrad High altitude balloon acceleration
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Undergrad Egg drop physics, making a safe landing.
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Undergrad Centripetal Force: What Causes the String to Accelerate?
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Undergrad Don't objects in free fall always experience one g?
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Undergrad Solving Work Done Confusion - 1kg Weight Raised 1m
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Undergrad Object Falls in Vacuum at the acceleration due to gravity.
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High School Centrifugal Force: Is it Radially Outwards?
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Undergrad How does the centrifugal force affect your weight on a scale?
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High School Calculate Impact Speed of Car Hitting Sign
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Undergrad What is required for change? Force or Energy?
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High School Understanding the Impact of Friction on Object Rolling Distance in Physics
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Undergrad Thinking of writing a research paper on Gyroscopes
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Undergrad How can I calculate post-collision rotation in my physics engine?
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Graduate Special invariants with few constants of motion
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Undergrad Circus Performer Falling into a Safety Net
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Undergrad Gyroscope - I just don't get it.
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Undergrad Understanding Power and Linear Momentum
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Undergrad Total momentum of a rotating object
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Graduate Lagrangian mechanics of continuous systems
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High School How smoke travals at 70mph or dose it?
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Undergrad Can a Funnel Create Faster Airflow in a Vacuum Experiment?
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Undergrad Formula/Algorithm to apply force to an arbitrary point on a polygon
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Graduate Distance function in gravitational force
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Undergrad Periodic Motion: Explaining Resolving into Oscillatory Components
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Undergrad Energy Needed to Maintain Velocity
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Graduate How Does Earth's Rotation Affect Projectile Trajectory Calculations?
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High School Is Newton's Law of Gravitation Flawed?
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Undergrad Acceleration due to gravity below earth
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High School Simple Physics Help: Understanding Force in Motion | Refresh Your Memory
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High School I have a stupid professor and need clarification on Newtons 2nd law
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High School Calculating Wavelengths of Soundwaves: v = λ*f
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Undergrad Spring constant in an elevator
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Graduate Solution to Navier-Stokes Equation for dynamic boundary
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High School When I do the math, GPE does not equal KE after an object drops.
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Undergrad The Ballistic Coefficient of Pumpkins
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Undergrad If earth's density wasn't uniform then the gravitational force
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High School Is the Potential Energy of Earth Infinite or Zero?
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Undergrad Force necessary to spin an alternator at the rated RPM?
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High School Clarification needed about accleration
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Undergrad Kinematic equations - What do they mean?
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