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Graduate Mechanics of a torsion pendulum
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Graduate Pump Pressure for Fluid Mechanics: H, v, P0
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High School Pressure in Fluids: Why Does It Act in All Directions?
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Undergrad Why Do Wheels Make Moving Easier?
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High School What is the fastest substance for sound to travel in?
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Undergrad D'Alembert's Principle: Is the Force Conservative?
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High School Centripetal Force: Why Does Friction Provide It?
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Undergrad Understanding Kepler's 2nd Law: The Proof and Its Implications
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Undergrad EM Pulse Effects & Calculation: Fourier vs Laplace
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High School Propellor Thrust Calculations for P-51 Mustang Simulation
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Graduate Keplerian Orbits: Does a=v^2/r Still Apply?
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Undergrad Ball dropped from a moving train
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Undergrad Calculating Force Due to Velocity | Simplified Method for Calculations
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Undergrad A falling mass attached to a load/slowing acceleration of gravity.
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Undergrad Charging potential vs time graph.
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Undergrad Yo, i am no physisist and i need a formula
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High School Can energy truly be created or destroyed in an open system?
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Who is/was Barton (re: Barton's Pendulum)?
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Undergrad Understand Fields & Forces: 4 Formulas & 6 Motion Formulas
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Undergrad Effects of fast moving object on air masses
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Undergrad Why Doesn't Friction Force Create Torque?
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Undergrad How Much Torque is Needed to Lift a 0.44m Robot Arm?
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High School Why a spinning top won't fall to the ground?
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum and loss of energy in inelastic collisions
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia of a cylinder
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Undergrad Side/roll when exposed to a strong gust of wind
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Undergrad Force on 2 Power Lines: Why Does it Repel?
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Undergrad Energy used during vehicle trips from GPS data
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Graduate Nonuniform density of a planet
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Undergrad Why water freezes at low pressure?
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High School Can anyone help me figure out how fast a bus was going?
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Graduate The other end water phase diagram
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Undergrad Stop a Pendulum: Calculate Stopping Force
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High School How many G's does a skydiver experience in freefall?
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Undergrad Simple Pendulum / Rotational Kinematics
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Undergrad Spring force - does it scale linearly?
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Graduate What is the Correct Understanding of Reactive Centrifugal Force?
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Graduate Newtonian potential in Helmholtz decomposition
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Graduate 3 Law on Reynolds momentum transport equation
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Undergrad Real World Application: Intersection Signal Sensors
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Undergrad Equations for aiming tennis ball parabolic motion
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Undergrad Rotational & linear dynamics: why so similar?
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High School Why does water defy gravity and seep upward through a paper towel?
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High School Physics of Work: Is Zero Work Really Zero?
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Undergrad A circular body motion around its axis
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Graduate Two Types of Precession: Are They Both Examples of the Same Phenomenon?
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High School Is there a difference between mean speed and average speed ?
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Undergrad Aluminum liquid flow under pressure question
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High School Jet vs. Hovercraft - the momentum dillemna
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High School Did Galileo Really Drop Balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
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Undergrad Force I: Newton's Second Law in Inertial & Accel. Frames
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High School How to calculate the work from force (acceleration and mass)
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Graduate Constant acceleration requires continous power increase
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Undergrad Rotational Momentum: Larger Mass vs. Smaller Mass - Which Has More Energy?
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Graduate Why electic potential on the center of a disk axis = 0
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Graduate Are there laws of physics which allow you to tell left from right?
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Undergrad Certain force to break surface tenson of Jelly
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Undergrad Understanding Inertia Force in the Vibration Theory of a Spring Mass System
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High School Calculating Force for Lifting Weight at Different Angles
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Undergrad Understanding Ball Deformation in Collisions: A Microscopic vs. Macroscopic View
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Undergrad Physics Math, Lab Theory Question
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Graduate Sound isolation capacity of an idealized wall construction
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High School Personal Water Craft (Jetski, etc)
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Undergrad How does a gyroscope react to external torque and gravitational forces?
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Graduate Motion on Ramp: Solving for x with Initial Conditions
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Undergrad Which wagon reaches point B first and with the highest velocity?
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Discover the Fascinating Connection between Sound Waves and Salt | Metacafe
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Graduate Renormalisation group in statistical mechanics
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Undergrad Trying to conceptualize angular momentum.
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High School Why Flies Can Fly Freely in Moving Cars
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Undergrad Is Momentum Conserved in a Colliding System with Gravity?
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High School Questions About Aerodynamics and Flying Cars- Help
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High School Who created a self-sustaining water fountain without electricity?
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High School Mass concentrated at a single point?
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Energy - Further=Smaller?
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Graduate The product rule applied to the equation for work
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High School Where Does the Work Go When Pushing a Heavy Box Against Friction?
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Graduate Let's test our basic knowledge of physics
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Undergrad How do sound and gravity interact?
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High School Build a Strong Balsa Wood Bridge: Tips, Tricks, and Requirements
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Undergrad Calculating Trajectory and Force of Bow & Arrow
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Undergrad Calculating Forces on a Paintball through a Paintball Gun Barrel
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High School Solving Rope Tension: Simple Example
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High School How do you calculate the force needed to lift an object?
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Graduate What would the explosive yield be?
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Undergrad Highest force is at ZERO speed ?
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Undergrad Is My Derivation of the Power Equation Correct?
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High School Thought experiment about pressure (intro physics)
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Graduate Harmonic Potentials and energy state populations
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High School Measuring Torque: Lever & Torque Wrench Info
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Undergrad Why Does the Pulley Section Lack a Standing Wave in the String Experiment?
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Undergrad Understanding the Venturi Effect: A Physics Expert's Guide
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Undergrad How to decide the sign of a potential
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Undergrad Force and Work: Is There Really a Difference?
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Graduate Can a Supersonic Car Navigate Safely on Public Highways?
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Undergrad Coefficient of friction and static friction
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Graduate Solving Steering Related Doubt - Physics Problem
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Undergrad Why do horsepower and torque curves crossover around 5252 rpm's?
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High School Why do bodies at rest weight more than zero?
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Undergrad How Does Torque Affect the Movement of Unequal Weights on a Wheel?
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