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High School Ball bouncing on the floor - Normal reaction?
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High School Orientation of an object after collision with ground
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Graduate What Do the Parameters b and n Represent in Damped Harmonic Motion?
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Graduate Energy conservation in particle decay
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High School Calculating Force Needed to Push Water Through a Hose
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Undergrad Formula for the tensile stress on a spinning ring
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Undergrad What happens to PE during elastic/inelastic collisions?
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Graduate Lagrangian Dynamics, calculating virtual force
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Undergrad Trying to understand power/work
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Undergrad AirFlow Calculations/ Anemometer anyone?
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Undergrad Crazy physics problem (big debate in my high school)
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Undergrad Velocity Selectors: Why Opposite Direction?
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Undergrad Does a Spinning Ball Always Have a Faster Point of Rotation?
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High School Driving a car on the roof of a truck.
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Undergrad Two objects of Different masses falling
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Undergrad Mechanical equivalent of a coil
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Undergrad Revisiting Newton's Third Law: Understanding Momentum and Additivity
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Undergrad Single Loop Circuit Energy Conservation
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High School Understanding Friction: Causes and Confusions in Physics Explained
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Undergrad Nylon fiber guitar string sound
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Graduate Are Plasma Waves Truly Faster than Light?
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Undergrad Explaining the Mechanics of Banking a Curve on an Inclined Path
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High School Building a Slingshot in a 1m Cube - Grade 12 Physics Project
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Undergrad Does Using a Pulley Affect Acceleration in a Frictionless System?
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Undergrad How does a nozzle work (in a steam turbine)?
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High School Some conceptual collision/energy stuff
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Undergrad Calculating Minimum Mass of Ice to Make an Object Float
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Graduate What is the caliber trinity and how does it impact ballistics?
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Undergrad Does Kinetic Energy Decrease When an Object Slows Down in Orbit?
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Undergrad Relating Distance and Speed for orbits
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High School Calculating Power of a rotating shaft
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High School How does a trampoline spring work?
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Undergrad How can I graph the pressure behind a dam after a bomb explosion?
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Undergrad Physics of Top-Heavy Objects: Easier to Tip Than Low-Mass Objects
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Undergrad Calculate an acceleratin in a racing (drag) application
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High School What Are Internal and External Forces in Materials?
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Undergrad Average Speed of Hydrogen molecules?
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Undergrad Understanding the Spread of Vibration When a Stone Drops on a Surface
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Undergrad Conserve Energy: No Net Energy Input to Circuit
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High School Calculate Acceleration & Top Speed of 39lb Weight in 135lbs Force
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High School What are the units for Young's Modulus in GPa?
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Graduate Equal Masses for Complete Energy Transfer in Coupled Pendulums
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Undergrad Is it safe to dive into a swimming pool from a 2nd floor?
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Undergrad Improving Airflow in a 2.5 Triumph Spitfire
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Undergrad Centripetal Force of a particle
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High School Help Understanding Gravitational/Elastic Potential Energy and related
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High School Calculating Maximum Speed of a Bike Downhill
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Fly in My Truck: Wondering Why Fly is Flying Around Cab?
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Graduate Path between two points in rolling terrain
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Undergrad How Can I Maximize Efficiency in a 1 Joule Vehicle Project?
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High School Why Does a Straw Retain Liquid? - Gordon
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Undergrad How did Newton come about with F=ma?
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Graduate How Does Isotope Mass Affect Sound Propagation?
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Undergrad Calculate Force Generated for Climbing Fall Factors
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Undergrad Accurate tracking of position at walking speed using an accelerometer
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Graduate Bernoulli's Principle on Unsteady State and Compressible Fluid
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Undergrad Mechanical Resonance: Typical Frequency Ranges
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Undergrad Can Closed Pipes Produce Overtones from a Single Frequency Vibration?
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Undergrad Increase pressure in closed container
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Undergrad Wear rates and friction of plastics
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Graduate Newtons Law of Gravity Legendre Polynomial & Harmonic functions
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Undergrad Centripetal forces on a drifting Hangglider?
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Undergrad Superposition of 2 Similar Frequencies from Separate Sources
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Graduate Angular acceleration in baseball
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Undergrad Capturing the physics of bouncing in a simulation
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High School Derivation of Dynamic Pressure
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Undergrad Does the distance affect the landing of a bouncing die?
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Undergrad Ford F150 Tow Hooks: 10G's of Force?
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Graduate Classical Physics with Time going Backwards
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Undergrad Restoring Torque in a physical pendulum?
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Graduate How to Calculate Surface Elevation in a Vortex?
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Undergrad Postion -> Velocity -> Acceleration -> Jerk ->?
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High School How Does Isolation Work When Keeping Drinks Hot or Cold?
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High School Gravitational potential energy challenge
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Undergrad Uniform acceleration of rolling cart
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Graduate Are Cylindrical Polar Coordinates Generalized Coordinates? A Discussion
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Graduate How much pressure on the skull to kill a person?
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Undergrad Derivation of spring constant k: Where can I find it?
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High School What is the relationship between center of mass and center of gravity?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion in daily life
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Undergrad Mummy, where do harmonics come from?
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High School Sound Waves in Solids: What Type of Waves Do They Propagate?
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Undergrad Understanding the Equation for Measuring Strain on a Cantilever Beam
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Undergrad Angular Momentum: Constant Velocity, Elliptical Orbit
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Graduate Classical dynamics recent progress
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High School Yikes, I (Centripital Motion/Forces/Friction)
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Graduate Visualizing Components of Energy Momentum Tensor
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High School Power and Power Dissipated by a resistor in layman's terms
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Undergrad Explaining Escape Velocity: Zero KE and PE at r=infinite
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Can a Hammer and Ruler Balance Defy Gravity?
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High School Where Can I Find Projectile Travel Graphs?
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Graduate Mass on a Stick Model: Solve for Realistic Results
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Undergrad Taphonomy and turbulent flow dynamics
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Graduate Simple Harmonic Motion and Battleships
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Undergrad Is a rotating system considered inertial?
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High School What Materials Work Best for a Miniature Golf Ball Roller Coaster Track?
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Undergrad Falling Barometer Mercury Level Height
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High School Coriolis Effect: Man Walking Football Field, Right?
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Undergrad Solving for the Direction of a Force
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