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Undergrad Internal motion of atoms and collisions
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High School What are some tips for understanding uniformly accelerated motion in physics?
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Undergrad Help with Conservation of Energy Principle
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Graduate Cavitation: Understanding Threads & Effects | Caltech Book
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High School Does Speed Affect the Time it Takes for One Car to Pass Another?
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Undergrad English vs. SI units of mass and weight
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Undergrad Rotational Inertia of Rectangular Cube in a Hoop
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Undergrad Sharp Turning & Changing Direction: Physics Explained
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Undergrad Inertia & Friction: Causes of Acceleration/Deceleration
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Undergrad Setting Up Integrals: Step-by-Step Examples
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High School What is the boiling point of blood at low air pressure?
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Graduate Infinite strength and infinite weight
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High School What is the Space Shuttle's Velocity at Various Altitudes?
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Undergrad Conservation Linear Momentum (? Book Error ?)
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Undergrad What is meant by rate of change of accelration? how to measure it
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High School Instantaneous Velocity vs. Average Velocity: Is There a Limit?
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High School What is the weight of a 1780 L(kg) British sailboat in US pounds?
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Undergrad How Can I Calculate Sound Waves in Air?
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High School Gr.12 Physics Help: Drawing Tangents for Velocity/Accel/Speed
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High School Is Displacement Always Zero in Circular Motion?
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Undergrad Speed of Sound in Ideal Gases: Variation & Derivation
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Undergrad Fluid Dynamics and a Fertilizer Truck
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High School Explosion Force: Wall vs Moveable Object
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High School Action without equal and opposite reaction
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Undergrad Velocity and recessive velocity
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Undergrad Newton's Second Law: Momentum & Proportionality
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Graduate Moment-beam under bending momen?
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Undergrad Explosions: Physics, Forces & Energy - Ask Critical_Bill13
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Undergrad Collision Q: Why Energy Transfer Max w/ Same Mass Particles
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Undergrad Trivial but heavy doubt in Potential
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Undergrad Where Do Newton's Laws Fail in Explaining Momentum Changes Without Force?
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Undergrad Deriving Newton's Law of Cooling: Explanation & Origins
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Introducing Molecular Workbench
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High School Why Does Moon's Gravitational Force Overcome Earth's?
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Undergrad How does the principle of virtual work apply to solving statics problems?
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Undergrad Why does sound wave over 20000Hz or lower 20 Hz
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Undergrad What is the equation for calculating the moment of inertia of a propeller?
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High School Satellite Tangential Speed: Questions & Answers
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Undergrad Is gravity a force or a lack of a force?
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Undergrad Pressure vs speed for liquids ?
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Undergrad Hydrostatic Paradox: Explanation & Resources
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High School Playing with oil, water, and glass
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Undergrad Does This Defy Classic Physics?
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Undergrad Major Inertia Problem (at least for me)
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Graduate Can anyone solve this shape of a string puzzle?
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Undergrad Problem of inter continental ballistic missiles
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High School Air Flow Through Dual Spouts on Laid Down Jug
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High School Why Don't Car Makers Dimple Sheet Metal to Reduce Drag?
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High School Sodium vapor lamps - how do they work
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Undergrad Does Slower Deceleration Mean Longer Stopping Distances in Physics?
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Undergrad Can Windmills Combine Forces to Create Torque?
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Undergrad How Can I Find Equations for 3D Elastic Collisions of Spheres?
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Undergrad Momentum and Force: When to Use?
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High School Is Water Pressure Equal in an Upside Down Submerged Cup?
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Undergrad Potential of Camber Variation in Airfoils for Improved Efficiency
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Undergrad Longitudal waves - sound waves
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High School A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff
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High School Space Travel: How Do Spaceships Move?
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High School 2D Elastic Collision equations
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High School Explain Centripetal & Centrifugal Force to Inanics
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High School Why Can't We Hear Screams Underwater?
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Undergrad Why Water Decreases in Cross-Sxn Area: Conservation of Mass
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Graduate Mechanics Research: Discuss Ideas & Anomalies Here!
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Undergrad How Long to Drain a Cubic Mile of Water Through a One Square Inch Opening?
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Undergrad Projectile Motion with a Spring
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Undergrad Repose Angle: Why Doesn't Matter Float?
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Undergrad Calculating Negative Back Spin in Golf Ball Impact: A Sketch Guide
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Undergrad Calculating Power Needed to Move 1.97M Gallons of Water
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Undergrad Where Does Heat Come From When Momentum is Conserved?
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Undergrad Needing help with projectile trajectories
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Undergrad Spatial Velocity - What Does It Mean?
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Undergrad Have you found a solution for the pain of bone marrow biopsies?
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Definition
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Undergrad How Does Hooke's Law Relate to Angular Frequency?
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High School Max Acceleration: Body Reaches on Ground
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High School Help Me Relative Motion In One Dimension.
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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
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Undergrad Prove Net Angular Momentum Using Math - Physics Forum
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Undergrad Calculating Velocity at any given point in an orbit
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Undergrad What causes a bicycle to continue moving forward after taking a 90 degree turn?
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Graduate Second type perpetual motion machine is existent .
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High School Force: Mass m Velocity Change from v1 to v2
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Undergrad English Naming Guide for Physics Variables in Flash Programming
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Graduate Best references for continuum mechanics
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Undergrad Earth's rotation and gravitation
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High School Incline Forces: Understanding Block Movement on an Inclined Plane
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Undergrad Violation of law of conservation?
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High School What Is the Significance of Continuum Mechanics in Physics?
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Graduate Destruction of our universe through collision with parallel
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High School Understanding Centre of Mass in Physics
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Undergrad What is the difference between pound-mass and pound-force in HVAC equations?
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Undergrad What Do Researchers Study in Classical Mechanics and Chaos Theory?
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Graduate Why Would an 8000 m/s Gyroscope Not Hover Above Earth?
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Undergrad Why Does Drag Produce Lift? | Dynamics
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Undergrad Questioning the Logic of Constant Speed Around a Roundabout
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Graduate Finding Force from Linear & Angular Momentum in Elastic Collision
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Undergrad Gravity & Speed: Does Motion Affect Force?
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Undergrad Optimizing Bicycle Performance: Where Should Mass Be Removed?
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Is There an Online Guide to Building a Trebuchet with Popsicle Sticks?
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Undergrad Best Shape Around Valve Guide for Engine Flow
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