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Undergrad Calc Moment of Inertia of Spinning Disc at Angle
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Graduate Understanding the Role of the Gauge in Expressing Field Situations
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Undergrad Wheres the reaction in an ice skater who thrust sidewards with parallel skates
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Undergrad When to Consider a Body as a Point-Like Object: Factors and Applications
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Undergrad Understanding 'Escape Velocity' - Debunking Misconceptions
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Graduate Surprising Physics: Acceleration Faster Than Freefall
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Undergrad How a Photocell Works - Ben's Question
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High School Power of Consecutive Fans: Double the Speed?
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High School Is a Warm Water Rinse More Effective for Washing Machine Clothes?
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Graduate How Does Changing Frames of Reference Affect Car Speed Perception?
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Undergrad Explaining Wavelength Change in Shallow Water
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Undergrad How Do Potential and Kinetic Energy Work Together in Flywheel Energy Storage?
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Undergrad Treadmill Physics: Understanding Incline & Work Done
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High School Why coin drop down into the glass?
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Motion Mountain: Reader Reviews & Discussion
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Nozzle Pressure in a Rotating Spray Dry Atomizer?
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Undergrad Is static friction doing work on the box in this scenario?
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Accelerator Labs in New England
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Undergrad What is the relationship between initial velocity and tire marks after braking?
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High School Why Do We Feel Weightless in Orbit But Not on Earth?
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High School Car Tire Leak: Does Motion Affect Air Loss?
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Undergrad Pressure change inside a tank(s)
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Undergrad What's the velocity vector to hit a ground target.
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Undergrad Building Test Rig: Simulate 10-20Kg Weight on Product
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High School Why Does Placing a Bag Over a Debit Card Work?
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Undergrad Understanding the Principle of Superposition for Mechanical Waves
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Graduate Centrifugal force for supporting vacuum chamber walls?
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Undergrad Imaginary Vectors: Find Resultant & Solution Explained
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Graduate Understanding Stress and Inertia Tensors: A Comprehensive Guide
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Undergrad How Did Newton Derive Universal Gravitation?
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Graduate Nonrelativistic Lab-frame Velocity as a function of kinetic energy per unit mass
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Graduate T Q: Resolving Power - Theory & Wave Character
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High School Finding Mass of Object without Scale
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Undergrad Need help learning about ballistic trajectory for a game
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Undergrad Why is F=mg equivalent to gravitational force at different altitudes?
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High School Why do screws have a 'righty tighty, lefty loosy' convention?
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Graduate Can Planet Collide with Massive Star?
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High School Water Cooled PC and Condensation
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Undergrad Calculating Time for Mass to Reach Velocity with Applied Force
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Graduate Unraveling the Mystery of Particle Accelerators and High-Speed Travel
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Undergrad Discover the Science Behind a Photon Powered Windmill | Explained by Experts
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Graduate Can you predict the direction of motion of a single monatomic molecule
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Undergrad Force required for a gas spring to open a load
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Graduate Concepts from Timoshenko Book of Mechanics
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Undergrad Lotto numbers and the heavier ball
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Graduate String Theory: Dependency on Mathematics for Proof?
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Undergrad What Forces Cause Liquid to Rise in a Centrifuge?
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High School What is the formula for calculating energy in a moving object?
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Graduate Universal Dynamics of Tumor Growth: A Breakthrough
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Graduate Waves, dispersion, group speed
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Undergrad Gravity what holds us on the earth?
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Undergrad Mechanical Waves: Understanding Force & Motion
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Undergrad Henry's Law: Does it Affect Speed of Sound in Water?
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2005 Nobel Conference and Einstein's Work
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Graduate Calculating Force to Change Earth's Orbit - Kepler
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Graduate Solving this differential equation
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Undergrad Physics Q&A Game: Calculate Minimum Power for Man-Powered Helicopter
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Undergrad Field Acceleration: Gravitational, Magnetic & Electric Fields
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Undergrad Resource on Sound Waves for Neuroscientists
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Undergrad Find the the axial-force in the member BC
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High School Does a fly move relevant to your head?
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Undergrad Accelerometer via ball on string
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Undergrad Momentum factor into the force applied to an object at rest
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Graduate Understanding Generalized Coordinates in Goldstein's Classical Mechanics
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High School Door naturally swings if the hinges are not properly aligned
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High School Fish Bowl Physics: Does Weight Increase?
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High School What Are the Effects of Gravitational Force on Mass and Velocity?
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Undergrad What is the 3rd Derivative of Position?
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My Close Encounter with a Power Line Tower
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate the Force Earth Exerts Tangentially?
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Graduate The Death of the Centre of Mass Theorem.
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High School Why we draw rectangular compnents of a vector?
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Undergrad Why is the electric potential constant inside a spherical conducting shell?
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Undergrad Pushing Off On Ice: Newton's 3rd Law Explained
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High School What is the buoyant force exerted on the balloon in air
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Undergrad Bungee Jumping at 1,000 Feet: What Happens?
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Undergrad Conceptual problem involving centripetal accel
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Undergrad Conceptual problem involving ME and intelligence
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Undergrad Of Velocity, Acceleration, and Movement
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Undergrad The independance of horizontal and vertical motion
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High School Understanding the Mechanics of Gravity: How and Why It Works
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Undergrad What do scales actually tell us?
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Graduate Searching: Triplicity of Quantum Mechanics?
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Graduate Can a Bird Lift a Container of Mass 10 Tonnes?
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Undergrad Balancing a Cube on its Corner
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High School Uncovering the Physics Behind a Cannon: US Army's Elevation Formula Revealed
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High School Question on Horizontal Acceleration
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Undergrad What Is the Best Way to Learn Computational Fluid Dynamics for Beginners?
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High School Creating a Working Newton Cradle: Physics & Glass/Stone Balls
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Graduate Springs and Sinusoidal Forcing
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Graduate Newton's Sphere Theorem Argument is false.
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High School Why does air speed change in different sized tubes?
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High School Did Newton Predict Antigravity and Weight Loss Using Velocity?
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Undergrad How can I prove my innocence in a three-car crash using physics?
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Graduate Understanding the Member Fixed to Collar on Smooth Rod Connection
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Undergrad Gravitational Potential Energy and force
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Graduate Spherical cap moment of inertia
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High School Isaac Newton's Theory of Gravitation
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