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Graduate Solving Euler's Principal Axis for Rigid Bodies
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High School Angle required to hit coordinates x, y, z with air ressitance
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Undergrad Standing waves on a string experiment -- Relative amplitude of harmonics
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Undergrad Work done on a meteor approaching the Earth -- Is it +ve or -ve?
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Graduate Angular speed that breaks a spinning body apart with inertial stress
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Graduate Thermo - Difference between Potential and P/rho
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Undergrad How can I calculate the drop in pressure across an orifice?
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Undergrad Assumptions in the derivation of the kinetic theory of gases
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Graduate Conservation law associated with the symmetry of a helix
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High School Projectile motion problems with No horizontal acceleration
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High School Why is the balloon sticking to the wall?
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Undergrad Classical mechanics: Square well with Bounded particle
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Graduate Measuring Pressure For Compressible Fluid Systems?
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High School What is and some explamples of inertial frame of reference ?
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Undergrad Oil-Water-Salt - What's the force at work here?
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Graduate Phase space trajectories can't intersect...
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Graduate Model pressure loss vs time for air in a cylinder w/ hole
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Graduate Delta potential in classical mechanics
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Undergrad Need help with a Bernoulli(?) expression
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Undergrad Three Car Collision - Can physics help clarify twin impact?
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Graduate Torque about center of mass due to Coriolis force, is it 0?
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High School How will melted ice in a pool change the water level
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Undergrad Integrating Velocity: Questions on Displacement & Position
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Graduate Graviton Speed & Cherenkov Radiation Effects
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Undergrad Free fall equations with realistic, altitude-dependent g?
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Undergrad RF pulse detection with Power Detectors
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Graduate Definition of isolation and pulse response time for a 3-way power splitter
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Graduate Rigid body kinematic motion and rotation
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Undergrad Understanding 3D Coordinate Rotations with Euler Angles
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Undergrad How do three flywheels, one in each axis, behave?
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Undergrad The conservation of angular momentum
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Undergrad Torque and tangential velocity
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Graduate Why does Cd increase until Mach1 while drag force increases?
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High School Physics Extended Essay Research Question
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Graduate Brachistochrone problem with friction
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Undergrad What does the word 'Jet' mean in fluid mechanics?
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Graduate The Attractive Power of the Inverse Square Potential: Do Examples Exist?
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Undergrad How dynamic and static pressures are related
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Graduate I want to build a particle accelerator
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Undergrad So how is it accelerating (two rockets in space)
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Undergrad Radio Frequency Acceleration in Particle Accelerators
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Undergrad Spring constants from the physical dimensions of a spring
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High School Understanding Work Against Friction in Physics
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High School Is the inverse square law exact near a spherical body?
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Undergrad Is atmospheric pressure gravitational or kinetic?
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Graduate How do dual-length springs with different tensions behave under external forces?
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Graduate Natural frequencies of simplified tympanic membrane model
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Undergrad Calculate calories burned from lifting weights?
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High School Simple derivation of the Equations of a Gyroscope
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Graduate Assumed value of pressure during quasistatic compression
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High School What is the equivalent in kg of the force exerted on a plate
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Undergrad Physics behind carryover cooking
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Undergrad In jousting, how does speed affect the knight's lance?
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Undergrad Physics Experiment: Jerk & Inertia | Solving for dA/dt
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Undergrad Conservation of Angular Momentum is Dumbfounding
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High School Where does potential energy come from?
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High School The squirrel jumps horizontally form the top of the 25m tall tree
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Graduate Non-constant wave velocity in a ripple tank system
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Graduate How do I calculate the speed of the Earth around the Barycentre with the Moon?
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Graduate Question about a derivation: velocity and position
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Undergrad Question about Velocity calculation
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Undergrad Principles similar to aero, hydro dynamics
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Undergrad Work done on the system through a piston?
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Undergrad Biomechanics of Skiing: Balancing & Knee Forces
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Graduate Hamiltonian mechanics - the independence of p and q
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Undergrad Is Mechanical Energy Conserved for Non-Conservative Forces?
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Undergrad How is momentum conserved if you lose kinetic energy?
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High School Grams vs. Newtons: Why Do I See Weights Measured in Grams?
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Undergrad Caculate the reaction force of a radially moving object
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Graduate Standing jump on a spring platform
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Undergrad What is the equation for decay of natural sound over time?
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High School Question about forces in a gearbox
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Graduate Body rotating about its center of mass
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Undergrad Effect of time on the acceleration of an object initially at rest?
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Undergrad Arbitrary value of the moment of a force
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Graduate Torque coordinate transformation
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High School Force exerted at the end of a beam
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Undergrad Torque for sharpening pencils with different diameters
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Graduate Generators of infinitesimal transforms from Goldstein (1965)
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Undergrad Help please -- Amplitude of a spring - does it change with mass?
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Graduate The order of calculating velocity and position alters the solution?
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Undergrad Pressure differences in a leaking vacuum vessel
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Graduate What is the Mathematical Definition of an Inertial Frame?
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Undergrad Demystifying the Often Misunderstood Bernoulli's Equation - Comments
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High School Hooke's Law and Restoring/Applied Force
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Graduate Maximum Work Theorem : Herbert Callen
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High School Gravitational attraction of 2 equal masses
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Graduate Contradicting values of pressure for liquid cross-sections
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Undergrad How does the pressure drop as a fluid flows through a pipe
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Undergrad How Do Aerodynamics Influence Rocket Movement?
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High School How does liquid starts moving when there is Pascal's law
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High School F=ma -- How did Newton find this?
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Undergrad Perceived gravity in circular motion
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High School Why Is the Third Pendulum Traveling the Fastest?
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Graduate Why does the axis of rotation pass through the metacentre?
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Graduate Beyond Viscous Drag, Cavitation, Laminar Flow, & Reynolds
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Undergrad Can a 7.2 Volt Driver Rotate a 300 Pound Weight with Ease?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod
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Undergrad Acceleration of mass depends upon K and L of a spring?
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Undergrad Rolling with slipping and conditions for not slipping
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