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Undergrad Is Calculating Moment of Inertia for a Disc with (x+dx)^2 Valid?
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Undergrad Fragmentation of a drop in a miscible fluid
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Undergrad Momentum vs kinetic energy help
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High School Tug of War: Force, Equilibrium, and the Third Principle
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Undergrad Calculate Force in Newtons of a nuke on a given area
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Graduate Understanding Random Particle Motion in a Monoatomic Gas
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High School A question about Newton's laws & free body diagrams....
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High School Calculate relative amounts of energy?
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Graduate Translational + Angular Acceleration of Free Body (not fixed)
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High School Jumping on a boat that is moving
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High School The force of the stone on the rope
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Undergrad Air flow velocity - big to small and vice versa
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Undergrad Gravitational Force between two Rods of Mass M and Length L
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Undergrad Relative motion of converging objects
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Undergrad Effects of centripetal force on longer objects
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Graduate Velocity of the center of mass for MD simulations
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Undergrad Difference between relative velocity and effective velocity
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Undergrad The physics of a missile with uniform rate of fuel loss
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Undergrad Simple harmonic motion springs
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Undergrad First order deviation from circularity
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High School Sound Intensity Propagation and Sound Waves
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High School Question about the physics term "work"
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Graduate Feynman's explanation of atomic collisions in gas
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Graduate Collision of a ball with a rod on a track
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Undergrad Detailed simulation or SlowMo of elastic collision?
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Undergrad Will a sphere rotate on a frictionless inclined surface?
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Graduate Trajectory with minimum acceleration
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High School How to project a high power white line
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High School F=ma -- True or an Illusion....
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High School Coefficient of Friction With only Time and Distance
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Undergrad Rope ladder -- How to be able to cast it long distances?
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Undergrad Does water vapour absorbtion depend on H2O conc or RH?
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Insights All about Earth's Gravity - Comments
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Graduate About gymnastic spins (moment of inertia related)
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Undergrad Can the Method of Least Squares be Used for Non-Linear Data?
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Graduate Theoretical perfect Newton's Cradle (where does the sound really come from?)
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Undergrad Calculating Friction Force for a Waterproof Seal in a Syringe Setup
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High School Optimizing Stick Rotation in Space: Ideal Center of Mass Placement
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Graduate Origin and demonstration of Newton's second law
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Undergrad Photon absorbtion and conservation
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High School How do you calculate how much force is applied to a thrown bal
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Graduate Can't understand how flow work is possible in a control volume
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Undergrad Newtonian physics and motion of a wiggling rope
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Undergrad Discovering the Science Behind Sucking Up Spaghetti | Ray Vickson
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Graduate Relative Centripetal Acceleration
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Undergrad Collision of a billiard ball against a wall
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Graduate Collision in moving water-angle of rebound
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Graduate Does charging metal negatively decrease the work function?
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Graduate Quick Question on Van de Graaff Particle Accelerators
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Undergrad Does a Pendulum Stop Swinging in a Falling Lift?
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Graduate Understanding the Cockcroft Walton Generator: How Does it Work?
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Undergrad Accelerometer drop tests evaluation
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Graduate Motion predicted by Newton's laws
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Undergrad Is it correct that spherical buoy doesn't rotate?(Buoyancy)
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Undergrad Gravity, friction and tangential velocity
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Undergrad Finding a bullet's velocity over time
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Undergrad Instantaneous axis of rotation
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Undergrad How can an object tip and slip at the same time?
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Undergrad Why does Newton's Gravitation Law work for objects nearby?
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Undergrad Experimentally measure gravitational force
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Undergrad Is Velocity Conserved in an Elastic Collision Between Two Cars?
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Undergrad Problem understanding the shear force integral.
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Undergrad Problem with the Definition of work
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High School What happens to the pressure change inside a rising balloon?
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High School Do Hot and Cold Air Balloons Fall at the Same Rate?
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Undergrad Pascal's Principle vs. Bernoulli's Principle
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High School Wouldn't using AC to power a lamp result in flickering?
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Undergrad What is the location of the center of buoyancy and how is it determined?
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Undergrad Why Is the Curl of a Conservative Force Field Zero?
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Undergrad Where is a contact force labeled on a diagram of a pivoted beam?
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Undergrad Centre of Gravity: How Can This Be Possible?
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High School Discovering the Correct Rocket Mass Ratio for Beginners
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Graduate How Does Goldstein Derive the Kinetic Energy Equation in Classical Mechanics?
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Undergrad How to find velocity given force and time? (tennis)
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High School Why can't we apply the speed equation in a free fall?
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Undergrad Why Does Diatomic Hydrogen Form Despite Zero Net Electric Field?
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Graduate A question about rolling motion of a wheel on a frictionless surface
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Undergrad Lever, bar, and mechanics why does this happen?
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Undergrad Spring Steel Metal Strip in Eyeglasses question
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Graduate Vibration Energy Harvester from Brownian motion
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Undergrad Ways to prove Newton's theory in the early days
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Undergrad How high levels of ultrasound can be created in Air?
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Undergrad Density Siphoning? Solve Problem Now
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Undergrad Force of impact (ladder to head)
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Graduate Question about circular motion and acceleration
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Undergrad What's the restoring force, if there's a mass on a string.
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Undergrad SHM Basics -- Series and parallel springs, conceptual question
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Undergrad Designing a Car with Multiple Boxes: Free Body Diagrams
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High School Where is the gravitational potential energy?
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Undergrad Torque to Overcome Static Friction of a Rolling Object
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High School Normal Force on Extended Block: Physics Explained
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High School What factors affect the frequency of harmonics in a soda bottle?
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Undergrad Is Pressure Constant in U-Tube Arms with Different Density Liquids?
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Graduate Euler angles in torque free precession of a symmetric top
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Graduate Explanation: motorcycle leaning without centrifugal force?
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Graduate Highly collisional yet low resistivity plasmas
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High School Conservative Forces: Internal or Not?
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Undergrad Does the coefficient of restitution depend on the collision "type"?
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Explaining Rolling Motion - Comments
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Undergrad Calculation of torque, momentum
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