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Is there an English translation of Jacobi's work on mechanics?
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Throwing a ball sideways vs. dropping it
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Do liquids absorb sound better than solids?
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Ever-increasing amplitude of the induced impulse?
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Conservation of angular momentum
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Group velocity and phase velocity
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What is the cause of friction exactly?
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In dynamics, do we assume springs always resist motion?
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Instantaneous Velocity: Can We Find it at a Point?
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Combined Stress of Cable Around Pulley
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Angular-Linear Momentum Collisions
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How is there not an infinite regress in the EMF of a motor?
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Why is friction minimal in a non-ideal ball bounce situation?
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A weird answer -- Lagrangian mechanics
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Convert Water to Fuel: Get Started Here!
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What pressure is needed to maintain flow when the pipe diameter is halved?
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Calculating the velocity of a vehicle necessary to overturn
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Reverse Rotating Pump: Does it Add Head to Fluid?
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What is the relationship between fluid pressure and the Venturi effect?
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Completely black shadow cast through perfectly clear water.
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Units of sound pressure level, example: 120 dB re 20 μPa
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We dont know how a bicycle works Really?
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Wrist-watch type human power meters....
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Units of Inertia and Moment of Inertia
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Proof of angular momentum conservation
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2 Masses connected by a spring
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Two different equations of motion from the same Lagrangian?
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Breathing under water (long snorkel tube and scuba tank)
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How to calculate pressure in a bottomless aquarium
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How to separate oxygen and hydrogen?
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Is Centripetal Acceleration Treated as a Scalar or Vector Quantity?
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Momentum conservation inelastic collection
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Dimensional Analysis of Specific Speed: Explained
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How to derive linear velocity from position and angular vel.ocity
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How to find the sound power in a collision?
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What is the speed of sound from a fast-approaching train?
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Why do diamonds lose their sparkle in water?
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How could a lever be used to lift the object
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Fallrate Calculation: Constant Upward Force
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Torque Needs for Rotating Wheels Without Skid
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The Centre of mass of an exploding projectile
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Hot Air Balloon Descent: Does it Keep Accelerating Until Impact?
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Understanding Mechanics: The Relationship Between Radians and Vectors
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A momentum question following collision
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Proof and Examples of Conservation of Etendue
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Mass of Impact: Calculate Weight & Force
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I'm wondering about air travel and the rotation of the earth
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Proving Midpts of Quadrilateral Make Parallelogram: Position Vectors
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Velocity of gases in a flue / stack
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Direction observed by fish when man flying air to water?
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Casimir Effect as a power source
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Definition of torque - What is r?
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Centripetal Force for non point particle
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Question re. flying against Earth's rotation
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How can constant power produce constant acceleration?
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Center of percussion - baseball bat theorem
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Getting 'negative' force when calculating drag
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Who Hits the Water First? Investigating Free Fall Bungee Jump Physics
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Equation of projectile with drag and lift
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Why Does More Vapour Form When Taking a Bath in Colder Weather?
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How to intuitively see the v^2 relation to kinetic energy?
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Center of Gravity and Center of Pressure
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Relative velocity of 2 vehicles
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Cooling Water in a Closed Container
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Does Greater Energy Equal Greater Mass in Classical Mechanics?
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Relativity of motion and astronomy
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Why are changes in direction considered accelerating
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Water evaporation in semi-open system
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Newton's 3rd law & rocket propulsion (detailed explanation)
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How Do You Calculate Width in Hydrostatic Force Problems with Varying Depths?
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Why centripetal force does not increase the value of tangent
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How much weight am I lifting when I pick up one end of a canoe?
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Free fall does'nt consider weight
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Problems Building a Van De Graaff Generator
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Angular Momentum Conservation -- Rope Problem
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Having problem with centripetal and centrifugal force
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Confusion in Newton's 3rd law of motion
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Centripetal force and spinning discs
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Why is there a time unit in some inertia units and not in others?
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Change in direction affecting velocity
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Can't get this tension derivation........
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Real World Gravity on an incline question
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Doppler effect with moving medium but no relative motion
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Potential Energy: Dependence on Position, Not Velocity
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Work done by a van der waal gas/real gas in a expansion
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Why do tightrope walkers carry a rod?
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The result would have units of kg*m^4.
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Torques in a Pump: Understand Opposite Signs
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Is aeroelastic flutter a type of resonance?
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Can the work of a counterclockwise cycle be positive?
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Why do waves form in a glass of water when hitting the table?
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Area of sphere-continuum mechanics
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Power vs BTU: Is There a Direct Relationship?
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Why Is It That An Apple Will Fall To The Earth?
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Work in a process which is both adiabatic and isobaric?
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Two-Wheeled Car Race: Friction - Help or Hindrance?
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Rolling without slipping and friction
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Creating controlled cavitation underwater (bubbles)
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Why Prandlt Mixing Length Theory works at all?
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Ping-pong balls, Bernoulli, and water
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