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Graduate Ultrasound Nyquist limit conundrum
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High School Why when you run then kick a wall you feel an upwards push?
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Undergrad Why a book on a table is not an example of Newton's 3rd law?
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Undergrad Do I need to consider normal force when sliding down a pole
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Graduate Can Weight Transfer Cause a Car to Stay in a Stuck Position?
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Undergrad Force exerted on a chain of wagons pushed by a car..
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Undergrad Self balancing stick based on flywheels
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High School How to measure net force based on diagram
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Undergrad Is Air a Non-Newtonian Fluid at High Speeds?
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Undergrad Can Sound Be Captured Like a Photograph?
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Graduate Fluids Bernoulli and a pressure field
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Undergrad How Does Gravity Affect Potential Energy in Physics?
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Graduate Pendulum with a sphere vs with a particle in its end
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Undergrad Calculating the Force of a Planet Using Energy and Radius
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Undergrad Biomechanics, center of mass of human body and balance
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Undergrad Why are the objects the same speed at the finish line?
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Undergrad What does time=0 represent in kinematics
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Graduate How is initial acceleration accounted for in the impact of two bodies
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Undergrad Why is the Work Done by Friction on a Ramp Uncertain?
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Graduate What is 'phase space in chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics?
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Undergrad How fast do you need to cycle to simulate bicycle tire inflation
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Undergrad Sag of elastic / non-elastic catenary
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Undergrad Maths required for rotation point
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Undergrad Regarding the pressure at a point in a "rested" fluid
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High School Effort Force for a Wheelbarrow
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Undergrad Applied Angular Velocity & Acceleration
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Undergrad How does a faucet use the Venturi principle
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Graduate Method of Images two parallel pipes at potentials of 0 & +V
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Undergrad Why does kinetic energy depend on the frame of reference?
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Undergrad Help a HS teacher understand uniform motion?
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High School Why does bathwater in a plughole spin AT ALL
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Undergrad How to get the units of momentum flux?
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High School How to measure the distribution of weight across a solid object
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High School What Happens When a Motorcycle Exits a Moving Train?
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High School Ranking velocities from least to greatest
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Undergrad Why are cyclic coordinates named such?
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Graduate Colors Observed in Photoelastic Media
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High School Which Exerts More Pressure: Heated Air or Water?
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Graduate Linearity of time evolution in classical mechanics
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Graduate How Does Homogeneity of Space and Time Affect Lagrangian Mechanics?
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Graduate Is the Law of Conservation of Energy Valid in a Non-Local Context?
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High School Using force to calculate distance
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High School Mass and kinematics -- motion of objects in a gravitational field
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Undergrad Equation for Swing Leg Angle: Supporting 25 lbs in a 180 Arch
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High School Can a Subsea Lifting Bag With CO2 Rise to the Surface?
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Graduate Particle Acceleration: Micro Singularities & Future Plans
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Undergrad Understanding Inertia: Explaining the Door Closing Phenomenon in Moving Cars
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Graduate Dynamic pressure variances in sealed and pressurised systems
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Undergrad Why the door on door due to its weight is zero
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Graduate Does Centrifugal Force Cause Curvature Drift in Plasmas?
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High School Explaining forces acting on gears
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Undergrad Modeling a mechanical power system
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Graduate Planarity of Central Force Motion
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Undergrad Direct vs. Retrograde Precession
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Undergrad Help with IB Physics IA about bungee jumping....
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Undergrad Why velocity can change when angular momentum is conserved?
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Undergrad Why do we use Taylor expansion expressing potential energy
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Undergrad A few questions related to tension in a string
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Graduate What is the Transformation Rule for the Moment of Inertia Tensor?
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Undergrad Force Calculation for Upward Movement in Car Crashes
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Graduate Definition of Momentum in terms of a partial derivative
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Graduate Solving for Constant Centripetal Acceleration: Understanding Spiral Motion
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Undergrad Moving objects on water (floating solar panel)
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Undergrad Speed of objects as they hit the ground
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High School Gravity force acting on masses and springs
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Undergrad Penny on a card experiment.... explanation
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High School Balancing a bicycle that is moving fast, rather than one that is moving slow
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Undergrad Question related to inertia and non inertial frame
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Graduate Phases of hydrocarbons in a compressed gas cylinder
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Undergrad Calculating change in length for a projection
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Undergrad Net Force and Centripetal Force relation
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Graduate Difference between virtual displacement and differential?
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High School What is the Net Force on a Banked Curve?
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Undergrad To calculate work done from a graph
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Undergrad Is Static Friction Capable of Doing Work?
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Undergrad Fringes in a One Slit Experiment with a water tank
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Undergrad Reduction in the number of wheels means less drag?
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High School Tension in a String: Why is the Scale Reading 10N?
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Undergrad Why does the car skid when brakes are applied too hard?
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Graduate Quantifying Acceleration in Non-Perpendicular Torque Systems
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Undergrad Torque and force on a tire iron
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High School What Is the Role of Inertia in Newton's First Law of Motion?
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Graduate Inertial Reference Frame Proof
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Undergrad Why is linear momentum not conserved or realistic here?
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High School Train Conservation of Energy Question
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Undergrad Internal pressure due to vessel collapse
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Graduate Is inertia the total gravitational forces of the Universe?
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Graduate Is the Universe's center of mass truly at rest?
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Undergrad How to Relate Densities, Height, and Time for a Sinking Solid?
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Undergrad How Does Distance Affect Torque While Maintaining the Same Force?
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Undergrad Understanding sound transmission loss (TL)
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Undergrad Question about work energy theorem
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Undergrad Calculate Horsepower from a flywheel
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Undergrad How do you know which way friction points?
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Graduate What shape would the Earth appear to have if it were just covered by water
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High School Does someone weigh more on a steel ship?
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Graduate 100% energy efficient, constant power rocket
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High School What does the Center of Mass equation mean?
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Undergrad Is there a named unit for inertia?
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Graduate Motion in a non-inertial frame
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