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Does energy or force provide a better understanding of fluid dynamics?
May 27, 2016
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Model Rocket- What does the 'v' in drag=kv^2 really mean?
May 27, 2016
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Friction and conservation of energy
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Angle of Deflection in Elastic Collision
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Is irrotational flow field a conservative vector field?
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Vapor pressure in open container
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Why is acceleration independent of reference frames?
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Photon Momentum/Energy: Is It Equal?
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Deriving Kinetic Energy in a Double Pendulum System
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Difference between Partial pressure and vapor pressure
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How water flows even after adverse pressure gradient?
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Why is a spring a conservative force?
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Create artificia gravity in space craft by using centripetal
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Understanding Transient Analysis and the Role of Velocity's Direction
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Why doesn't v=a(t) consider a motor's RPM?
May 22, 2016
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Does Force Affect Acceleration in Space?
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Kinetic friction and applied force
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Pressure standing wave nodes at the end of the open side of
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How can I find the inertia of a rod with a pivot point?
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Car's weight shift with torque & angular momentum
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Maintaining a constant volume of water in a tank
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Why don't gases settle on the ground due to their weight?
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Understanding Plasma Beta and its Impact on Tokamak Design
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Force and Friction: Explaining Intuitively Why 1000N.
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Formation of a Potential Well: Mass & Wave Interaction
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Mechanical energy in an harmonic wave and in normal modes
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Surface Tension: Pressure Diff & Cross-Sectional Area Explained
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What is the correct collision formula in this scenario?
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Required conditions for vertical circular motion to occur?
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Can a Stone Remain in Circular Motion if Tension Equals Zero Before Velocity?
May 19, 2016
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Uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
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Force on wheels in an accelerating vehicle
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Absence of air in well holes eliminate change in pressure?
May 19, 2016
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Questions about uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
May 18, 2016
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Centripetal acceleration derivation
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Why water in cup suspends when placed upside down in water?
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Center of gravity change and acceleration
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Thrust in a Water rocket (or any rocket?)
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Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Hydrostatics - Comments
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Hooke's Law: Spring Force Negative?
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Prove forces derived from a velocity-dependent potential are not central
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How is torque actually measured when using a torque wrench?
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Mechanical energy of element of a rope with sinousoidal wave
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Comparing Electron Paths: The Impact of Magnetic Field Strength on Velocity
May 14, 2016
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Kinetic energy and Gravitational Potential Energy
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Friction in Pipelines (as headloss)
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What would a supernova sound like?
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Mechanics of a Large Chest in Space
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Water pump (centrifugal) efficiency, does placement height mater?
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Confusion about nature of collision
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Average Passenger Plane Terminal velocity with added speed
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Force vs Position Spring Graph Discrepancy Question
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Terminal Velocity of a Cylinder Freefalling Through a Fluid
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Interpretation of a signal (sound) spectrum - hydrophones
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Hollow Sphere Moment of Inertia
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Force Imparted by water gushing out of hole
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Why is the force on the fluid not equal to the change in momentum per unit time?
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Boiling water w/ a car battery
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Normal reaction in banked road circular motion problem
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What does physics say about Car collision damages?
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Possible to solve for the initial speed of a projectile?
May 9, 2016
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Interpreting the Wording of a Wave Problem: Understanding Speed and Period
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Brownian Motion: Mass and size of Brownian particle
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Moment of inertia and angular KE confusion
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Why do air compressors make sounds?
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I left a soda in the car and it still feels cold.
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Work in moving through zero potential difference
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Why do conservative forces MUST depend on the position?
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Fractal Symmetry & Noether's Theorem: Chaos & Conservation
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Velocity of 15 lb Turkey's Airbag Impact on Table
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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Does Static Friction Depend on Mass?
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Preventing super-long Lagrangian in triple+ pendulums
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What force keeps a radially accelerating object in the air?
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Can drag force and lift force be in the same direction here:
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How to calculate atmospheric pressure?
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Fall Rate of Objects: Explaining Why Weight Matters
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Question: pressure inside an object submerged in water
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Centre of mass velocity special relativity
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Does coefficient of static friction change with angle
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Why Does Water Temperature Vary with Depth in the Ocean?
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Fluid Dynamic. Force on particles in carrying fluid (liquid)
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Need Conceptual Framework for Reaction vs. Net Force
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Is My Approach to Calculating the Length of a Rotating Compound Pulley Correct?
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Energy transfer in particle collisions
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Weight is less at equator than poles -- Acceleration vectors involved?
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Is the Reverse of Bernoulli's Principle True in Venturi Outflow Pressure?
May 1, 2016
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Understanding Surface Tension: Laplace's Law and Balloon Experiment Explained
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Partial derivative of Lagrangian with respect to velocity
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How to tell if energy was conserve in a momentum problem?
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Why is the speed of orbiting satellites constant?
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Coriolis force in rotating space station
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Do electrons have kinetic energy in an electrical circuit?
Apr 29, 2016
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How do I use a free body diagram in this case?
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