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Does initial speed of a gun affect bullet velocity?
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Initial pressure to launch ball at Velocity Z
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Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics - Springs - Comments
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Direction of Friction for Rolling Spheres on Rough Surfaces
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Is a car's top speed the same on a wet road?
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Fluid Dynamics - Pressure at the end of a syringe
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How Can I Create Water Pressure in a Vessel Without a Standard Pump?
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Acceleration in terminal velocity?
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Real world applications of Jerk and Cons. Acceleration?
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Human Power (Cycling) & Energy Expenditure
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Car on road with "infinite" friction
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Understanding Water Fountain Dynamics: Air Dilatation and Temperature Effects
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What is the formula for variable mass systems and rockets?
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Calculating Pipe Diameter for Desired Pressure in Inclined Fluid Flow
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Is the classical formula for kinetic energy wrong?
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How does normal force makes us feel our weight?
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How Do Isobaric Work and Charles' Law Coexist in Thermodynamics?
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Difference between Group and phase velocity
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Question about objects falling at the same speed
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Is Impulse the anti derivative of momentum?
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Aerodynamics of a paper rocket
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Why are work and energy different even though they have the same units?
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Instantaneous Speed = Instantaneous Velocity?
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Power and Change of Kinetic Energy in Variable Mass System
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Kinematic Equations: Vector & Scalar Formulas
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Large Mass But Low Kinetic Energy
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Is the water pressure of a cone greater than a cylinder?
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How to calculate angular acceleration of crankshaft?
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Torque from a frame of reference
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Phase constant in simple harmonic motion
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How can you ensure you pull a mass at a constant velocity
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Why do balls of different sizes fall at different speeds in oil?
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How to deploy parachute after balloon pops
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Does the inertia of an object ever change?
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How many Newtons would it take to damage a car?
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Mean velocity for parabolic velocity profile
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How Does Mass Distribution Affect Rotational Inertia?
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Work Energy Theorem in Spring Block System
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How can I accurately plot the trajectory of a spinning ball on a spreadsheet?
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Momentum vs Inertia: Is Momentum a Measure of Resistance?
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Negative Pressure in a 10mL syringe containing 2.5mL water
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Rockets and inverted pendulums
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Role of force in oscillatory motion?
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Effect of internal forces on the weight of a body.
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Relative speed and coin dropping
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Why do some experimental bikes use an alternate form of steering geometry?
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Asymmetry in the Doppler Effect for sound
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Hydrostatic Pressure Curved Surface
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Need help understanding a lift coefficient formula
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Object in orbit vs. object falling through a planet
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How does a DC motor work without a commutator?
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One dimensional Elastic collision of two identical particle
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Phasor angular velocity for a triangle wave?
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Why do spheres roll easier than cubes?
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Centripetal forces in our solar system
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What does mg(theta) means in the equation of motion?
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What is the Q Factor of a Bowl of Water at Resonance?
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Why is dispersion important in wave propagation?
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How can you create sustainable plasma without a plasma ball
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Why is it difficult to determine the center of a Newton's ring pattern?
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Newton's cradle: Glue balls together
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Can the kinetic energy be a function of the position vector?
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How much petrol does a car consume?
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Directions of centripetal acceration and gravity on Earth?
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About the propagation of sound
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Deriving Torque=(Force)(Distance)
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Is Momentum Conserved When a Spring Unloads Between Two Masses?
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What causes the anomalous expansion of water?
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How can I keep a Newton's Cradle going for a longer time?
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Best journal to publish a research in classical mechanics?
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Will speed increase under these conditions?
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Amyloid Fibres: Understanding Elasticity & Bending Angles
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Why Use Time Derivative Outside the Integral in the Continuity Equation?
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What are the conditions to excite an atom by collision?
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Determine supersonic flow velocity, tank to regulator topipe
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Rolling Friction: Understanding the Catch
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How to evaluate the work done by spring without applying calculus
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Centripetal Velocity Calculation?
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Looking for a source for equation for power
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Conservation of angular momentum
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Amplification of sound in a pipe
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Why is low surface energy important for water droplets on hydrophobic surfaces?
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How to convert orbital momentum into spin momentum?
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Is sound a renewable energy or non-renewable energy?
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Does a lever/fulcrum reaction demonstrate Newton 3rd Law?
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Collisions of more than two bodies
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How much could the Earth's rotation speed up?
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Can boiling water inside steel cube make it explode?
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Friction Properties: My Understanding & Assumptions
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People lifting themselves with simple fixed pulley
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Equation for Simple Harmonic Motion?
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Relationship between velocity, acceleration, and a circle?
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Can Calculating a Horse's Leg Spring Constant Predict Jump Heights?
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Spring Constant in Hooke's Law
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How does the illusion with three boxes and weight perception work?
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Derivation of Minkowski norm of the four-momentum
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What variables affect the amplitude and equilibrium of waves and springs?
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What is quantum angular momentum
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Does the Mass of an Accelerometer Affect Vibration Frequency?
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Rotating Stator: Permanent Magnets & Rotor Polarity Change
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