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Graduate Is this constraint nonholonomic or not?
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Graduate Is the Author's Approach to Nonholonomic Constraints Physically Correct?
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Graduate Derivation of motion equations for collision detection
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Graduate Difficulty extracting fluid from balloon via syringe
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High School Difference between translation and uniform motion
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Undergrad What Happens When Water Meets a Black Hole?
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Undergrad Finding Friction Force on a Break Pad
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Undergrad Why isn't Kinetic Energy always equal to Potential Energy?
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High School Advice For My Physics Experiment
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Undergrad Coefficient of friction of various materials not listed in standard references
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Graduate How Is Stoke's Drag Formula Derived Beyond Dimensional Analysis?
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High School Calculating Net Force on Two Books: Explanation and Example
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Undergrad What is Pressure and surface tension in fluids
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High School Calculate Torque to lift 7'-9' pole with 5-8 lbs at the end
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High School What is the work function of Nichrome?
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Graduate Proving that two integrals of potential energy are equal
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Graduate Reynolds transport theorem derivation - linear momentum
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Undergrad Classical mechanics -- Throwing a balloon up into the air....
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Graduate The Cross Product and Angular Momentum
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Undergrad Sizing a Solar Array To Boil Water
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Graduate Calculation of Pressure in a Cylinder with an orifice on its surface
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Undergrad Confusion over 2nd law and conservation of momentum
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Undergrad Calculating distance from acceleration as function of speed
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High School What is instantaneous acceleration?
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Graduate Linearized Continuity (Fluids)
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Undergrad Possible to estimate the location of a measurement point?
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High School I just found a new way to calculate Force
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Undergrad Mass & Friction: Cart Question Answered
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Graduate Why an integral vanishes? Angular momentum of a rigid body
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Undergrad Can a spring reach its theoretical velocity without launching a projectile?
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Graduate Can a rider change the combined center of gravity of a motorcycle by leaning?
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Undergrad The observed wavelengths of the hydrogen spectrum
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High School Wooden Plank Problem: A Comprehensive Guide
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Undergrad Why plucking of string creates two pulses?
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Graduate Speed and pressure relative to a piston (fluids)
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Undergrad Force acting during rotating a disc
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Graduate Why is circulation zero for irrotational vortices outside their axis?
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Graduate Spinning a Slinky: Momentum & Angular Momentum Explained
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High School Understanding the Physics of a Loop de Loop on a Level Track
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Undergrad Calculating the moment of inertia of a rod as a point mass
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Undergrad What is the formula for calculating the moment of inertia of a double cone?
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Undergrad Veocity time graph for a tennis ball during a rally?
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High School Bouyancy: mass and displacement
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Undergrad Brownian motion demonstration in class
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Graduate Second derivative of friction force question
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Undergrad Build my own virtual wind tunnel
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High School Leverage and weight positioning
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Undergrad Maximizing Power and Efficiency: Flywheel Torque vs. Horsepower
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Undergrad How Did Pre-Newtonian Heliocentrists Explain Gravity?
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High School Why Is Gravitational Force Equal to Mass Times Acceleration?
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High School Are Events in Reality Defined by Causes?
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Graduate The physics of braking on a motorcycle (manual transmission)
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Undergrad Pressure required to move a liquid
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Undergrad What assumption is incorrect in the derivation of the catenary curve equation?
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Undergrad Can Velocity Alone Determine an Object's Mass?
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Undergrad How to determine a load for belt tensioner
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High School Basic question - balance of forces....?
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High School Is a Vertical Bar Path the Most Efficient for Squats and Deadlifts?
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Undergrad Linear force vs Torque vs Axial force
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Undergrad A question about conservation of momentum
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Graduate Cellular Automaton, Random Walks, and Fluid Mechanics
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Undergrad Tension In Rope: Box Suspended & Pulled by Force
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Graduate Coriolis effect, Conservation of Angular Momentium, Planes
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Graduate Vertical circular motion with a changing radius
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Graduate Can a Relativistic Impact Drill a Hole Through Earth?
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Undergrad Deriving the moment of inertia of solid sphere
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Undergrad Trouble understanding energy aspect of Bernoulli's Equation
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Graduate Angular veolcity in rotating frame
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Undergrad General approach to find principal axes of rotation?
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Undergrad Atmospheric pressure vs elevation understanding problem
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Undergrad Rotational Inertia formula help
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Undergrad Modeling Acceleration at Impact
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High School Is One Complete Cycle in a Damped Pendulum Theoretical?
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Undergrad Strength of materials in a reinforcing being for garage
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Graduate Pressure distribution for a ducted propeller
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Undergrad Looking for a Classical Mechanics Book by Goldstein?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of cylinder with a rectangel shaped hole
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Undergrad Kleppner & Kolenkow derivation error in free precession?
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Undergrad Would the velocity of a fluid increase right after exiting a pipe into open air?
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High School A Question about Hooke's Law....
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Undergrad Help to understand the concept of Power
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Graduate Beam-powered propulsion - keeping the beam focused
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Graduate Center of mass oblique collisions
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Undergrad What is the relation between angular and linear acceleration
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High School How pulley diameter affects forces?
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Undergrad How does tubing size affect pressure of syringes?
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Undergrad Helicopter Torque: Newton's 3rd Law & Pendulum Effect
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High School Can a Mass Suspended by Springs in a Box Exhibit Chaotic Behavior?
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Undergrad Detecting Electric Fields with Motion: Is the Field Moving?
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High School How many times will a ball bounce before coming to a rest
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Graduate Hydrostatic forces on a hinged gate
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Graduate Senior Project - Quadcopter with Rotating Arms
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Graduate Doppler shift source velocity components
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Graduate Will Constructor Theory achieve its' claimed Potential?
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Undergrad How to measure the output of a generator
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Graduate How weight affects surface bending over time
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Undergrad Non-harmonic oscillation of pendulum
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Undergrad Pendulum with spring instead of rod
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Undergrad Momentum Formulae: Inertia & P=m*v
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Undergrad Does the moment of inertia stay the same in different positions?
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