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Undergrad Question about rolling friction
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Undergrad Why does the head have it's own inertia during whiplash
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Undergrad How to measure the impact force of a moving object
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Undergrad Constrained Falling of three balls
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High School Do the Equations for Apparent Weight and Buoyant Force Contradict Each Other?
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High School Dish soap and water evaporation
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Undergrad Can a sound wave be transverse?
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Undergrad Can nonconservative forces change either KE or PE?
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High School Why do gear forces need to be balanced at the pitch circle radius?
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Undergrad Reducing water molecular cluster--what?
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Graduate Commutator of position and momentum
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High School Explanation of how spin art machine works
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Graduate Thomson's jumping ring: Why net repulsion?
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Undergrad Observer A & B's Views on Work Done to Book in Elevator
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Graduate Error in Landau Lifshitz Mechanics?
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Graduate Why is Bernoulli's Equation Isentropic
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High School Unexplained Object Movements: What Causes Random Movements Without Force?"
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Graduate EM Field Angular Momentum Emission Without Emitting Energy?
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High School The movie wanted defies physic.
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Undergrad How Do Riders Experience Translatory Motion on a Ferris Wheel?
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High School What happens if a plane nosedives perpendicular to Earth?
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Graduate Estimating sound pressure (in an MRI scanner)
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High School My physics IB (international baccalaureat)
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Undergrad Does mass increase as velocity increases?
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Undergrad Mechanics: Why Velocity Matters for Rough Plane Deceleration
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Undergrad How come there is a buoyant force?
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Graduate Linear momentum in oblique collisions and generally
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Graduate Deriving the progressive mechanical wave equation
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Undergrad How do we excite specific standing waves on a string?
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High School Understanding Axial and Radial Moments: Definition and Importance
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High School Climbing Rope: Physics and Forces on Ceiling
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High School Can Dropping Glass on the Floor Cause Spalling and Ejection of Particles?
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Undergrad Center of Mass of Quarter-Circle Wire
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Undergrad Confusion About Wheels and Friction
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Graduate Conservation of Information and indeterminism?
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High School Torque and forces parallel vs perpendicular to the axis of rotation....
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High School Calculate force with speed and mass....
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Undergrad If KE is related to pressure on the wall for flowing liquid?
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Undergrad The Physics of a Fender Bender: Rotating a 4000 lb Van
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Undergrad Force on a rod attached to a pivot
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Graduate Is the Hull Speed Debate Misleading: Online vs. Textbook Perspectives?
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Undergrad Faster velocity of water in tunnel Decrease in pressure?
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High School Why Does the Upper Block Fall When Force is Applied Below?
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High School How a whistle produces a sound?
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High School Tuned mass dampers in Taipei 101
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Graduate What Are the Differences Between These Vector Potential Formulas?
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Undergrad Solving Pendulum Confusion: m*a=-k*x Explained
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High School Efficient Fast Orbital Transportation/Construction?
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High School The Sense of Restoring Force in Vibrations
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High School Calculating Work: Why Force Equal to Weight?
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Graduate How to simulate rotational stability of multiple parts?
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Undergrad Does Recoil movement amount affect muzzle velocity
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High School Can Vibrating Shoes Help Us Walk on Water?
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Undergrad Duration of sound in our brain (0.1s)
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High School Force required to bend/dent aluminum
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Graduate Jet Spread Rate K Values- Momentum diffusement
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Graduate Universal stationary frame of reference for speed, d and t
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Graduate Matching the double rod pendulum
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Undergrad Buoyant Force and what densities to consider?
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Graduate Closed trajectories for Kepler with spin-orbit corrections?
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Undergrad Moment of Inertia: Proving Mass, Side & Axis | 1/12 md²
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Undergrad Orbital vs. Angular Speed: What's the Difference in Circular Motion?
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum query
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Undergrad Understanding Circular Motion in a Cone: Solving for Radius and Normal Force
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Undergrad EPQ Project: Build a Slingshot for 780g Projectile 100m Range
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Graduate How Does a Pendulum on a Rotating Arm Behave When the Arm Stops?
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Graduate Linearly-damped rotational motion
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Undergrad Has anyone worked with electrets?
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Undergrad Velocity in eliptical trajectories
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High School Can someone explain to me force field strengths versus distance squared?
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Undergrad Two very basic questions about momentum in space
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High School The Impact of Force Direction on Collisions: A Physics Novice's Confusion
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High School How do I calculate the G Force in this certain situation?
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Graduate Calculation of friction stresses between 2 materials
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Undergrad Inertia (and, to some extent, circular motion again)
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Undergrad Calculate the power produced by a wheel
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High School What Causes the Sound of Water Unfilling From a Bottle?
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High School Exploring the Physics of Stacked Blocks: No Normal Force on Block A
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Graduate Some questions about Noise and Power spectral Density
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High School Understanding the force between two objects
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High School How Horsepower is equal to 550 ft lb/s ?
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Undergrad Sound underwater distance and decibels
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Graduate Irrotational/Rotational Flows and Velocity Potentials
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Graduate Understanding Rigid Column Theory in Fluid Mechanics
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High School Control moment gyroscope design - question
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Undergrad Gyroscopic Precession: Understanding the Physics
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Undergrad Formula to calculate amount of force needed to lift/hover
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High School Stair Descent Physics: Share Lecture Illustration
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Undergrad What happens with counter rotating gyroscopes?
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Undergrad How to find torque of rotational friction on an axle?
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High School Is Acceleration/Decceleration smooth?
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Graduate Centrifugal force in Rendezvous with Rama
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Undergrad Infinitesimal cube and the stress tensor
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Undergrad What is Tension on each part of the rope?
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Undergrad How to calculate the perpendicular tension?
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Undergrad Equation Needed for Calculating Fluid Pressure In a Pipe
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High School Upthrust in Liquid: Can Objects Keep Sinking?
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High School Having real problems with working out scales for graphs
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Undergrad AC generators and Transformers
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Undergrad Surface Tension and force required to pull a thin ring
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