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Undergrad Potential energy in a Mass spring system
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Undergrad Energy changes in mass spring system
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Undergrad ∆ energy when impacted by robot's arm
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Undergrad Increase Velocity of Fluid: Less Pressure?
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Graduate Is the usual Escape Velocity eqn an approximation?
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Undergrad Not the classic coupled oscillators
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Graduate Does a perfect spring oscillate forever in gravity?
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High School Kinetic energy change with initial velocity
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Undergrad Position vector in spherical coordinates
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High School G-Force Displacement -- Is it possible?
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Undergrad Confusing speed of man in moon question
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Graduate Momentum not conserved for Contracting Concentric Shells
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Undergrad Calculate force needed to move an object during a turn
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Graduate Rate of Change of Vector in Rotating Frame
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Undergrad Planet Composition: Star Glare & Wavelengths
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Undergrad Why Is Torque Considered Positive in This Physics Problem?
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Graduate Fundamental assumptions of statistical mechanics
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Graduate Is the Concept of Fields Carrying Momentum Essential in Classical Physics?
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High School How Does Latitude Affect Gravity and Centripetal Force on Earth?
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High School Law of conservation of momentum in a non isolated system.
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High School What is the formula for gravity loss on a rocket launch and how was it derived?
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Undergrad Hole Drilled into Sphere: Motion?
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Undergrad How to take the time derivative of a potential gradient ?
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Undergrad Consider Coriolis force or not?
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Graduate Potential energy in the presence of two fields
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High School Bike Wheels: Do Different Sizes Spray Differently?
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Graduate Euler beam dynamic equation under point load
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Undergrad What Blower Specifications Are Needed for an Effective Linear Air Track?
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Undergrad Understanding forces on a balanced ladder
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Graduate How come escape velocity isn't imaginary?
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Undergrad Two Springs & Hooke's Law: Effect on Elastic Electrical Lead
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Undergrad The Relationship Between Volume and Force in a Sealed Syringe
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High School Can we mimic a perpetual motion machien?
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High School When Will I Start to Fall After a Rope Is Cut?
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Undergrad Simple Harmonic Motion & Centripetal Force
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High School Does Normal force always HAVE to be perpendicular to plane ?
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Graduate Calc-based conceptual problem with centripetal motion
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Graduate Explanation of the 'chain fountain': some doubts
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Undergrad Can hydrocarbons in oil wells move to vacuum zones?
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Undergrad Does a moving body possess impulse?
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High School How can energy be lost to friction?
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Graduate Explaining Chaos in Constant Accelerating Systems
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Undergrad Bernoulli's Eq: P1=P2 & Torricelli's Eq
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High School Is Inertia Caused by an Object's Mass and Gravitational Force?
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Graduate Ball bounces back to same height after Angular Impulse?
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Undergrad What Happens to Momentum in Non-Conserved Scenarios?
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Undergrad Dimensional anaylsis and gravitational law
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Graduate Understanding the Paradox of Centripetal Force in a Frictionless System
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Undergrad Momentum vs Kinetic Energy in classical physics
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Undergrad Finding distance travelled with drag
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Undergrad Is rotational Work the same as linear Work?
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Graduate Violation of conservation law?
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Undergrad Find CM of a Rod w/ Length & Mass Attached | 3L/4
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Undergrad Measurement standard for joules = Momentum in kilograms
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Undergrad Mastering Simple and Physical Pendulum Motion with Newton's Laws and Hooke's Law
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Graduate Conservation law form of Navier Stokes Equation
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Undergrad The Speed and time relationship
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Undergrad Sound Pressure in Partial Vacuum
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Undergrad Surface roughness and Magnus force of a cylinder
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Graduate Force generate by compressed nitrogen at different volume
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High School Applications of coupled pendulums
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Graduate Coupled pendulums with different masses
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Undergrad Conservation of momentum is valid here?
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Undergrad Bullet Velocity: 100,000 HP-Powered Distance in 1 Sec
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Undergrad Bernoulli Equation and Leakage in a Pipe
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Graduate What is the meaning of Ai Aii Bi Bii in Vector potential?
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Graduate Generalised Momentum: Defs & Meaning
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Undergrad Conservation of linear momentum when wheels are included
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Undergrad Who wrote the law: Wc = - delta U ?
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Undergrad The force with which a stream of water pushes an object
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Undergrad Finding Pressure change as height changes with Pfinal given
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Undergrad How does one find the normal force when not at constant velocity or at rest?
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High School Carbon dioxide and global warming
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Graduate Force Produced from Fluid Motion
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Graduate Collision of Rolling Ball and Cart
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Graduate Mass to Energy: how is momentum conserved?
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Graduate Can classical gravity be defined on a torus?
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Undergrad Carbonated Water Freezing and boiling points
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Undergrad Rolling Bowling Ball with backspin
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Undergrad How does KVL work in transformers?
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Undergrad Hamiltonian for mass on a smooth fixed hemisphere
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High School How can potential energy be negative?
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Undergrad (2/3) as constant factor In Kinetic theory of gases
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Undergrad Momentum Transfer: Elastic Collision vs Inelastic Collision
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Graduate Calculating Torque for Gyroscopes to Precess in Hubble Telescope
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Graduate Collision of two billiard balls with spin
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Graduate Newton's Law of Cooling and Resonance Phenomena
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Graduate Bernoulli vs Newton - air flow characteristics
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Undergrad A more direct approach in determining moment of inertia?
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High School Why do objects accelerate with a net force?
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High School Is There an Easier Way to Tell if Other Cars are Accelerating While Driving?
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High School How do you find acceleration with F=mg and F=ma?
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Graduate Finding firing angle of a projectile with drag.
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Graduate Do speed cameras use interferometers, and how do they work?
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Undergrad How to Prove that a Flying Pendulum follows SHM
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Graduate Tech Impact of Solutions to both Millennium Physics Problems
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High School Sailboat Speed Question: Can a Motor Increase Speed Beyond 10 Knots with Sails?
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High School Upthrust & Floating: Confirm Position in Liquid
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Graduate Lagrangian for a rolling disk on horizontal plane
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Undergrad Lagrangian with constraint forces
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