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Undergrad Why is a spring a conservative force?
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Undergrad Create artificia gravity in space craft by using centripetal
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Undergrad Understanding Transient Analysis and the Role of Velocity's Direction
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Undergrad Why doesn't v=a(t) consider a motor's RPM?
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Undergrad Simple machine classification (can o worms?)
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High School Does Force Affect Acceleration in Space?
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High School Kinetic friction and applied force
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Graduate Pressure standing wave nodes at the end of the open side of
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Undergrad How can I find the inertia of a rod with a pivot point?
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Undergrad Car's weight shift with torque & angular momentum
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High School Calculating Energy with Mass, Acceleration, and Time
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Undergrad Maintaining a constant volume of water in a tank
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Undergrad Why don't gases settle on the ground due to their weight?
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Graduate Understanding Plasma Beta and its Impact on Tokamak Design
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Undergrad Force and Friction: Explaining Intuitively Why 1000N.
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Graduate Formation of a Potential Well: Mass & Wave Interaction
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Graduate Mechanical energy in an harmonic wave and in normal modes
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Undergrad Surface Tension: Pressure Diff & Cross-Sectional Area Explained
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Undergrad What is the correct collision formula in this scenario?
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Undergrad Transfer Phenomenon: Why Coal Slows & Speeds Trains
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Undergrad Required conditions for vertical circular motion to occur?
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Graduate Can a Stone Remain in Circular Motion if Tension Equals Zero Before Velocity?
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High School Uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
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Graduate Force on wheels in an accelerating vehicle
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Undergrad Absence of air in well holes eliminate change in pressure?
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Undergrad Calculating SCUBA Depth with Exhaled Air and Terminal Velocity
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High School Questions about uniformly accelerated motion under gravity
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Undergrad Time for two objects to collide due to gravity
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High School Does gravity still exist at the North or South Pole?
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Undergrad A question on towing through an angle
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Graduate Centripetal acceleration derivation
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High School Eroding Metal with very small forces
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High School Why water in cup suspends when placed upside down in water?
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High School Center of gravity change and acceleration
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Undergrad Thrust in a Water rocket (or any rocket?)
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Undergrad Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Hydrostatics - Comments
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Undergrad Hooke's Law: Spring Force Negative?
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Graduate Prove forces derived from a velocity-dependent potential are not central
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Undergrad How is torque actually measured when using a torque wrench?
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Graduate Mechanical energy of element of a rope with sinousoidal wave
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Graduate Comparing Electron Paths: The Impact of Magnetic Field Strength on Velocity
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Undergrad Kinetic energy and Gravitational Potential Energy
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Graduate Friction in Pipelines (as headloss)
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Undergrad What would a supernova sound like?
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Graduate Mechanics of a Large Chest in Space
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Graduate Is Transient Flow Caused by Changes in Velocity's Direction in Pipelines?
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Undergrad Water pump (centrifugal) efficiency, does placement height mater?
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Undergrad Confusion about nature of collision
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High School Using center of mass for loop de loop
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Undergrad Average Passenger Plane Terminal velocity with added speed
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Undergrad Force vs Position Spring Graph Discrepancy Question
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Graduate Terminal Velocity of a Cylinder Freefalling Through a Fluid
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Graduate Classical Physics: Unsolved Problems and Solutions
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Undergrad Calculate Liquid Flow Rate in Isolated Pipes
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High School How Tube Size & Openings Impact Water Flow
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Interpretation of a signal (sound) spectrum - hydrophones
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Undergrad Best way to create artificial forces
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Undergrad Captain America Scene Question
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Undergrad Hollow Sphere Moment of Inertia
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Undergrad Derivation of planetary orbit equation with Lagrangian
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Undergrad Force Imparted by water gushing out of hole
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Undergrad Why is the force on the fluid not equal to the change in momentum per unit time?
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High School Uncovering the Physics of MotoGP's Knee Slider Technique
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Undergrad Boiling water w/ a car battery
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Undergrad Normal reaction in banked road circular motion problem
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Undergrad What does physics say about Car collision damages?
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Undergrad What is the coefficient of restitution
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Undergrad How to perceive a force in introductory context
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Undergrad Can Changes in Race Times Affect Calculations for Horse Racing?
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Graduate Possible to solve for the initial speed of a projectile?
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High School Interpreting the Wording of a Wave Problem: Understanding Speed and Period
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Undergrad What Forces Affect Liquid Flow in a Circular Pipe?
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Undergrad Brownian Motion: Mass and size of Brownian particle
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Undergrad Moment of inertia and angular KE confusion
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High School Why do air compressors make sounds?
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Undergrad Is the Collision Formula Provided Accurate for Low-Speed Vehicle Impacts?
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I left a soda in the car and it still feels cold.
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Undergrad Work in moving through zero potential difference
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Undergrad Why do conservative forces MUST depend on the position?
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Undergrad How does the Capstan Law Determine T1 and T2 When the Capstan is Rotating?
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Graduate Fractal Symmetry & Noether's Theorem: Chaos & Conservation
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Undergrad Velocity of 15 lb Turkey's Airbag Impact on Table
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High School Gravitational Potential Energy
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High School Angle between two vectors book problem
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High School Does the Coriolis Effect Occur When Wind Moves Horizontally?
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Undergrad Does Static Friction Depend on Mass?
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High School Normal Force: Questioning the Physics Behind It
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High School Physics 101 refresher question -- Confused about the definition of a Joule
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Undergrad Sum of internal forces equals zero
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High School Can anyone explain following scenarios in Force-Reaction
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Graduate Preventing super-long Lagrangian in triple+ pendulums
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Undergrad What force keeps a radially accelerating object in the air?
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Graduate Can drag force and lift force be in the same direction here:
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High School Which of the two is the reason a block slides down a wedge?
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Undergrad How to calculate atmospheric pressure?
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High School Fall Rate of Objects: Explaining Why Weight Matters
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Undergrad Question: pressure inside an object submerged in water
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Graduate Centre of mass velocity special relativity
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Undergrad Does coefficient of static friction change with angle
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Undergrad Why Does Water Temperature Vary with Depth in the Ocean?
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