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High School Looking for help Understanding Inertia
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Undergrad Aircraft guidance question: Effect of mounting sensors at the CG vs on the Tail
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High School Why is speed constant when centripetal acceleration is constant?
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Undergrad Should we consider GPE in the vertical case of SHM?
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High School What is the total kinetic energy of the Earth relative to the Sun?
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Undergrad Wondering how much thrust a drone propeller generates
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Undergrad Confused about applying the Euler–Lagrange equation
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Undergrad How come you have to use work energy to find v0 of spring?
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Undergrad Is Hooke's law really not working, or is it me being dummy?
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High School How is an unstable object balanced?
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Undergrad Can angular motion exist outside of a gravity field?
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High School How will object's velocity change when a frictional force increases?
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Undergrad Stribeck v.s. Coulomb friction law
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Undergrad Exit velocity through a nozzle: Bernoulli vs. Experience
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High School Elastic collision - should final velocities be asymmetric?
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High School Force transition through spring
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Undergrad Moving Spacecraft propellent less?
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Undergrad Why can centripetal force balance out gravity?
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High School Why does torque increase with increasing moment of inertia?
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Undergrad Two beams joined after bending
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High School Need help understanding some concepts about friction
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Undergrad Where is the centripetal force acting on mass M?
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Undergrad Reaction moment on I.C. engine when we increase RPM
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High School Things giving rise to static and dynamic coefficients of friction?
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High School Two points of contact in rolling
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Undergrad Force Required for Gas Struts on 1972 VW T2 Danbury Pop top campervan?
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High School Velocity of freefalling bodies after 1s, 2s, 3s, etc
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Undergrad Fuel paradox arising from Galilean transformation?
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Undergrad Drawback of dimensional analysis - motion in a resistive medium
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High School Thoughts about Galilean transformations
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Undergrad Speed of Two Falling Ladders (Veritasium Video)
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Undergrad How Is Power Calculated in a Rotating System with Variable Speed?
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Undergrad How is the Reynolds number derived (is my derivation wrong)?
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High School Maximum velocity for projectile motion?
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Undergrad Prony brake calculation help (for determining engine horsepower)
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Undergrad Fake water spin experiments around the equator
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Undergrad Solving for Angular Velocity After a Disc Collision
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Undergrad Force on Body Attached to Spring at Displacement x - A.P. French
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Undergrad How to develop the rocket equation?
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High School Is the Physics of the Frog Jump Important in Taekwondo?
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Graduate Can the orientation of a body be defined by Euler angles?
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Undergrad Realistic steering wheel angle when car follows points along a path
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High School In the equation x = x₀ + vt, 'x₀' means what?
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High School Pressure in a viscous liquid versus non-viscous fluids
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Undergrad Lagrangian approach for the inclined plane
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High School Some Questions About Drag (for ships in water and airplanes in air)
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Undergrad A specific case of an exception to Archimedes' Principle?
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High School Does the inverse square law equalize gravity at different spots?
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Graduate Corresponding case of steady precession but for Tait-Bryan angles
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Undergrad The Hamiltonian and Galilean transformations
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Undergrad Can Air Resist a Piston? A Serious Discussion
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Undergrad Finding the Axis of Rotation with Given CoG and Force Point
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High School Model rocket physics: Why doesn't the motor go through the nose cone?
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High School Understanding air flow and resistance
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Graduate Euler, Tait-Bryan, Tait, proper, Improper
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Undergrad Car Accident Physics - Are Wheels/Tires Good or Bad Energy Absorbers?
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Undergrad The effect of a field on a particle depends on the particle velocity?
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High School How does wind affect a turn for an aircraft?
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Undergrad Force Generated By Leg Muscles in Free Body Diagrams
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Graduate Forces on rotating disk object
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Graduate Mass dropped onto rotating disk
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Undergrad Rolling Motion direction of Velocity center of mass
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Undergrad How can engineers get away with splitting differentials in dynamics?
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Undergrad Equalizing airflow through multi-hole orifices
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High School How does the front wheel have no friction?
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Undergrad Why is Gravitational Force Proportional to Mass Product?
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High School How do I calculate the drop force on a cord and eye bolt?
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Graduate Aligning effect in uniform field
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Undergrad How to use physics to prove historical events?
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Graduate Trig functions and the gyroscope
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Undergrad Is the water pressure below ocean waves constant?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia and contact force
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Undergrad Uncovering the Forces on Drum Lugs: An Engineering Design Exploration
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High School Archimedes Principle - A Rock and Water Magic Trick
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High School Springboard physics questions for diving coach at YMCA
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Graduate Fatigue Failure in Structural Elements: Axial, Shear & Torsional Loads
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Undergrad Does a person standing up on a swing in oscillatory motion do any work?
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Undergrad Angular velocity of a rod and what formula to use while solving.
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Undergrad Meaning of the terms in the formula of the net external force
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High School Understanding Physics for Coding Collision of 2 Balls
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Undergrad Question about a Rotating system with mass moving inwards
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High School Does Mass Matter in Free Fall?
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Undergrad Weight distribution on both ends of a ramp?
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Undergrad Thoughts about coupled harmonic oscillator system
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High School Vacuum in tanks similiar torricellian vacuum
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High School Is the Definition of Work Done Applicable to Free Fall?
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Car Silencer Mud: Is It Normal or Threatening?
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Graduate Euler vs. Tait (steady precession vs... what?)
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High School Pressure of air inside a glass
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Undergrad Contemplating Gyroscopic Forces for fighting robot weaponry
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High School Acoustic levitation: high or low pressure?
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Undergrad Why does the end of the fracture have a branch? (Fracking)
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Undergrad Can you detect the Earth's Rotation Using a Hockey Puck on Ice?
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Undergrad Velocity of Buoyant Plug in Closed Loop
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Undergrad How does the mass of the wheels affect the car's acceleration?
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Undergrad Rolling ball, change of direction
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High School Newton's second law -- rockets
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Undergrad Pressure Required to Circulate Liquid in a Closed System?
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Undergrad Is it possible, that one physics law is "Everything is in motion?"
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Undergrad On whether the motion of a Foucault pendulum bob is comparable to ballistics
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