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High School How is the tension equal in both sides of the string
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Undergrad Tension force in Atwood machine
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Undergrad Is this a valid Kinematics Equation?
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Graduate Can String Theory Explain the Role of Friction in Everyday Operations on Earth?
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Graduate Laws of Mass Dynamics: Conservation & Transformation
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Undergrad What is pressure potential energy?
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Graduate Internal energy pressure dependence
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Undergrad What happens to a spinning rod with a ball inside?
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High School Weight limits when splitting the weight between two points
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High School Why does a cylinder of cooking gas feel heavier?
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Graduate Calculating acceleration offset by CG
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Undergrad Two people carrying an object up stairs
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High School What is the difference between mass and weight?
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High School Why is a projectile a parabola not a semicircle
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High School Kinetic Energy & E=mc^2: A Physics Query
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Graduate Relationship of Power and Driving Force
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Undergrad Comparing Car A & B's Power: Is the Answer 2x or 8x?
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Undergrad Force Required to Grip an Object
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Undergrad Distinction between translational and rotational energy
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High School Trying to make sense of the strength to weight ratio
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Graduate Behavior of triple pendulum with heavy end mass
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Undergrad Work done by a non conservative force
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Undergrad Why is the work done and force applied different in the Work-Energy Theorem?
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Graduate How does the addition of a lift affect the forces on a space elevator?
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Undergrad Pressure and flow rate relationship
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Graduate What is the definition of physical contact?
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Undergrad Does an object slow down when it enters water?
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Undergrad Question about falling objects
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Undergrad How is this hologram created and projected?
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Undergrad Would a 10km/s projectile disintegrate at sea level?
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High School Potential Difference: Can 2 Negatives Equal a Positive?
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Undergrad So.... The multiverse is unscientificly sound?
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Graduate Design of Power Station Turbine Blades
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Undergrad Tennis ball gun, muzzle velocity
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Undergrad What happens to an object in a free-falling ship?
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Undergrad Torque value needed to move a particular vehicle
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High School To which bodies can we apply the concept of torque?
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High School Difference between circular motion and rotational motion
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Undergrad How Does Friction Affect Momentum on an Inclined Plane?
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Graduate Derivation of acceleration in rotating coordinates
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Undergrad Understanding F_spring and the Importance of the Negative Sign in -kx Formula
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Undergrad Lamp tips over and hits the top of the head
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Undergrad Difference between Rotation Inertia of Rod V.S Cylinder
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Undergrad Understanding Friction Direction in Static Problems
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Undergrad Rotational Equilibrium Independent of origin. How?
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Graduate How can the moment of inertia of an object be calculated on an arbitrary axis?
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Graduate Boundary layer at airfoil stagnation points
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Graduate Gravitational field of a hemisphere
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High School Adding velocity vectors to get average velocity
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Undergrad Uncertainty of temperatur and pressure
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Undergrad Rotation in Space: Rod, ISS, Yoyo Motion
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High School Bullet Velocity Experiment: Does a Fired or Dropped Bullet Hit the Ground First?
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High School Atmospheric Pressure: Why is it Equal?
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Undergrad Converting w/m2 to uJ/mm2, 4usec pulse
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Graduate What Causes a Negative Drag Coefficient in Projectile Trajectory?
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Graduate Calculating HP from speedometer video
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High School What is the direction of pressure force and why is it confusing?
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Undergrad What is the driving force behind siphon behavior?
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Undergrad Work-Energy Derivation question: F(x(t)) = F(t) ?
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Undergrad Why do Jet fighter pilots experience a greater G-force?
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Undergrad Identifying sign conventions for torque and tension
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Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Forces - comments
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Graduate Newtonian fluid in compressible flow?
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High School Guitar Quality: Comparing Identical Guitars
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Undergrad Bernoulli's Equation & Equation of Continuity
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Undergrad Equation of a basic velocity-time graph
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High School Find the kinetic friction of an object at an angle
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High School Potential of terminals of battery
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Graduate What are the equations to measure attenuation of stress wave
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Undergrad Can velocity be considered a force?
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Undergrad Coefficients of friction proportional?
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Undergrad Is the Upthrust Equation for Fully Submerged Objects Incorrect?
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Undergrad Relationship between Mach number and Reynolds number
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Undergrad Power needed to lift the average American man 3 stories
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High School Equation for time to boil water? Some T over t dropping....
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Graduate Using accelerometer data to calculate distance
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Graduate Can the Velocity Verlet Algorithm Prove Energy Conservation?
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Undergrad Kinetic energy of fluid + collision
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Graduate Center of Mass of Non-Uniform Rod Using Piecewise-Defined Function?
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Graduate Longitudinal waves and vector potentials.
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate Orbital Dynamics in a Simple Java Simulation?
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Undergrad Pressure in Liquid: Why Height Doesn't Matter
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High School Seeing Newton's Rings: Why Magnification is Needed
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High School Why Is It Harder to Pull a Fish Out of Water as More of It Emerges?
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Graduate What is the method for deriving Stokes' law for drag around a sphere?
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High School Acceleration, Mass, & Physics: Basics Explained
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High School Is friction related to velocity?
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Graduate Possible to derive pendulum velocity in a dynamic approach?
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Undergrad Is potential energy only acquired in a *Conservative Field*?
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Undergrad Why does barometric pressure differ from measured pressure?
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Undergrad Burning a Water Balloon: Exploring Heat Capacity, Conductivity, and Density
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Undergrad Forces & Energy: Which is More Fundamental in Physics?
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Graduate What is the link between chaos and ergodicity in mechanical systems?
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Graduate Potential flow, inviscid flow, incompressible flow
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Undergrad Effect of Varying Ball Size in Newton's Cradle
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Graduate Newtonian gravity and differential equations
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Undergrad Calculating the torque angle in a free-body diagram
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Undergrad Momentum conservation in perfectly inelastic collision
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Graduate Non-arbitrary frame of reference for acceleration?
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High School How does static friction slow a car down?
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