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Undergrad Vessel of water under free fall
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Undergrad Physics of decceleration of rolling vehicle
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Undergrad What is the role of moment of inertia in rotational motion?
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Undergrad A race between two objects with the same speed?
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Graduate Foucault pendulum and angular momentum
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High School Prevent Pendulum Motion with Winch & Cable
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High School Kinetic energy of object free fall
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Undergrad Exercise: who does more work weight lifter/marathon runner
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Undergrad Acceleration/gryo ratings for spinning wheel
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Graduate Understanding Equations in Classical Physics: Force, Motion, and Acceleration
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Graduate How Can DC Electrostatic Fields Ionize Molecular Hydrogen?
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Undergrad Clarification on force on frictional surface constant speed
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Undergrad Calculate pressure from vehicle moving through air
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Undergrad The Physics of Power on a Bicycle
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Undergrad Why a finite angular displacement is not a vector?
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Graduate Bernoulli's Principle and Energetics of Flowing blood
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High School What Does G Load Mean in Terms of Acceleration?
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Undergrad Energy dissipation of steel washers
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Undergrad How Does Hanging a Weight Affect the Sag and Tension in a Pulley System?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia in plane translation
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Graduate Savonius Wind Turbine: Power Output & Lever Arm Effects
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Undergrad Force Field to Motion Equation
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Undergrad Physics and Accident Reconstruction: Solving the Drag Equation
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Graduate Curvilinear motion of force-couple system
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Undergrad Thought problem: torpedo with a drill
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Undergrad Conservation of angular momentum problem
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Undergrad Why does pressure drop in the narrow portion of the Venturi effect?
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Undergrad Motion in a vertical circle problem
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Graduate Moment reaction with rotation and offset CG
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Undergrad What factors determine the maximum penetration of an axe through a metal sheet?
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Undergrad Fixed and Moving Reference Frames for adding speeds
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Graduate Perturbed circular orbit under central force motion?
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High School What effects the displacement of object from a slingshot
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Undergrad Friction and pressure drop in a steam pipe
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Undergrad Truck collision with a resting car
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Undergrad Why Does Drag Force Depend on Cone Shape and Size but Not on Mass or Gravity?
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Undergrad Conservative Force: Is F Dependent on Velocity?
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High School Two bikes, different wheel diameter
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High School How do you calculate force needed to pull apart an object?
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Graduate Quantum Mechanics learning resource videos
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Undergrad Pressure on medium in vacuum mold - formula needed
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Undergrad Work on a car that is skidding to a stop
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Graduate Calculate elliptical orbit using attitude and velocity
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High School Question about forces over time
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Graduate Conical Pendulums: Net Force, Changing Omega & More
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Graduate Calculate Lift from a full-blown-circulation airfoil?
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Undergrad Designing a compressed air vehicle
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Undergrad Prove Perpendicular Components of Motion are Independent
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Graduate Direction of instantaneous axis in rigid body dynamics
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High School Air Pressure half as mile underground
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High School How the atmosphere pressure is generated
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Graduate Determine speed needed to cause rollover of car hitting ramp
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Undergrad Energy/Work Q: Find Speed of Block in Frictionless & 0.350 Coeff Surfaces
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Undergrad Sound wave propagation and doppler shift wrt the medium
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Undergrad How Do Work-Energy Principles Apply When Potential Energy Changes?
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Undergrad Moment of inertia of half disk through integration
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Graduate Rope Slipping in Pulley System: Does ##\ddot{l} = 0##?
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Graduate Combining linear and rotational equations of motion
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High School No such thing as instantaneous speed?
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Graduate Lagrange for Rod/nail swinging from horizontal plane
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Undergrad Find Constraint Equation for Block on Wedge
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Undergrad How to calculate velocities/forces from sphere collisions?
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Undergrad Will Earth's Rotation Ever Synchronize with its Orbit Around the Sun?
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Graduate Why does tension in a vacuum cause contradictory acceleration?
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Graduate Are there any intermediate mechanics books between Goldstein and Arnold?
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Undergrad Finding volumetric flow rate from pressure?
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High School Difference between statics, dynamics, kinematics and kinetics
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Undergrad Understanding the Dot Product Formula: An Explanation and Example
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Graduate The surface of the Earth as a reference frame
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Undergrad Finding Force P for Mass on Wall: Exam Problem Help
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Undergrad A Plethora of Questions Relating to Basic Newtonian Physics
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Undergrad What Is the Best Term for an Object Not Moving and Not Accelerating?
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Undergrad Find the moment of inertia of the system
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High School Where is the best place to push a kid on a swing?
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High School Normal force cancels out the force of gravity?
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Undergrad Relationship of curl and cross product.
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Undergrad Why does the force of a spring = -kx
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High School Coin Experiment: Upright on Rim, Why?
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High School Potential dividers and the formula Vout = Vin * R2/(R1+R2)
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Undergrad Impulse of Impact: Force vs Time
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Graduate Photon Acceleration: The Truth About Instantaneous Speed and Terminal Velocity
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Graduate Is this possible for hanging objects from spinning sphere?
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Undergrad How Do You Measure Absolute Capacitance with a Ballistic Galvanometer?
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Graduate What would be the speed of the approaching particle?
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Undergrad How Do Skyscrapers Withstand Strong Winds?
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Undergrad Does a rigid rod store any energy?
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Graduate Can liquids be treated as rigid bodies for moment of inertia
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Undergrad Question regarding inelastic collisions
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Undergrad Classical Mechanics: Torque, Angular Momentum & Origins
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Undergrad Understanding Torque and Reference Frames in Rotational Motion
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Graduate Group velocity of a wavepacket vs its mean phase velocity
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High School Conservation of energy, object at rest
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Graduate Neglecting brownian motion for certain particle diameters?
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Undergrad Where can i get more info on this formula? (trailer towing force)
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Anyone here understands how a [overhead fan works?]
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High School Measuring Tension Between Train Carriages
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Undergrad Calculating Bungee for Theatre, Dance and Circus: A Textbook Guide
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Undergrad Physics equation for the stable height of the pole?
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Undergrad Differential Equations in simple mechanics?
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Graduate Vertical force generated by a wheel
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