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Undergrad What happens if two moving shock waves collide?
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Undergrad What Causes Jets to Entrain Mass?
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Undergrad What is Returning Loop of Rogowski Coil?
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Undergrad Does insulation protect outdoor objects from cold
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Undergrad Why is normal force always perpendicular to the surface?
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Undergrad What caused this unique ice formation near freezing temperatures?
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Undergrad Why we use Dirac delta function? (in 1 Dimension & 3 Dimesions)
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Undergrad AC DC Mixed Neutral: Help Solving Circuit Board Problem
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Undergrad Is there a tie between half life and energy of decay?
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Undergrad Can Energy Naturally Convert to Matter in the Universe?
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Undergrad Tank Drainage Velocity: Does Area Matter?
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Undergrad Beats Production: Is Light or Sound a Simple Harmonic?
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Undergrad Determine emission spectrum of an LED
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Undergrad Aspiration Power: Needle Tip Effect
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Undergrad Is F = ma the generalized force equation?
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Undergrad What is the effect of a square transparent rectangle on the meniscus in a tube?
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Undergrad What Is the Descriptive Meaning of \(- \frac{e}{c}\vec A\)?
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Undergrad Is 1 u Equal to 931.5 MeV or 931.5 MeV/c²?
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Undergrad What is the Math symbol for "corresponds with"
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Undergrad Gradient of travel time in layered media?
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Undergrad Why is the Gradient of Displacement Vector Parallel to \( \vec{r} - \vec{r'} \)?
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Undergrad How Does F=MA Apply to Everyday Scenarios?
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Undergrad Original direction of force versus vector components
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Undergrad Hot liquid mixed with a cold liquid
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Undergrad Is the Force Applied by an Object on a Fluid Equal to the Buoyant Force?
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Undergrad Identifying the length of the object on the image
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Undergrad Does a Banked Ramp Affect Lateral G-Force Readings?
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Undergrad Circuit diagram for coincidence counting circuit
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Undergrad Number of significant figures in 5*5.364
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Undergrad Should Total Current in Combined Circuits Equal Measured Values?
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Undergrad Confusion Over Hydraulic Gradient, L parameter
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Undergrad How can I calculate uncertainty in my lab report data?
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Undergrad Theoretical Possibility of "Opposite" Gravitational Mass?
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Undergrad LIGO [ meeting on Thursday on 11 feb 2016]
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Undergrad Is Mathematics Truly Limited by Physics?
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Undergrad To create a new model on physics what do i need to have?
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Undergrad Vector field:one aspect that everyone knows but nobody shown
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Undergrad If air is a mixture, why don't the gases separate?
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Undergrad Way of producing 600kHz longitudinal waves - Piezo or siren
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Undergrad Does Destroying an Atomic Clock Really Stop Time?
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Undergrad Load on a Horizontal Wire (Zip line)
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Undergrad Can a Charge Repel a Neutral Object?
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Undergrad What does "exist" mean to a physicist? somt
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Undergrad Is Matter Really made of Matter?
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