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Understanding Work in Physics: Explained by the W=FD Formula
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If you travel around the world, what would the velocity be?
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Using a Power Supply - Questions & Answers
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Finding Speed of an object from various factors.
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How does heat dissipate in the vacuum of space?
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Exploring Centripetal Force: Understanding the Physics Behind Circular Motion
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The Heisenberg Uncertainty of Bowling Balls
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Integration of motion equation
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About expt re Newton's 2nd law
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Period and frequency of a pendulum doesn't depend on mass?
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Understanding the Invariance and Limitations of Conservation Laws
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Work done by non conservative force
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How far can a person dive at 14' above the water?
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Calculating the Size of a Pressure Vessel for 9 bar/130.5 psi
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A basic doubt (about inertial frames)
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Angular velocity and those damn radians
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Number of resistors for potential divider?
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Exploring Force Dynamics of Vortex Shedding on a Cylinder
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Water balloon slingshot velocity question
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Street tire static and kinetic friction coefficients?
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Question about conservation of information in a black hole?
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Is planck time the same in all reference frames?
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Does Reducing Synchrotron Radiation Enhance Particle Accelerator Beam Lifetime?
Jul 26, 2011
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Why rotational kinetic energy of a closed system is not conserved?
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How Does Pulley Size Impact Efficiency in Large Scale Lifting Systems?
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Do Photons Experience Changes in Potential Fields?
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Work Done by Spring: Solving the Mystery
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How Does a 60kg Person Fare in a Collision With a Car Traveling at 17m/s?
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Why is the tension of a rope not doubled with one weight on each side?
Jul 25, 2011
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Calculating Curve Line in a Graph: An Example
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Drag Force at very very high Renolds Number ?
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Can You See the Back of Your Vehicle While Traveling at High Velocity?
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Coefficent of drag(egg shaped body)
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Are escape-trajectory-only forces possible?
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Ball caught in a stream of air
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How does composite armour work?
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Work function and ionization energy
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Motor and alternator in same shaft
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Speed of our reality perception…
Jul 24, 2011
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Calculating Pressure Drop and Hole Size in a Pipe
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Conservation laws, Noether's theorem and initial conditions
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Acceleration when an object hits the ground
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What is Air Pressure? Understanding the Weight of the Atmosphere
Jul 22, 2011
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The Pink Panther: Can We Avoid Hurt?
Jul 22, 2011
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Why Is Momentum Defined as 'Quantity of Motion'?
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Statistical Mechanics Demo & Mr. Wizard
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If a bullet was singing a song, what would the shock wave sound like?
Jul 22, 2011
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Does Spinning A Sphere Increase Drag in Air?
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Fly Behavior in a Car or Glass Bottle
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Calculating speed and reversing inertia
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Difference between inertia and momentum?
Jul 21, 2011
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Understanding Sound Wave Amplitude in the Equation s=Sm cos(kx-wt)
Jul 21, 2011
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Two-Dimensional Elastic Collision
Jul 21, 2011
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Question about sound waves - lengths and related
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Regarding angular momentum axial thrust force etc. space stations
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Angular acceleration and Steiners theorem
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My Perpetual Motion - Would it work?
Jul 19, 2011
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How do I find the distance traveled if I know the acceleration and time?
Jul 19, 2011
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An object in motion going over a jump. Physics of height and distance traveled.
Jul 19, 2011
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Quick conceptual question about Newton's Theory of Gravity
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What Force Causes Drift Velocity Increase in Wires of Different Diameters?
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Projectile with Drag and g
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Newtons work and double derivative.
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Energy Loss Due to Friction in Rolling Motion on Inclined Surfaces
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How Does Friction and Incline Affect Dog Weight Pulling Competitions?
Jul 19, 2011
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Potential between two parallel planes
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How can the vibrating disk of a speaker produce so many sounds at once
Jul 18, 2011
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Momentum and Energy Conservation of a Space Elevator
Jul 17, 2011
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Understanding Friction and Normal Force on Inclined Planes
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Momentum in a mass resting on the Earth's surface
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Is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion always in equilibrium on inclined planes?
Jul 17, 2011
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Solving Gas Work: Va, Vb, Pa, Pb
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Weight Change of Coke Can When Opened: Explained
Jul 16, 2011
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Misunderstanding about the Foucault Pendulum
Jul 16, 2011
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Fluids mechanics is also gas mechanics?
Jul 15, 2011
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A Problem With Rolling Duct Tape
Jul 15, 2011
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Does Mg Stand for Newton in Scientific Contexts?
Jul 15, 2011
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How do constraint equations in mechanics work?
Jul 15, 2011
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Looking for specific data about thrust, hydrogen, and celestial bodies
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The Physics Behind Bungee Jumping
Jul 14, 2011
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Maths of Hamiltonian / Lagrangian mechanics
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Acceleration due to gravity pendulum
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Gravitational mass & inertial mass
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Velocity verlet versus other integration techniques
Jul 13, 2011
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Help figuring out what a balloon diameter should be with x amount of helium.
Jul 13, 2011
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Question about dynamic pressure vs pressure on plate
Jul 13, 2011
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Exploring Sounds in Space: How Does It Work?
Jul 13, 2011
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Stokes drag of oscillation sphere
Jul 13, 2011
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Equiparition theorem, kinetic energy, temperatur
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Detecting hydrogen gas via IR spectroscopy
Jul 13, 2011
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Why does a projectile sitting on the ground travel further than a
Jul 12, 2011
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Work done by spring force and by gravity?
Jul 12, 2011
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Calculating velocity on an inclined plane
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