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Force exerted on a rope by a falling mass
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Does gravity defy the law of conservation of energy?
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Measure the torque of a servo motor
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Work done on an object given a variable mass
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Hydrodynamic entrance length: independent of Re?
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U-tube manometer fluid mechanics
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Uniform Lateral Pressure on a bar.
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What is the logic behind Lagrangian mechanics?
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Average Velocity: Initial & Final Velocities vs. Mean Value Theorem
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Understanding Thermodynamic Potentials: Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous Systems
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Why do things produce sound even though no pressure is applied to them?
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Boiling point at a certain pressure
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Air pressure and velocity in a pipe
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Film Winder Force and Torque Calculations
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Distance traveled by wheel with varying diameter and weight
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Calculate refrigerant temp inside evaporator based on exit temp and pressure
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What to learn in classical mechanics?How to learn it well?
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Water & Steam Tables: Understanding Specific Density
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How is Pressure Calculated in a Moving Fluid for Sound Waves?
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Orbital Slingshot and Conservation of Momentum Confusion
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Comparing pressure losses in compressible flow between air and natural gas
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How Do I Calculate the Additional Kinetic Energy Needed to Escape Earth's Orbit?
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Throwing a ball horizontally on the moon and pushing it in the spacestation
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Calculating Deflagratio Pressure in a Closed Vessel
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Calculating Saturation Vapor Pressure?
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Calculating friction loss (fluid dynamics)?
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Pressures distribution: solid sphere on a flat surface
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How to work out Joules needed to perform work
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Why do position vectors have an arrow on top of them?
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Why does salt reduce the freezing point of water?
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How does the thickness of a clamp affect its ability to transmit torque?
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Question about the moment/torque principle
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Air flow through a hole in a submerged pressure tank
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Why Does a Spinning Object Wobble but Not Tumble?
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How to calculate mechanic power a person outputs?
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Bernoulli Principle from a molecular scale
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Is Brownian Motion actually random or does it follow determinism?
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Nuclear Explosion in Space… How would it work?
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Is the propagation velocity slow down at low audio frequency?
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How to measure the Sun's acceleration relative to the galaxy?
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Questioning Forces: A Physics Teacher's Ambiguity
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Acceleration after applying a force
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Non-Rotation Matrix Split: Hello
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Given a force in 3d what is the resulting force and torque?
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Why do short wavelengths carry a huge amount of data not long?
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Question about hydraulic jump assumptions
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Equation for falling objects that includes terminal velocity
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What is the maximum velocity of a bullet at the instant it leaves the barrel?
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Comparing Water and Ice Melting for fighting fires
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Why is Kinetic Energy a scalar quantity?
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Velocity gradient decomposition of a fluid flow
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Compression of an object under it's own weight.
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Do binoculars change the distance which the eyeball focuses?
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Angular momentum L=rxP and L=I x omega ?
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Uniform Circular Motion: some help with the math proof?
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Projectile Motion: Path's length?
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Pressure in Forces on Submerged Surfaces
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Can a Metal Ball Levitate Using an Electromagnet?
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Mechanics of a car turning left
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Rotating sphere which separates into hemispheres
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Rigid body mechanics, solution seems incorrect?
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Can we hear beats between ultrasounds in the audible range?
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Would acceleration under water affect the person?
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Sauna rocks: how do they work?
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