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Calculating Centripetal Force: Diagramming and Solving for X and Y Forces
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Best way to measure velocity, acceleration and jerk
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What if Newton's laws were shifted by one time derivative?
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Does the speed of sound depend on the observer's relative motion?
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What does the velocity equation prove?
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Detailed Physics of the D.C. Motor
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What is a Newton? Is it correctly understood?
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Acceleration versus time graph
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Angular momentum Units a very basic question
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Question about Power and Gravity
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Understanding Inertia to its Uses and Importance in Physics
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Calculating Work in an Expanding Gas: Isobaric vs. Isothermal Processes
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Object is added to a water filled container, what is the change of pressure
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Infinite acceleration on a string?
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Is energy conservation violated in this system?
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Centripetal force apparatus lab
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On the work done on a frictionless surface
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When the conservation of linear momentum is violated
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Is Work Equal to mgh Only When Acceleration is Zero?
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Coefficient of kinetic friction on inclined plane
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Gyroscope- Angular Momentum and Torque
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Relationship between adhesion and friction
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Why is force invariant in Newtonian mechanics?
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Looking to fly. need speed. Have other dimensions
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Dashpot has constant velocity. Why?
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Help in split step Fourier method with initial rectangular pulse
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Calculating speed and angular momentum
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Non-quasistatic process. Constant pressure.Work cero.
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Ball speed on a rolling surface?
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Determining the Direction of Friction and Tension
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Why do the works of two objects in rotation differ when friction is present?
Oct 17, 2014
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Conserving Angular Momentum (Rigid Body Dynamics)
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Force of surface tension quandry?
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Explaining Pressure: Boiling & Melting Point Changes
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Can Time-Invariant Force Laws Accurately Predict Orbits?
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Solubility in Relation to Partial Pressure vs. System Pressure
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Physical interpretation of Force=power/velocity
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Calculating Principle Moments of Inertia
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Can Sound Waves Create Customized Noise Patterns in a Room?
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Momentum conserved but Kinetic Energy not conserved?
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Trying to compare two different weights during drop through analysis.
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Torque is same all along lever?
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Triaxial MEMS accelerometer inertial navigation
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Sensor - accelerations to displacements, error
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Vibration Massless spring static equilibrium
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Fluid pressure on an object in open system
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Perpetual Motion: Can Mono Polar Magnets Create It?
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Pressure inside sealed container
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Why is the chemical potential negligible at equilibrium?
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Kinematics Problem -- 3 particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
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What is the initial velocity of the ball on a smooth ramp?
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Camera Flash Pop Sound: What Causes It?
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Calculate Distance Dropped to Reach Speed of 10m/s
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Adjusting Accelerometer Readings for Tilt and Rotation: A Scientific Approach
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Confusion with the centrifugal foce and potential energy
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Understanding Projectile Motion: A Grade 11 Student's Perspective
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Vaporization pressure in a fuel can
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Functional relationship between pressure and position(1d).
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Normal force of real pulley: Which direction is it?
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How is the moment of inertia related to the square of the distance?
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Modeling an Accelerating Structure as Static
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Energy Balance Spring Slider system
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Class 1 Lever Experiment: Wrong results
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A little confusion on reference frames
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Measuring Flow Velocity in Pipe Expansion: Laminar vs. Turbulent | Explained
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Acceleration does not matter when driving
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Work done by gravity - what is wrong?
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How does density affect the speed of sound?
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Acceleration in a Multiple Pulley System
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Compressor aftercooler power load
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Confused, velocity in motional EMF?
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Applied pressure through fluid to measure strain
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Terminal velocity in a vacuum?
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Is it possible to determine the value of static friction with unknown forces?
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Golf Ball Backspin: Understanding Compression and Groove Effects
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What materials do we need to measure acceleration due to gravity?
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