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Standing Waves: finding the number of antinodes
A string with a fixed frequency vibrator at one end forms a standing wave with 4 antinodes when under tension T1. When the tension is slowly increased, the standing wave disappears until tension T2 is ...
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Calculating phase difference of sound waves
An observer stands 3 m from speaker A and 5 m from speaker B. Both speakers, oscillating in phase, produce waves with a frequency of 250 Hz. The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s. What is the phase ...
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effect of vertical collision on kinetic friction and subsequent change in horizontal velocity
Suppose somehow a block of mass $m$ is moving on ground, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the block is $\mu_k$. If I drop a tennis ball(of same mass) on it from a ...
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Solution of a partial differential heat equation with derivative and boundary conditions
I want to solve the following partial different equation.
Find $u(x, t)$, satisfying $u_t = u_{xx}$ , $u(x, 0) = x − x^2$ , $u(0, t) = T_0$ , $u_x (1, t) = 0$ and $|u|$ is bounded.
Using separation ...
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Rotational speed of a coil in a uniform magnetic field at equilibrium
I'm looking at the following problem from "Physics 3" by Halliday, Resnick and Krane (4th edition):
The armature of a motor has 97 turns each of area 190 cm² and rotates in a uniform magnetic ...
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Aerodynamic drag on a cannonball?
I'm trying to build a ballistics simulation where I shoot a cannonball. I want to allow for drag and am trying to work out the math to do so.
I can work the drag out using $F = Cd\times S\times ...
