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How much effect does the Bernoulli effect have on lift?

asked Jan 17, 2013 at 22:28

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3 answers

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How do we know the universe is expanding, and not that its contents are shrinking?

asked Oct 30, 2012 at 18:18

23 votes

3 answers

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A rope attaches the Moon to the Earth. What happens?

asked Jul 5, 2013 at 21:18

5 votes

2 answers

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Shape of a string/chain/cable/rope/wire? [closed]

asked Jan 17, 2013 at 17:43

15 votes

4 answers

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How is Gauss' Law (integral form) arrived at from Coulomb's Law, and how is the differential form arrived at from that?

asked Sep 26, 2012 at 17:36

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2 answers

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Relative angular velocity and acceleration

asked Mar 25, 2014 at 19:10

1 vote

1 answer

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Symmetry of ground state electron configuration

asked Jun 22, 2018 at 11:40

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2 answers

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What IS reflection?

asked Aug 25, 2012 at 14:23

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3 answers

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In what way do Cooper pairs of electrons bond and stay bonded in superconductors?

asked Sep 14, 2012 at 17:40

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2 answers

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Directionality of angular momentum

asked Dec 2, 2012 at 22:05

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Proof that flux through a surface is independent of the inner objects' arrangement

asked Mar 10, 2013 at 22:42

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Why is $\phi$ constant in the hyperbolic Lorentz transforms?

asked Apr 6, 2014 at 15:03

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How close together must air molecules be to bounce off one another?

asked Jan 1, 2014 at 21:51

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Whose reference frame to use for $d \theta$ near a black hole?

asked Sep 29, 2013 at 14:12

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What is the maximal height for a water rocket's flight?

asked Aug 16, 2013 at 15:45

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Is the meander ratio of a river $= \pi$?

asked May 23, 2013 at 11:20

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1 answer

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How much refraction occurs as a fraction of all reflection and refraction?

asked Apr 14, 2013 at 21:53

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1 answer

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Relation between satellites' potential energy and quantum mechanical confinement energy?

asked Mar 9, 2013 at 10:33

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1 answer

388 views

Why does 'proper length' exist as a notion?

asked Feb 2, 2013 at 19:59

3 votes

1 answer

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Application of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

asked Jan 5, 2013 at 17:43

2 votes

1 answer

257 views

Conservative forces intuition

asked Dec 27, 2012 at 15:11

3 votes

1 answer

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Where does the energy flow differ between a forward and reverse process?

asked Dec 19, 2012 at 19:05

2 votes

0 answers

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Confined in a box, what is the average distance between a particle hitting a side?

asked Dec 12, 2012 at 18:09

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5 answers

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Is there a mathematical derivation of potential energy that is not rooted in the conservation of energy?

asked Nov 30, 2012 at 21:21

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In classical mechanics, are complex numbers unphysical? [duplicate]

asked Nov 23, 2012 at 22:25

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1 answer

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Time for a wind-battred door to slam

asked Oct 27, 2012 at 12:58

0 votes

1 answer

364 views

Light orbiting a massive body [duplicate]

asked Oct 5, 2012 at 14:02

1 vote

1 answer

497 views

Gaussian surface question

asked Oct 11, 2012 at 19:10

10 votes

1 answer

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Why are some materials diamagnetic, others paramagnetic, and others ferromagnetic?

asked Oct 7, 2012 at 19:47

4 votes

1 answer

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Why do hydrogen atoms attract?

asked Sep 6, 2012 at 18:10

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32 Questions

How much effect does the Bernoulli effect have on lift?

How do we know the universe is expanding, and not that its contents are shrinking?

A rope attaches the Moon to the Earth. What happens?

Shape of a string/chain/cable/rope/wire? [closed]

How is Gauss' Law (integral form) arrived at from Coulomb's Law, and how is the differential form arrived at from that?

Relative angular velocity and acceleration

Symmetry of ground state electron configuration

What IS reflection?

In what way do Cooper pairs of electrons bond and stay bonded in superconductors?

Directionality of angular momentum

Proof that flux through a surface is independent of the inner objects' arrangement

Why is $\phi$ constant in the hyperbolic Lorentz transforms?

How close together must air molecules be to bounce off one another?

Whose reference frame to use for $d \theta$ near a black hole?

What is the maximal height for a water rocket's flight?

Is the meander ratio of a river $= \pi$?

How much refraction occurs as a fraction of all reflection and refraction?

Relation between satellites' potential energy and quantum mechanical confinement energy?

Why does 'proper length' exist as a notion?

Application of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

Conservative forces intuition

Where does the energy flow differ between a forward and reverse process?

Confined in a box, what is the average distance between a particle hitting a side?

Is there a mathematical derivation of potential energy that is not rooted in the conservation of energy?

In classical mechanics, are complex numbers unphysical? [duplicate]

Time for a wind-battred door to slam

Light orbiting a massive body [duplicate]

Gaussian surface question

Why are some materials diamagnetic, others paramagnetic, and others ferromagnetic?

Why do hydrogen atoms attract?