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21
Will a hole cut into a metal disk expand or shrink when the disc is heated?
dec 17 '11 at 13:35
6
When driving uphill why can't I reach a velocity that I would have been able to maintain if I started with it?
feb 7 at 15:15
6
Does opening the oven door heat the house more than if the door is closed?
dec 17 '11 at 22:19
4
Calculating Fraunhofer diffraction patterns
jan 8 '12 at 22:32
4
What does a unitary transformation mean in the context of an evolution equation?
dec 20 '11 at 20:42
3
How to “read” the temperature of an abstract system?
jan 17 '12 at 21:19
3
Why doesn't phase space contain acceleration/forces?
jan 10 '12 at 20:42
3
What is the rationale behind representing a state function by a complex valued function in QM?
jan 2 '12 at 19:54
3
How much does a steel spring wire bend due to it's own weight?
dec 17 '11 at 13:13
2
Scattering from a box potential of width $L$ doesn't reproduce a step potential in the limit $L \rightarrow \infty$
jan 27 at 14:37
2
Why can't we ascribe a (possibly velocity dependent) potential to a dissipative force?
feb 13 '12 at 7:20
2
Does the Banach-Tarski paradox contradict our understanding of nature?
feb 2 '12 at 7:26
2
absolute defintion of the right (i. e. not left) direction
dec 24 '11 at 23:31
2
Counting the number of modes
dec 17 '11 at 13:40
1
Effect of boundary conditions on partition functions
jul 10 '12 at 21:13
1
How to write classical dynamics of solids in tensor form (relation of stiffness and viscosity tensor)?
feb 12 '12 at 18:27
1
Is there symmetry in 2d stress tensor in linear elastic fracture mechanics?
feb 1 '12 at 22:09
1
What are conditions for the existence of a critical value (for a phase transition)?
jan 22 '12 at 12:52
1
Do amorphous metals undergo conchoidal fracture?
jan 16 '12 at 21:24
1
Hydrostatic equilibrium of a star derivation
jan 16 '12 at 20:53
1
Do all closed systems, only considering kinematic/mechanical principles, exhibit time reversal symmetry?
jan 11 '12 at 7:18
1
Calculating stress without strain
dec 15 '11 at 23:02
0
One dimensional Schrödinger equation equation with initial condition, finding the probability of the particle's future position
jan 29 '12 at 22:09
0
Determine the tensor of contraint and deformation of a cube under compression
dec 28 '11 at 8:38