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Why do archery arrows tilt downwards in their descent?

asked Jun 22, 2016 at 21:33

10 votes

2 answers

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Why do bubbles initially stick to the side or the bottom of a glass while boiling?

asked Dec 22, 2018 at 2:13

5 votes

4 answers

366 views

Why does this line integral give the wrong sign?

asked Nov 29, 2018 at 7:33

4 votes

1 answer

272 views

UV catastrophe and Equipartition Theorem absurdity

asked May 21, 2021 at 0:48

3 votes

0 answers

61 views

Why we can stand on the floor? [duplicate]

asked Feb 28, 2021 at 8:22

3 votes

3 answers

778 views

Why do electrostatic potentials superimpose?

asked Feb 5, 2019 at 0:40

2 votes

1 answer

347 views

Does a pendulum move slower at the bottom of its swing compared to a free-falling body dropped from the same height? (due to rotational energy)

asked Apr 4, 2021 at 19:25

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0 answers

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What is the classical E&M explanation for the change in field along the axis of a charge's motion (accelerating and non-accelerating cases)?

asked May 2, 2021 at 20:34

2 votes

1 answer

301 views

Why doesn't reversible adiabatic expansion generate heat?

asked Mar 22, 2018 at 5:57

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1 answer

120 views

Solving dynamics of two oppositely charged particles without using energy conservation

asked Sep 27, 2018 at 18:06

2 votes

1 answer

319 views

Earnshaw's theorem and stability of charge inside a hollowed cavity of conductor

asked Nov 15, 2018 at 0:43

1 vote

0 answers

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Gauss's Law about excess charge on conductors, quantum mechanics, and doped semi-conductors [closed]

asked Nov 1, 2018 at 7:08

1 vote

0 answers

352 views

AC square wave currents across resistor (no capacitor, no inductor) and gravity air resistance analogy

asked May 9, 2018 at 16:32

1 vote

2 answers

179 views

Gravity vs Electricity see-saw analogy and speed of light

asked May 11, 2018 at 18:44

1 vote

1 answer

270 views

Is there a melting analogy for evaporative cooling

asked Oct 13, 2016 at 9:27

1 vote

2 answers

407 views

Electric field charged disc and L'Hôpital's rule

asked Oct 8, 2017 at 19:41

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water dipole moment

asked Oct 12, 2017 at 7:06

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3 answers

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Laplace's equation vs. Poisson's equation for electric field in hollow conductor

asked Jan 3, 2018 at 23:56

1 vote

1 answer

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Why do charges redistribute themselves on parallel conducting plates? Vector field vs field line view?

asked Jan 10, 2018 at 8:48

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2 answers

95 views

Why do shot arrows seem to naturally point tangent to their arc?

asked May 20, 2022 at 6:10

1 vote

1 answer

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Why doesn't the landing of birds on powerlines ever lead to sparks like a Van der Graaf generator? [duplicate]

asked Feb 7 at 6:53

1 vote

1 answer

218 views

Does angular momentum exist around the moving center of mass of a released swinging rigid body?

asked Mar 21, 2021 at 18:13

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standing wave in a capacitor?

asked Feb 24, 2020 at 7:28

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1 answer

137 views

Plane wave generation

asked May 17, 2020 at 22:57

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2 answers

187 views

Can a light wave front narrow or widen in refraction, and what does this really mean for light?

asked Jun 10, 2020 at 8:48

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2 answers

249 views

Derivative of dot product equals the negative cross product: does this occur elsewhere besides rotations?

asked Oct 29, 2020 at 3:02

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3 answers

115 views

Do ionization energies of atoms change when they are in a moving reference frame

asked Feb 21, 2021 at 3:03

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2 answers

239 views

Why doesn't a capacitor oscillate like a pendulum around equilibrium when discharging

asked Mar 2, 2019 at 23:10

0 votes

1 answer

40 views

What does an external test charge feel along the dipole axis of radiating antenna?

asked May 2, 2021 at 7:16

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1 answer

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electric field and distribution of induced charge on outer surface of conducting shell enclosing an off-center charge

asked Jan 16, 2018 at 5:01

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35 Questions

Why do archery arrows tilt downwards in their descent?

Why do bubbles initially stick to the side or the bottom of a glass while boiling?

Why does this line integral give the wrong sign?

UV catastrophe and Equipartition Theorem absurdity

Why we can stand on the floor? [duplicate]

Why do electrostatic potentials superimpose?

Does a pendulum move slower at the bottom of its swing compared to a free-falling body dropped from the same height? (due to rotational energy)

What is the classical E&M explanation for the change in field along the axis of a charge's motion (accelerating and non-accelerating cases)?

Why doesn't reversible adiabatic expansion generate heat?

Solving dynamics of two oppositely charged particles without using energy conservation

Earnshaw's theorem and stability of charge inside a hollowed cavity of conductor

Gauss's Law about excess charge on conductors, quantum mechanics, and doped semi-conductors [closed]

AC square wave currents across resistor (no capacitor, no inductor) and gravity air resistance analogy

Gravity vs Electricity see-saw analogy and speed of light

Is there a melting analogy for evaporative cooling

Electric field charged disc and L'Hôpital's rule

water dipole moment

Laplace's equation vs. Poisson's equation for electric field in hollow conductor

Why do charges redistribute themselves on parallel conducting plates? Vector field vs field line view?

Why do shot arrows seem to naturally point tangent to their arc?

Why doesn't the landing of birds on powerlines ever lead to sparks like a Van der Graaf generator? [duplicate]

Does angular momentum exist around the moving center of mass of a released swinging rigid body?

standing wave in a capacitor?

Plane wave generation

Can a light wave front narrow or widen in refraction, and what does this really mean for light?

Derivative of dot product equals the negative cross product: does this occur elsewhere besides rotations?

Do ionization energies of atoms change when they are in a moving reference frame

Why doesn't a capacitor oscillate like a pendulum around equilibrium when discharging

What does an external test charge feel along the dipole axis of radiating antenna?

electric field and distribution of induced charge on outer surface of conducting shell enclosing an off-center charge