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Jason S
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Propagation rate of surface level in a liquid
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How many Gs are my clothes experiencing in my washer?
1500 RPM seems high. My washer has a max drum speed of 800 RPM.
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Current through the reverse biased junction in transistor
of the two sites, this would be better, given that the question is one of device physics rather than electronics.
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How long does a permanent magnet remain a magnet?
cite source please?
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fraction of magnetic energy stored outside a solenoid
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Calculating equipotential lines and current density in a rectangular conductor
I'll have to find it. This was part of a blog article but I didn't publish the code at the time.
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Capacitance between widely-separated parallel plates
mathjax to the rescue!
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Does current run forever in water? (assuming the supply voltage is there forever)
fix typo Ph -> pH
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Does current run forever in water? (assuming the supply voltage is there forever)
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Why do we assume weight acts through the center of mass?
Maybe not then. I guess this means that tidal forces can exert a torque on a rigid body?
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Why do we assume weight acts through the center of mass?
I'm pretty sure it's also true for non-constant gravitational fields as long as they are conservative (curl = 0), not sure how to show that though.
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Effect of steering a car at high speed
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