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How do bicycle spokes work?

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Why do rocket engines have a throat?

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How small can a flame get?

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Conservation Vs Non-conservation Forms of conservation Equations

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Could I break the sound barrier using circular motion? (And potentially create a sonic boom?)

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Does a wing in a potential flow have lift?

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Why doesn't Earth's atmosphere form bands due to different rotational speeds?

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Why does water gulp out of a water bottle with a narrow opening instead of a steady flow?

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Why can't supersonic planes "just fly higher" to go faster while maintaining cost?

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What does air "feel" like to a flying mosquito in terms of viscosity?

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What kind of force can a rock exert which a motor cannot?

answered Mar 9, 2017 at 16:26

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How were the Navier-Stokes equations found in the first place if we can't solve them?

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Freefall into snow

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Why does my fireplace shoot flames out the front until I open my backdoor?

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Why are Navier-Stokes equations needed?

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How was Reynolds number derived?

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Why don't the Navier-Stokes equations simplified for hydrodynamics contain gravitational acceleration?

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What is a Physically Accurate Explanation for the Kutta Condition?

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Why doesn't NASA use RAMJET rockets to get into space?

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What is the difference between stress and pressure?

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Why does ice form on bridges even if the temperature is above freezing?

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Incompressible fluid definition

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What is heat and how does it affect an atom?

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Why $\log \rho$ in the continuity equation?

answered Oct 5, 2012 at 10:44

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Why doesn't the entropy increase when two similar gases mix with each other?

answered Nov 14, 2015 at 19:31

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Why does bad smell follow people (assuming they are not the source)?

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How do you calculate vortex shedding frequency?

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What strategies can a researcher use when confronted with a long and complicated symbolic expression?

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Does time pass at all for a system at equilibrium

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Why does hot water clean better than cold water?

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How do bicycle spokes work?

Why do rocket engines have a throat?

How small can a flame get?

Conservation Vs Non-conservation Forms of conservation Equations

Could I break the sound barrier using circular motion? (And potentially create a sonic boom?)

Does a wing in a potential flow have lift?

Why doesn't Earth's atmosphere form bands due to different rotational speeds?

Why does water gulp out of a water bottle with a narrow opening instead of a steady flow?

Why can't supersonic planes "just fly higher" to go faster while maintaining cost?

What does air "feel" like to a flying mosquito in terms of viscosity?

What kind of force can a rock exert which a motor cannot?

How were the Navier-Stokes equations found in the first place if we can't solve them?

Freefall into snow

Why does my fireplace shoot flames out the front until I open my backdoor?

Why are Navier-Stokes equations needed?

How was Reynolds number derived?

Why don't the Navier-Stokes equations simplified for hydrodynamics contain gravitational acceleration?

What is a Physically Accurate Explanation for the Kutta Condition?

Why doesn't NASA use RAMJET rockets to get into space?

What is the difference between stress and pressure?

Why does ice form on bridges even if the temperature is above freezing?

Incompressible fluid definition

What is heat and how does it affect an atom?

Why $\log \rho$ in the continuity equation?

Why doesn't the entropy increase when two similar gases mix with each other?

Why does bad smell follow people (assuming they are not the source)?

How do you calculate vortex shedding frequency?

What strategies can a researcher use when confronted with a long and complicated symbolic expression?

Does time pass at all for a system at equilibrium

Why does hot water clean better than cold water?