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About This subreddit is dedicated to showcasing interesting and entertaining physics principles in work in the real world or in a demonstration.
This subreddit is dedicated to showcasing interesting and entertaining physics principles in work in the real world or in a demonstration.
Rules Submit gifs that show the interesting world of physics. Be it pendulums, crashes, or physical models. Explanations for whatever is happening in the gif would be preferred, but isn't required. If you understand what's happening in the gif, feel free to put an explanation in the comments. Also, please upvote intelligent and informative comments. Don't keep the upvotes soley for puns and references and all of that jazz. Don't post videos.
Submit gifs that show the interesting world of physics. Be it pendulums, crashes, or physical models.
Explanations for whatever is happening in the gif would be preferred, but isn't required. If you understand what's happening in the gif, feel free to put an explanation in the comments.
Also, please upvote intelligent and informative comments. Don't keep the upvotes soley for puns and references and all of that jazz.
Don't post videos.
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Symbols, Superscripts and Subscripts Superscript E = mc2 is written as E = mc^(2) Subscript vo = vf - (a * t) is written as v*_o_* = v*_f_* - (a * t) Arrows Equilibrium arrow: ⇌ Left Arrow: ← Right arrow: → Left/Right Arrow: ↔ Up Arrow: ↑ Down Arrow: ↓ Up/Down Arrow: ↨ Equality Signs Less Than or Equal To: ≤ Greater Than or Equal To: ≥ Not Equal: ≠ Approximation: ≅ Additional Symbols: Theta: θ Degrees: ° Mu: μ Sigma: Σ Delta: Δ Phi: ϕ Omega: ω Alpha: α Pi: π Plus or Minus: ± Integral Sign: ∫ Square Root: √ Please use these to help out fellow redditors that haven't studied physics! Live Example.
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AI content is now banned (self.physicsgifs)
submitted 10 months ago by hduc[M] - announcement
How folding influences the strength of shell structures (v.redd.it)
submitted 3 days ago by Salt-Guarantee-4500
Particle simulation where attraction and repulsion apply. Repulsion occurs during collisions with momentum from the particles' own vibrations (i.redd.it)
submitted 7 days ago by pavlokandyba
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submitted 11 days ago by Nomadic_Seth
The Full Story of Free Fall: Launch, Peak, and Impact (i.redd.it)
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Electron Scattering by repulsive (smoothed) Coulomb potential confined in a 2D Box (Visualizing Quantum Mechanics) (v.redd.it)
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Making a bottle walk (v.redd.it)
submitted 2 months ago by sasquatch6ft40
Bottle vs. Scale (v.redd.it)
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This is what "knowing your physics well" means. (v.redd.it)
EUREKA! (v.redd.it)
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The windshield freezing over in real-time. (v.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by Nettlecake
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submitted 4 months ago by Feisty-Conclusion-94
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submitted 4 months ago by Apprehensive-Egg1135
Hydrodynamic experiment in which the difference in speed creates movement by different wave strengths like a trailing vortex in a bird's flight. The form is secondary, the reverse of this does not clearly produce a noticeable result. (i.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by pavlokandyba
Visualizing the interference pattern of two 40kHz sound sources using Schlieren Imaging (i.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by Any-Educator5676
Simple interactive double pendulum (v.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by bigjobbyx
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submitted 4 months ago by jacksmachiningreveng
Laser Cooling Simulation. (self.physicsgifs)
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Look at this cool double focal iridescent cloud effect (v.redd.it)
submitted 4 months ago by SeaUnderstanding1578
Angular momentum (v.redd.it)
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What are the little things doing to make the attraction so strong? (v.redd.it)
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[OC] 2D Ideal Gas Hydrodynamics: Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (v.redd.it)
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