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Mechanical Energy

Mechanical Energy. Kinetic energy Potential Gravitational Energy Potential Elastic Energy. DEFINITION OF GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY The gravitational potential energy PE is the energy that an object of mass m has by virtue of its position relative to the

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Mechanical Energy

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  1. Mechanical Energy • Kinetic energy • Potential Gravitational Energy • Potential Elastic Energy

  2. DEFINITION OF GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY The gravitational potential energy PE is the energy that an object of mass m has by virtue of its position relative to the surface of the earth. That position is measured by the height h of the object relative to an arbitrary zero level:

  3. Compare gravitational energies. Can they all be equal? Can the navy ball have more PE than the green one?

  4. A 5.0-kg object is sliding down (staring at rest) a 5.0 m incline that is making a 30.0o angle with the horizontal. Find the final velocity of the block. Find the final kinetic energy of the block. Compare it to the initial PE of the block.

  5. Elastic Potential Energy Elastic potential energy – energy in a stretched or compressed elastic object k – spring constant x – distance of deformation

  6. A Gymnast on a Trampoline What kinds of mechanical energy are involved in this activity??

  7. A Gymnast on a Trampoline The 65.0kg gymnast leaves the trampoline at an initial height of 1.20 m and reaches a maximum height of 4.80 m before falling back down. What was the initial speed of the gymnast?How much potential elastic energy did the trampoline store? If the trampoline was stretched down by 30.0 cm, and the mass of the what is the k for the material?

  8. Conservation of energy • Mechanical energy is conserved in the absence of non-conservative forces. DEFINITION OF A CONSERVATIVE FORCE Version 1 A force is conservative when the work it does on a moving object is independent of the path between the object’s initial and final positions. Version 2 A force is conservative when it does no work on an object moving around a closed path, starting and finishing at the same point.

  9. 6.4 Conservative Versus Nonconservative Forces

  10. Version 1 A force is conservative when the work it does on a moving object is independent of the path between the object’s initial and final positions.

  11. Version 2 A force is conservative when it does no work on an object moving around a closed path, starting and finishing at the same point.

  12. In normal situations both conservative and nonconservative forces act simultaneously on an object, so the work done by the net external force can be written as

  13. THE WORK-ENERGY THEOREM

  14. If the net work on an object by nonconservative forces is zero, then its energy does not change:

  15. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY The total mechanical energy (E = KE + PE) of an object remains constant as the object moves, provided that the net work done by external nononservative forces is zero.

  16. 6.5 The Conservation of Mechanical Energy

  17. Example 8 A Daredevil Motorcyclist A motorcyclist is trying to leap across the canyon by driving horizontally off a cliff 38.0 m/s. Ignoring air resistance, find the speed with which the cycle strikes the ground on the other side.

  18. 6.5 The Conservation of Mechanical Energy

  19. Conceptual Example 9 The Favorite Swimming Hole The person starts from rest, with the rope held in the horizontal position, swings downward, and then lets go of the rope. Three forces act on him: his weight, the tension in the rope, and the force of air resistance. Can the principle of conservation of energy be used to calculate his final speed?

  20. Example 11 Fireworks Assuming that the nonconservative force generated by the burning propellant does 425 J of work, what is the final speed of the rocket. Ignore air resistance.

  21. DEFINITION OF AVERAGE POWER Average power is the rate at which work is done, and it is obtained by dividing the work by the time required to perform the work.

  22. Constant Force Variable Force

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