Engineering Physics 11 min read
Bar Chart Illustrations
One tool which can be utilized to express an understanding of the work-energy theorem is a bar chart. A work-energy…
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Engineering Physics 9 min read
Application and Practice Questions
Lesson 2 has thus far focused on how to analyse motion situations using the work and energy relationship. The relationship…
Engineering Physics 8 min read
Analysis of Situations in Which Mechanical Energy is conserved
It has previously been mentioned that there is a relationship between work and mechanical energy change. Whenever work is done upon an…
Engineering Physics 9 min read
Analysis of Situations Involving External Forces
The previous part discussed the relationship between work and energy change. Whenever work is done upon an object by an external force, there…
Engineering Physics 11 min read
Mechanical Energy as the Ability to Do Work
An object that possesses mechanical energy is able to do work. In fact, mechanical energy is often defined as the…
Engineering Physics 3 min read
Mechanical Energy
It was said previously that work is done upon an object whenever a force acts upon it to cause it…
Engineering Physics 3 min read
Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. An object that has motion – whether it is vertical or horizontal motion –…
Engineering Physics 6 min read
Potential Energy
An object can store energy as the result of its position. For example, the heavy ball of a demolition machine…
Engineering Physics 6 min read
Calculating the Amount of Work Done by Forces
In a previous topic, work was described as taking place when a force acts upon an object to cause a displacement.…
Engineering Physics 9 min read
Definition and Mathematics of Work
Force and mass information were used to determine the acceleration of an object. Acceleration information was subsequently used to determine…