Principle of

Work and Energy

ES 10 Part III
Lecture 4

Work in Motion

Motion due to Energy

Work

Energy transferred by a force to a body along a

certain displacement/distance parallel to the force
=

Power

Work done per unit time

Power

Work done per unit time

Same amount of work

Different time
Different Power

Power

Energy
Capacity of a system to do work

Kinetic Energy
Energy in motion
1
2
=
2

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Potential Energy
Stored energy in a body at a certain position

Gravitational
Potential Energy

Elastic
Potential Energy

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Gravitational Potential Energy

Stored energy in a body due to its vertical
distance from a certain reference (datum)

=
m = mass of the body
g = acc. due to gravity
h = vertical distance
from datum
ground = datum

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Elastic Potential Energy

Stored energy in an elastic body due to
stretching or compression

1
=
2

k = elastic constant
Lf = stretched/
compressed length
Lo = unstretched length

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Total Mechanical Energy

= + +

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Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed
Total energy of a system is constant*

1 = 2
+ 1 = +

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Law of Conservation of Energy

+

= +

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Law of Conservation of Energy

+

= +

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Work Energy Principle

The change in total mechanical energy from one point
to another is equal to the work done on the system

12
P1
m

h
P2

1
2
1 = 1 = 0
2
1 =
1
2
2 = 2
2
2 =?

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Work Energy Principle

12 = +

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Work Energy Principle

12 = +

Apply work to
put it to rest,
KE=0

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Work Energy Principle

Principle of
Work and Energy
ES 10 Part III
Lecture 4