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Kinetic energy
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Kinetic energy
 The cars of a roller coaster reach their maximum kinetic energy when at the

bottom of the path. When they start rising, the kinetic energy begins to be

converted to gravitational potential energy. The sum of kinetic and potential

energy in the system remains constant, ignoring losses to friction.

Common symbols KE, Ek, or T

SI unit joule (J)

Derivations from Ek = 1/2mv2

other quantities Ek = Et + Er

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Unknown painter: Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) with a pair of compasses in her right hand. She was the first to publish the relation for

kinetic energy  . This means that an object with twice the speed hits four times - 2x2 - harder.

In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion.[1] It is defined as

the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during
its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes. The same amount of work is done by the
body when decelerating from its current speed to a state of rest. Formally, a kinetic energy is any term in a
system's Lagrangian which includes a derivative with respect to time. [2][3]

In classical mechanics, the kinetic energy of a non-rotating object of mass m traveling at a speed v is  .

In relativistic mechanics, this is a good approximation only when v is much less than the speed of light.
The standard unit of kinetic energy is the joule, while the English unit of kinetic energy is the foot-pound.

Contents

 1History and etymology

 2Overview
 3Newtonian kinetic energy
o 3.1Kinetic energy of rigid bodies
 3.1.1Derivation
 3.1.1.1Without vectors and calculus
  3.1.1.2With vectors and calculus
o 3.2Rotating bodies
o 3.3Kinetic energy of systems
o 3.4Fluid dynamics
o 3.5Frame of reference
o 3.6Rotation in systems
 4Relativistic kinetic energy
o 4.1General relativity
 5Kinetic energy in quantum mechanics
 6See also
 7Notes
 8References
 9External links