Work, Energy and Power

For work to be done:  

1) Displacement
2) Force in the direction of displacement
The incremental work (due to single force):
Example
Example(Cont.)
ENERGY
•Work-Energy
  Principle
Net work done by all external forces to move an object from one point
to another is equal to the change in kinetic energy:

Where is the initial velocity and is the final velocity. are initial and
final kinetic energies.
Gravitational Potential Energy

Where
is the height above the reference point, like the ground.
Work-Energy Theorem
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 A forceis conservative if the work it does in moving an object around

closed path is zero.
Conservative forces have some potential energy associated with them:
force of gravity, , is associated with the gravitational potential
energy, ;
Spring force, , is associated with the spring potential energy, .
A force is non-conservative if the work it does around a closed path is
not zero, e.g. friction
Example 2
Example 2(Cont.)
Work-Energy Theorem
Example(continued)