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Chapter 7
Conservation of Energy (cont’d)
Mechanical energy conservation
Examples
Work by non-conservative forces
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Mechanical energy is of two forms:
kinetic (by motion)
potential (by relative positions)
kinetic  potential transformable.
Both of the ability to do work (work-energy theorem).
Energies in Nature
come with several (known) forms:
Mechanical; Electromagnetic & Chemical (heat);
Atomic or nuclear …
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Recollect: Conservation of Energy
• If only conservative forces are present, the total kinetic plus
potential energy of a system is conserved.
 Mechanical Energy = Potential Energy (U) + Kinetic Energy (K)
Conservative forces interchange U  K (work done), but
E = K + U is a constant.
ΔE = ΔK + ΔU = 0
Work-kinetic energy theorem: ΔK = W
thus
ΔU = -W, for conservative forces only.
• But, if non-conservative forces act, then energy can be
dissipated in other forms (heat, for example)
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Example: The simple pendulum
• Suppose we release a mass m from rest a height h1 above its
lowest possible elevation. Assuming no friction (air drag):
– What is the maximum speed of the mass and where does
this happen?
– To what elevation h2 does it rise on the other side?
m
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Example: The simple pendulum
• Total mechanical energy: E = ½mv2 + mgy
– Initially, y = h1 and v = 0, so E = mgh1.
– Since E = mgh1 initially, and energy is conserved,
E = mgh1 at all times.
y
m
h1
y=0
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Example: The simple pendulum
E = ½mv2 + mgy
Velocity is maximum where potential energy is lowest,
at bottom of the swing.
So, at y = 0, ½mv2 = mgh1  v2 = 2gh1  v = (2gh1)1/2
y
m
h1
y=0
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Example: The simple pendulum
• To find maximum elevation on other side, note that
maximum is reached when v=0. Since E = mgh1, and
maximum potential energy on right is mgh2, h2=h1.
The ball returns to its original height.
y
m
h1
h2
y=0
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Example: Airtrack and Glider
• A glider of mass M is initially at rest on a horizontal frictionless
track. A mass m is attached to it with a massless string hung
over a massless pulley as shown. What is the speed v of M
after m has fallen a distance d?
v
M
m
d
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Example: Airtrack and Glider
• Kinetic + potential energy is conserved since all forces are
conservative.
• Choose initial configuration to have U=0.
ΔK = -ΔU
2mgd
1
2
m  M v  mgd  v 
2
mM
v
M
m
d
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Problem: Toy car
• A toy car slides on a frictionless track shown below. It starts at
rest, drops a height d, moves horizontally at speed v1, rises a
height h, and ends up moving horizontally with speed v2.
– Find v1 and v2.
v2
d
h
v1
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Problem: Toy car
• K+U is conserved, so ΔK = -ΔU
• When the elevation decreases a distance D,
ΔU = -mgd, ΔK = ½mv12.
• Solving for the speed:
v1  2gd

d
v2  2g(d  h)
v2

h
v1
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A projectile of mass m is propelled from ground level
with an initial kinetic energy of 450 J. At the exact top
of its trajectory, its kinetic energy is 250 J. To what
height, in meters, above the starting point does the
projectile rise? Assume air resistance is negligible.
A) 50/(mg)
B) 250/(mg)
C) 700/(mg)
K1  U1  K 2  U 2 , with U i =mgh i
So mg(h 2 -h1 )=K1 -K 2
h 2 -h1 =(K1 -K 2 )/(mg)
E) 350/(mg)
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Question
• A box sliding on a horizontal frictionless surface runs into a
fixed spring, compressing it to a distance x1 from its relaxed
position while momentarily coming to rest.
– If the initial speed of the box were doubled and its mass
were halved, what would be the distance x2 that the spring
would compress?
A) x2=x1
B) x2=x1√2
C) x2=2x1
½ kx2 = ½ mv2,
Thus v = x(k/m)1/2  x = v(m/k)1/2
So, 2v and m/2 increases x by √2.
x
Non-conservative forces:
• If the work done does not depend on the path
taken, the force is said to be conservative.
• If the work done does depend on the path taken,
the force is said to be non-conservative.
• An example of a non-conservative force is friction.
Work done is proportional to the length of the path!
– The mechanical energy is converted to heat.
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Spring pulls on mass: with friction
• Suppose spring pulls on block, but now there is a nonzero
coefficient of friction μ between the block and the floor.
• The total work done on the block is now the sum of the work
done by the spring, Ws (same as before), and the work done
by the friction Wf,
Wf  f  r  mgd
(not related to either kinetic energy or potential energy)
Work-energy theorem now reads: Wnet = Wcons + Wf = ΔK
r

m
stretched position (at rest)
d
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Spring pulls on mass: with friction
• Knowing
Wnet = Ws + Wf = ΔK
1 2
1 2
Wf  mgd
Ws  kd
K  mv r
2
2
1 2
1 2
kd  mgd  mv r
2
2

k 2
vr 
d  2gd
m
r


m
stretched position (at rest)
d
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Many forms of energy:
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Question
Which statement is true?
A. Mechanical energy (U+K) is always conserved
B. Total energy is always conserved
C. Potential energy is always conserved
Energy of one form can be converted to
another form, but the total energy remains
the same.
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Newton’s laws  Conservation of energy
F = m dv/dt = m dv/dx v
F dx = m v dv
When Fnc=0, then –ΔU = ΔEk
But Conservation of energy is more broadly applicable
than Newton’s laws
• Newton’s laws do not apply to systems that are fast-moving close to
the speed of light (where Einstein’s theory of relativity applies)
and to very small systems
(where quantum mechanics applies),
but conservation of energy is always valid.
Conservation laws are the consequence of symmetries:
Energy conservation  Time translation invariance.
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