Kinetic and potential energy

Introduction William Rankine, a 19th-century Scottish engineer and physicist, coined the term “potential energy.” There are various different types of potential energy, all of which are linked to different sorts of forces. Potential energy is the energy that an object has as a result of its position in relation to other objects. The position of […]

Energy of a body can be defined as its capacity to do work. Energy can be of various types like thermal energy, mechanical energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, etc. Kinetic energy is the energy of the body by the virtue of its motion. It can exist in many forms – vibrational, rotational, or translational. At

Kinetic energy is the amount of work an object does by its motion to accelerate it from rest to a particular desired velocity.  It is a scalar quantity, and it is often described by magnitude. The SI unit of kinetic energy is Joule, and 1 Joule is equivalent to 1 kg.m2.s-2. The CGS unit of

The term kinetic energy can be defined as the energy that is possessed by an object due to motion. It is, therefore, the force needed to make an object accelerate which has a particular mass to its required velocity. When the body gains this energy from acceleration, it maintains this energy until an external speed

Introduction The term kinetic energy can be defined as the energy that is possessed by an object due to motion. It is, therefore, the force needed to make an object accelerate which has a particular mass to its required velocity. When the body gains this energy from acceleration, it maintains this energy until an external

In general terms, the word ‘energy’ means the ability to take action.  Scottish engineer and physicist submitted the term potential energy in the 19th century. Potential energy correlates with the effects on the body; therefore,  the total amount of work these forces exert on the body depends on the body’s first and last postures. Such

There are two forms of energy – potential energy and kinetic energy. This potential energy can be gravitational, magnetic, electrical, and chemical. Gravitational self-energy is the work done to bring all the particles from infinity to form an object. Under gravitational self-energy, the work done is not under acceleration. Since the gravitational force is negative,

The capacity of doing work by a body is known as energy. In earlier classes, we have learnt that there are different types of energies. For example, heat, chemical, nuclear, mechanical, gravitational, and solar are all types of energy. The SI unit of energy is the joule. Since our topic is mechanical energy, we will

We have seen that any object on which work is done has an amount of mechanical energy. If it is stationary, like a poised pile driver, it is said to have potential energy. We define potential energy as the energy possessed by reason of level or position. The energy we spend in moving about is

Introduction The ability to do work is called energy. Energy is required for every object to perform the job, and even when the object is at rest, it requires energy. Energy is such an important factor. The SI unit of energy is Joule. There are different forms of energy, such as kinetic energy and potential