Raymond A.

Serway
Chris Vuille

Topic 5:Chapter
EnergyThree
Vectors and
By: Nor Faridah Hanim bte Mat Junit
Two-Dimensional Motion
 Work, Energy and Power
5.1 Work
5.2 Kinetic Energy & work energy theorem
5.3 Gravitational Potential Energy
5.4 Gravity & Nonconservative forces
5.5 Spring potential energy
5.6 System and energy conservation
5.7 Power
5.8 Work done by a varying force.
 5.1: Work
• In physics, work is done only if an object is
moved through some displacement while a
force is applied to it.
• The work, W, done by a constant force during
a linear displacement along the x-axis is
W = Fx Δx
• Fx is the x-component of the force and Δx is
the object’s displacement
 Work

• W = F x
– This equation applies
when the force is in the
same direction as the
displacement
 Work, cont.
• This gives no information about
– The time it took for the displacement to occur
– The velocity or acceleration of the object

• Work is a scalar quantity

– So there is no direction associated with it
 Units of Work
• SI
– Newton • meter = Joule
• N•m=J
• J = kg • m2 / s2
• US Customary
– foot • pound
• ft • lb
– no special name
 Work General
• W = (F cos )x
– F is the magnitude of the
force
– Δ x is the magnitude of
the object’s
displacement
–  is the angle between

– Only in x direction.

W=(Fy).x=0
 More About Work
• The work done by a force is zero
when the force is perpendicular
to the displacement
– cos 90° = 0
• If there are multiple forces
acting on an object, the total
work done is the algebraic sum
of the amount of work done by
each force
– W=W1+W2+W…
 More About Work, cont.
• Work can be positive or negative
– Positive if the force and the displacement are in
the same direction
– Negative if the force and the displacement are in
the opposite direction
 Work Can Be Positive or Negative
• Work is positive when
lifting the box

• Work would be negative

if lowering the box
– The force would still be
upward, but the
displacement would be
downward
 Work, Final
• Work doesn’t happen by itself
• Work is done by something in the
environment, on the object of interest
• The forces are constant in the equations used
so far
– Varying force will be discussed later
 5.2: Kinetic Energy
• Energy associated with the motion of an
object of mass m moving with a speed v
•
• Scalar quantity with the same units as work
• Work is related to kinetic energy
 Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
• When work is done by a net force on an object and the only
change in the object is its speed, the work done is equal to
the change in the object’s kinetic energy
•
– Speed will increase if the net work is positive
– Speed will decrease if the net work is negative

Section 5.2
 Work and Kinetic Energy
• An object’s kinetic energy
can also be thought of as
the amount of work the
moving object could do in
coming to rest
– The moving hammer has
kinetic energy and can do
work on the nail, driving it
into the wall.
 Types of Forces
• There are two general kinds of forces
– Conservative
• Work and energy associated with the force can be
recovered
– Nonconservative
• The forces are generally dissipative and work done
against it cannot easily be recovered
 Conservative Forces
• A force is conservative if the work it does on an
object moving between two points is independent of
the path the objects take between the points
– The work depends only upon the initial and final positions
of the object
– Any conservative force can have a potential energy
function associated with it
• Examples of conservative forces include:
– Gravity
– Spring force
– Electromagnetic forces
 More About Conservative Forces
• Potential energy is another way of looking at
the work done by conservative forces

Section 5.2
 Nonconservative Forces
• A force is nonconservative if the work it does
on an object depends on the path taken by
the object between its final and starting
points.
• Examples of nonconservative forces
– Kinetic friction, air drag
 Friction Depends on the Path
• The blue path is shorter
than the red path
• The work required is
less on the blue path
than on the red path
• Friction depends on the
path and so is a non-
conservative force
 Work-Energy Theorem Revisited
• The theorem can be expressed in terms of the
work done by both conservative forces, Wc,
and nonconservative forces, Wnc
• Wc + Wnc = ΔKE
5.3: Gravitational Potential Energy
• Potential energy is associated with the
position of the object within some system
• For every conservative force a potential
energy function can be found
• Evaluating the difference of the function at
any two points in an object’s path gives the
negative of the work done by the force
between those two points
 Gravitational Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy is the energy
associated with the relative position of an
object in space near the Earth’s surface
– Objects interact with the earth through the
gravitational force
– Actually the potential energy is for the earth-
object system
 Work and Gravitational Potential Energy

• PE = mgy
•
• Units of Potential
Energy are the same as
those of Work and
Kinetic Energy
– Joule (J)
 Work-Energy Theorem, Extended
• The work-energy theorem can be extended to
include potential energy:

• If other conservative forces are present, potential

energy functions can be developed for them and
their change in that potential energy added to the
right side of the equation
 Reference Levels for Gravitational Potential
Energy
• A location where the gravitational potential energy is
zero must be chosen for each problem
– The choice is arbitrary since the change in the potential
energy is the important quantity
– Once the position is chosen, it must remain fixed for the
entire problem
– Choose a convenient location for the zero reference height
• Often the Earth’s surface
• May be some other point suggested by the problem
 Reference Levels, cont
• At location A, the desk may
be the convenient reference
level
• At location B, the floor
could be used
• At location C, the ground
would be the most logical
reference level
• The choice is arbitrary,
though
Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• Conservation in general
– To say a physical quantity is conserved is to say that the
numerical value of the quantity remains constant
throughout any physical process, although the quantities
may change form

• In Conservation of Energy, the total mechanical

energy remains constant
 Conservation of Energy, cont.
• Total mechanical energy is the sum of the
kinetic and potential energies in the system

– Other types of potential energy functions can be

added to modify this equation
 Problem Solving with Conservation of
Energy
• Define the system
– Include all interacting bodies
– Verify the absence of nonconservative forces
• Select the location of zero gravitational potential
energy, where y = 0
– Do not change this location while solving the problem
• Select the body of interest and identify two
points
– One point should be where information is given
– The other point should be where you want to find out
something
 Problem Solving, cont
• Apply the conservation of energy equation to
the system
– Identify the unknown quantity of interest
– Immediately substitute zero values, then do the
algebra before substituting the other values
• Solve for the unknown
– Typically a speed or a position
– Substitute known values
– Calculate result
5.4: Gravity & Nonconservative Forces
• If nonconservative forces are present, then
the full Work-Energy Theorem must be used
instead of the equation for Conservation of
Energy
– Do not include both work done by gravity and
gravitation potential energy
• Often techniques from previous chapters will
need to be employed
 5.5: Spring Potential Energy
• The force used in stretching or compressing a
spring is a conservative force
• Involves the spring constant, k
• Hooke’s Law gives the force
– Fs = - k x
• Fs is the restoring force
• Fs is in the opposite direction of x
• k depends on how the spring was formed, the material
it is made from, thickness of the wire, etc.
 Potential Energy in a Spring
• Elastic Potential Energy
– Related to the work required to compress a spring
from its equilibrium position to some final,
arbitrary, position x

–
Spring Potential Energy
• A) The spring is in
equilibrium, neither
stretched or compressed

• B) The spring is compressed,

storing potential energy

• C) The block is released and

the potential energy is
transformed to kinetic
energy of the block
 Work-Energy Theorem Including a Spring

• Wnc = (KEf – KEi) + (PEgf – PEgi) + (PEsf – PEsi)

– PEg is the gravitational potential energy

– PEs is the elastic potential energy associated with
a spring
– PE will now be used to denote the total potential
energy of the system
 Conservation of Energy Including a Spring

• Wnc = 0
• An extended form of conservation of
mechanical energy can be used
– The PE of the spring is added to both sides of the
conservation of energy equation
•
• The same problem-solving strategies apply
– Also need to define the equilibrium position of the
spring
 5.6: Systems and Energy Conservation

• When nonconservative forces are present, the total

mechanical energy of the system is not constant
• The work done by all nonconservative forces acting
on parts of a system equals the change in the
mechanical energy of the system
–

– In equation form:
 Nonconservative Forces and Energy
• Storing energy: Kinetic, potential and internal (heat)
energy.

• Other are through work.

• The energy can either cross a boundary or the energy is

transformed into a form of non-mechanical energy such
as thermal energy
– If positive work is done on the system, energy is transferred
from the environment to the system
– If negative work is done on the system, energy is transferred
from the system to the environment
 Transferring Energy
• By Work
– By applying a force
– Produces a displacement of the system
• Heat
– The process of transferring heat by microscopic
collisions between atoms or molecules
– For example, when a spoon rests in a cup of
coffee, the spoon becomes hot because some of
the KE of the molecules in the coffee is transferred
to the molecules of the spoon as internal energy
 Transferring Energy
• Mechanical Waves
– A disturbance propagates through a medium
– Examples include sound, water, seismic
• Electrical transmission
– Transfer by means of electrical current
– This is how energy enters any electrical device
 Transferring Energy
• Electromagnetic radiation
– Any form of electromagnetic waves
• Light, microwaves, radio waves
– Examples
• Cooking something in your microwave oven
• Light energy traveling from the Sun to the Earth
 Notes About Conservation of Energy
• We can neither create nor destroy
energy
– Another way of saying energy is conserved
– If the total energy of the system does not
remain constant, the energy must have
crossed the boundary by some mechanism
– Applies to areas other than physics
 5.7: Power
• Often also interested in the rate at which the energy
transfer takes place
• Power is defined as this rate of energy transfer

• SI units are Watts (W)

–
• P = F v (instantaneous power)
– Both the force and the velocity must be parallel
– They can change with time
 Power Units
• US Customary units are generally hp
– Need a conversion factor

– Can define units of work or energy in terms of

units of power:
• kilowatt hours (kWh) are often used in electric bills
• This is a unit of energy, not power
 Example
What average power would a 1000 kg
speedboat need to go from rest to 20.0 m/s in 5
s, assuming the water exerts a constant drag
force of magnitude 500 N and the acceleration is
constant.

Hint:
1- Find acceleration and displacement (kinematics
equations)
2- Find Wengine , use Wnet=KE, find Wengine
3- Compute average power. Answer: 4.5104 W
 5.8: Work Done by Varying Forces
• The work done by a variable force acting on an
object that undergoes a displacement is equal to
the area under the graph of Fx versus x
 Spring Example
• Spring is slowly
stretched from 0 to xmax
•
•
 Spring Example, cont.
• The work is also equal
to the area under the
curve
• In this case, the “curve”
is a triangle
• A = ½ B h gives W = ½
k(xmax)2 and W = PE