Wed. 6.8-.10, 12,13 Introducing Potential Energy ...
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6.8-.10, 12,13 Introducing Potential Energy, Gravitational
6.11, 14-17 Visualizing Electric and Rest Energy
RE 6.c
RE 6.d,e
Mon.
Tues.
Things Engineers and Physicists Do
EP6, HW6: Ch 6 Pr’s
58, 59, 91, 99(a-c),
105(a-c)
motion is neither created nor destroyed, but transferred via interactions.
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22 Energy Work
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Accounting for Interactions internal to the system – change in potential energy.
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Energy and internal interactions
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Unlike Internal Forces, Internal Work’s don’t necessarily cancel.
For Example…
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Energy and internal interactions
Work on/by Pair of Particles
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Energy and internal interactions
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Potential Energy
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extsystemsystem WE
Say we have an isolated system, so there are no external
interactions. If the sum of particle energies increases by 50 J,
what must be the change in the system’s potential energy?
Work on/by
Pair of Particles
1
2
21F
12F
12r
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Potential Energy Change of
Pair of Particles
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Potential Energy is shared by members of a system
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System
Energy and internal interactions
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systemU 2,1U 3,2U 1,3U
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Say you have a system of 4
particles; in the system’s total
energy expression, how may pair-
wise potential energy terms (like
U1,2) are there?
(it may help to write them out)
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
e) 10
f) 12
g) 14
h) 16
Write the energy of a system containing four particles, including the relativistic
particle energies E1 etc. plus the potential energy pairs U12 etc.
A spacecraft travels from near the Earth
toward the Moon. How many gravitational
potential energy terms Ug are there in the
Energy Principle?
System: Earth, Moon, spacecraft
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 6
e) 0
A thrown ball
heads straight up.
SYSTEM: Ball
What is the work done by the
surroundings?
1) 0
2) mgy
3) –mgy
4) something else
A thrown ball heads straight up.
SYSTEM: Ball + Earth
What is the work done by the
surroundings?
1) 0
2) mgy
3) –mgy
4) something else
A thrown ball heads straight up.
SYSTEM: Ball + Earth
What is the change in
potential energy?
1) 0
2) mgy
3) –mgy
4) something else
You drop a metal ball from 1 m up. How fast is it going just before it hits the
ground?
System= ball+Earth extsystemWE
Earth & Ball Revisited
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Active members of
environment = none
(neglecting air’s resistance)
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ymgF EarthBallˆ
m1y
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0,.., bEbEbrestErestbE UKKEEENot changing
ibfbb KKK .. Pretty sure v<<c, so 2
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ymgmv f 2
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initial
final
0
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Constant force, so…
ymgU bE ,Pause and Consider:
does sign make sense?
0,, bEbbE UKE
𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟
𝑔𝑦
Visualizing Energy
𝐹 𝐸 = 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ′𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙
𝐹 𝐴 = 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑖𝑟′𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔
𝑣 = 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
𝐾 = 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙′𝑠 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦
𝑈 = 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 & 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ′𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦
𝑈 + 𝐾
Thinking about Potential Energy
Work is something you do
Potential is something you have
Example: Work-Study Contract
Energy of Configuration
The Physics is in the change in Potential
Have vs. Do
A ball of mass 0.1 kg is dropped
from rest near the Earth.
The ball travels downward 2 m,
speeding up.
SYSTEM: Ball
What is the work done by
the surroundings?
a) 0
b) + 1.96 J
c) – 1.96 J
A ball of mass 0.1 kg is dropped
from rest near the Earth.
The ball travels downward 2 m,
speeding up.
SYSTEM: Ball + Earth
What is the work done by
the surroundings?
a) 0
b) + 1.96 J
c) – 1.96 J
A cart on a track connected by a string,
over a pulley to a weight that hangs off the
edge of the table.
SYSTEM: cart + weight + Earth
How many energy terms (rest, kinetic, potential) are
in the initial work-energy relation? Include ones that
probably aren’t changing.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4 d) 5
e) 6
f) 7
g) 8
h) 9
i) 10
0 wcwEcEwcEwrestcrestErest UUUKKKEEE ,,,...
Fun with near-Earth Gravitation System= Earth + cart + weight
Active surrounds = negligible
(ignoring friction and energy
invested in spinning up the pulley)
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wc
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2Pause:
reasonable dependences?
If it starts from rest, how quickly is the 0.54-kg cart
moving once the 0.20-kg weight has fallen 0.50m?
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Fun with near-Earth Gravitation System= Earth + ball
Active surrounds = negligible
a) If it is thrown and caught at the same elevation, how are
the initial and final speeds related?
0 bEbEbrestErest UKKEE ,..
gssurroundinbEbE WE ,, 0
022 ibfb vv ..
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0222 ifibfb yygvv ..
They’re the same.
b) Say at a certain instant, the ball is moving 6 m/s and at an
elevation of 10 m. How fast is it going when it is at 5 m?
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ifibfb yygvv 22
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c) If it were thrown straight up and it peaked at around 5.1m
above the launch height (in the ball park of what happened in
lab), what must have been it’s launch / initial speed?
0222 ifibfb yygvv ..
ifib yygv 2. smmsm 1015892 2 ./.
Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
Potential Energy
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Warning: the physics is in
the change not the value
Rocket to the Moon
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rm
rmr
System= Earth + rocket + Moon
Active members of environment = negligible
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mv
rv
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0,,,, extrmErmE WENot or negligibly changing
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Final: on Moon Surface
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Rocket to the Moon
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Err
rm
rmr
System= Earth + rocket + Moon
Active members of environment = negligible
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0,,,, extrmErmE WENot or negligibly changing
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Initial: on Earth Surface
Final: on Moon Surface
Kr
Ur,E+ Ur,M
Kr+Ur,E+ Ur,M
Rocket not quite to the Moon Em
Err
rm
System= Earth + rocket
Active members of environment = negligible
Ev
rv
0 rErErestrrestE UKKEE ,..
0 extrErE WE ,,
Not or negligibly changing
0 rEr UK ,
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Final: …
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frEfrirEir UKUK .,..,.
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Wed.
Fri.
6.8-.10, 12,13 Introducing Potential Energy, Gravitational
6.11, 14-17 Visualizing Electric and Rest Energy
RE 6.c
RE 6.d,e
Mon.
Tues.
Things Engineers and Physicists Do
EP6, HW6: Ch 6 Pr’s
58, 59, 91, 99(a-c),
105(a-c)
motion is neither created nor destroyed, but transferred via interactions.
all
f
i
syssysif rdFmcmc
22 Energy Work
WE
Accounting for Interactions internal to the system – change in potential energy.