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Kinetic energy - (Concept)

  •  Mechanical Energy-

                 Mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy. It is the energy associated with the motion and

                 position of an object.

 

  • Kinetic energy

                 The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion is called kinetic energy.

                 E.g-Moving vehicle possesses kinetic energy.

                 

  1. The expression for kinetic energy             

                    

$
K . E .=\frac{1}{2} m v^2
$


Where $m \rightarrow$ mass
$v \rightarrow$ velocity
2. Kinetic Energy is always positive.
3. Kinetic energy depends on the frame of reference -

The kinetic energy of a person of mass $m$, sitting in a bus moving with speed $v$, is zero in the frame of the bus but it is equal to $\frac{1}{2} m v^2$ in the frame of the earth.
4. Work-energy theorem-

Net work done by all the forces acting on a particle is equal to change in its kinetic energy.

$
\begin{aligned}
W & =\frac{1}{2} m v^2-\frac{1}{2} m v_0^2 \\
W & =k_f-k_i
\end{aligned}
$


$
\begin{aligned}
& \text { Where } m=\text { mass of the body } \\
& \qquad \begin{aligned}
v_0 & =\text { initial velocity } \\
v & =\text { final velocity }
\end{aligned}
\end{aligned}
$
 

       

This theorem is valid for a system in the presence of all types of forces (external or internal, conservative or no conservative).
5. Relation of kinetic energy with linear momentum

$
k=\frac{m v^2}{2}
$

and $\mathrm{P}=\mathrm{mv}$ or $\mathrm{v}=\mathrm{p} / \mathrm{m}$ $\qquad$
put this value of $v$ in equation (1)
Put we get $k=\frac{p^2}{2 m}$
Where $p \rightarrow$ momentum

Exam Chapter
JEE MAIN Work Energy and Power
Physics Part I Textbook for Class XI
Page No. : 121
Line : 44

k_i+V(x_i)=k_f+V(x_f)

The quantity K +V(x), is called the total mechanical energy of the system. Individually the kinetic energy K and the potential energy V(x) may vary from point to point


Concepts of Physics Part-1
Page No. : 122
Line : 54

Understanding Physics (Volume-1)
Page No. : 384
Line : 4

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