Tuesday, 28 April 2020

newtonian mechanics - Work-energy theorem and Conservation of energy formula


We have Wnet=ΔK(workenergytheorem) And also Wnet=ΔK+ΔU(Conservationofenergyformula) How's that happening?


In proof for bernoulli's equation there's a place which they say:ΔW=ΔEwhichΔW does not contain work of gravity and however it's related to external or internal energy but I can't understand? You can see the proof here: http://www.4physics.com/phy_demo/bernoulli-effect-equation.html



Answer



This is a nice example of why notation matters.


You know there are two types of forces: non-conservative and conservative forces.



Let's call Wcons the work done by conservative forces. Let's call WNC the work done by the rest.


The work-energy theorem states that


W=ΔEk


However, this work is the total work. This can be splitted in two parts: W=Wcons+Wnc. So


ΔEk=Wcons+Wnc


Now, we define a quantity called Ep such taht Wcons=ΔEp. The minus sign is a convention, but it is important to keep it in mind. Hence


ΔEk=Wcons+Wnc ΔEk=ΔEp+Wnc ΔEk+ΔEp=Wnc


So your "net" work refers only to non conservative forces in your second equation.


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