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work energy theorem,work, kinetic energy

 

Work:

Work is said to be done by a force when a body undergoes displacement parallel to the line of action of the force.

SI unit of work : joule ;  CGS unit of work : erg;  1 Joule = 10 ergs : 1 KWh =3.6 x 10 6  J

If a force F acts on a body at an angle and displaces the body through a distance ‘S’ then,

Work (i2tutorials)

 

Work done W = (F Cosθ) S.     

Work is a scalar

 

Work done:

(i)  When θ = 90 º work done is zero

(ii) When 0 < θ < 90 º work done is positive

(iii) When  90 º  < θ  < 180 º work done is negative

 

Conditions for no zero work:

(i) When force is zero

(ii)When displacement is zero

(iii) When angle between force and displacement is

 

Kinetic energy:

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

Kinetic energy (i2tutorials)

Examples:

(1) A vehicle in motion

(2) Water flowing along a river

(3) A bullet fired from a gun

(4) A satellite going around the earth

 

→ A flying bird, moving aeroplane, freely falling body, a body moving on an inclined plane and oscillating pendulum posses both potential energy and kinetic energy.

→ The relation between K.E. and momentum is  Kinetic energy 1 (i2tutorials)

 

Example:

A drop of mass falling from a height of 1.00Km. What is the work done by the gravitational force? (Take g=10ms-2)

 (A) Given, mass =1g=10-3Kg, height=1Km=103m

Work done by gravitational force Kinetic energy 3 (i2tutorials)

 

Example:

In a ballistics demonstration a police officer fires a bullet of mass 50.0g with speed of 200ms-1 on soft plywood of thickness 2.00cm. The bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the emergent speed of bullet?

Kinetic energy 4 (i2tutorials)

 

Example: 

Find the total energy of a body of mass 5kg. Which is at a height of 10m from the earth and falling downward with a velocity of 20m/s (g=10ms-2)

(A) Given, m=5Kg,h=10m, V=20m/s, g=10ms-2

Total energy= Potential energy + Kinetic energy

Kinetic energy 5 (i2tutorials)

 

Work energy theorem:

“The work done on a particle by the net force is equal to the change in its kinetic energy” is known as work energy theorem .

From work energy theorem, Work done

Work energy theorem 1 (i2tutorials)

Proof:

Work energy theorem 5 (i2tutorials)

 

If a body of mass ‘m’ moving with an initial velocity ‘U’ be acted on by a constant force ‘F’ and attains a final velocity ‘V’ after time ‘t’.

From equations of motion, Work energy theorem 2 (i2tutorials)        

Multiplying with Work energy theorem 3 (i2tutorials) on both sides,

Work energy theorem 4 (i2tutorials)

Thus, Work-energy theorem is proved.