Physics 1135

Lecture 11: Potential Energy

Objectives: In this lecture, students will learn to

• distinguish between conservative and non-conservative forces
• relate force to potential energy
• construct an expression for the potential energy associated with a force
• define the total mechanical energy
• relate the chance in total mechanical energy to the work done by forces not included in potential energies
• apply energy conservation to example problems

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