1. University Physics: Mechanics
Lecture 12
Ch7. Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
University Physics: Mechanics
Dr.-Ing. Erwin Sitompul
2012

2. Energy
Energy is a number associated with the state (or condition) of a system of one or more objects.
If a force changes one of the objects by making it move, then the energy number is said to be change.
After countless experiments, scientists and engineers realized that energy numbers can be assigned to or withdrawn from a system by conducting a certain scheme.
If planned carefully, the outcomes of the experiments can be predicted and made useful. For example: flying machine, refrigerator, etc.

3. Conservation of Energy
Energy can be transformed from one type to another and transferred from one object to another, but the total amount is always the same. Thus, energy is conserved.

4. Kinetic Energy
Kinetic energy K is energy associated with the state of motion of an object.
The faster the object moves, the greater is its kinetic energy. When the object is stationary, its kinetic energy is zero.
For an object of mass m whose speed v is well below the speed of light,
(kinetic energy)
The SI unit of kinetic energy (and every other type of energy) is joule (J), defined as:

5. Example: Locomotives Crash
In 1896 in Texas, two locomotives were deliberately crashed frontally to each other for a publicity stunt in front of 40,000 spectators. They are parked at opposite ends of a 6.4-km-long track before fired up, and crashed at full speed. Hundreds of people were hurt by flying debris, several were killed.
Assuming each locomotive weighed 1.2×106 N and its acceleration was a constant 0.26 m/s2, what was the total kinetic energy of the two locomotives just before the collision?

6. Example: Locomotives Crash

7. Work
Work W is energy transferred to or from an object by means of a force acting on the object.
Energy transferred to the object is positive work, and energy transferred from the object is negative work.
Work has the same unit as energy, Joule, and is a scalar quantity.

8. Work and Kinetic Energy
The work a force does on an object can be calculated as the object moves through some displacement.
Only the force component along the object’s displacement will be used.
The force component perpendicular to the displacement does zero work.
(work done by a constant force)
We can also write in scalar (dot) product as:
(work done by a constant force)

9. Work and Kinetic Energy
Assumptions must be taken to use these formulas to calculate work done on an object by a force.
The force must be a constant force, not change in magnitude or direction
The object must be particle-like and rigid
The SI unit of work is joule (J), defined as:

10. Flashback: Multiplying Vectors
The Scalar Product → → → →
The scalar product of the vector a and b is written as a·b and defined to be: → →
Because of the notation, a·b is also known as the dot product and is spoken as “a dot b.”
If a is perpendicular to b, means Φ = 90°, then the dot product is equal to zero.
If a is parallel to b, means Φ = 0, then the dot product is equal to ab. → → → →

11. Flashback: Multiplying Vectors
The dot product can be regarded as the product of the magnitude of the first vector and the projection magnitude of the second vector on the first vector

12. Flashback: Multiplying Vectors
When two vectors are in unit vector notation, their dot product can be written as

13. Flashback: Multiplying Vectors→ → ^ ^ ^ ^
What is the angle Φ between a = 3i – 4j and b = –2i + 3k ?
Solution:

14. Example: Calculating Work→
Calculate the work done by F along the direction of displacement Δs, as shown on the next figure. →

15. Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
These statements are known traditionally as the work-kinetic energy theorem for particles.
They hold for both positive and negative work. If the net work done on a particle is positive, then the particle’s kinetic energy increases by the amount of that work. And so as the opposite case.

16. Example: Industrial Spies
Two industrial spies are sliding an initially stationary 225 kg floor safe a displacement d of magnitude 8.5 m, straight toward their truck.
The push F1 of spy 001 is 12 N, directed at an angle of 30° downward from the horizontal; the pull F2 of spy 002 is 10 N, directed at 40° above the horizontal. → → →

17. Example: Industrial Spies→ →
(a) What is the net work done on the safe by forces F1 and F2 during the displacement d? →
F1 = 12 N, F2 = 10 N

18. Example: Industrial Spies
(b) During the displacement, what is the work Wg done on the safe by the gravitational force Fg and what is the work WN done on the safe by the normal force FN from the floor? → →
The forces are perpendicular to the displacement of the safe
They do zero work on the safe and do not transfer any energy to or from it.

19. Example: Industrial Spies
(c) The safe is initially stationary. What is its speed vf at the end of the 8.5 m displacement?

20. Example: Crate of Crepe
During a storm, a crate of crepe is sliding across a slick, oily parking lot through a displacement d = –3 i m while a steady wind pushes against the crate with a force F = 2 i – 6 j N. The situation and coordinate axes are shown on the next figure. → ^ → ^ ^
(a) How much work does this force do on the crate during the displacement?
The force does a negative 6 J of work on the crate
Other way stated, the force transfers 6 J of energy out from the kinetic energy of the crate

21. Example: Crate of Crepe
During a storm, a crate of crepe is sliding across a slick, oily parking lot through a displacement d = –3 m i while a steady wind pushes against the crate with a force F = 2 i – 6 j N. The situation and coordinate axes are shown on the next figure. → ^ → ^ ^
(b) If the crate has a kinetic energy of 10 J at the beginning of displacement d, what is its kinetic energy at the end of d?

22. Work Done by the Gravitational Force
The figure shows a particle-like tomato of mass m that is thrown upward with initial speed v0 and thus with initial kinetic energy Ki = 1/2mv02.
As the tomato rises, it is slowed by a gravitational force Fg; that is, the tomato’s kinetic energy decreases because Fg does work on the tomato as it rises.
The work Wg during displacement d done by the gravitational force Fg is → → → →
(work done by gravitational force)
During the object’s rise, the gravitational force acting on the object transfer energy in the amount mgd from the kinetic energy of the object.
What happens when the tomato falls back down?

23. Work Done in Lifting and Lowering an Object
Now suppose we lift a particle-like object by applying a vertical force F to it.
During the upward displacement, our applied force does positive work Wa on the object while the gravitational force does negative work Wg on it. →
Raising
Lowering
In one common situation, the object is stationary before and after the lift, that means
Raising, f = 180°, Wa > 0, work is exerted
Lowering, f = 0°, Wa < 0, work is received

24. Work Done in Lifting and Lowering an Object
An initially stationary 15.0 kg crate of cheese wheels is pulled, via a cable, a distance d = 5.70 m up a frictionless ramp to a height h of 2.50 m, where it stops.
(a) How much work Wg is done on the crate by the gravitational force Fg during the lift?

25. Work Done in Lifting and Lowering an Object
An initially stationary 15.0 kg crate of cheese wheels is pulled, via a cable, a distance d = 5.70 m up a frictionless ramp to a height h of 2.50 m, where it stops.
(b) How much work WT is done on the crate by the force T from the cable during the lift?

26. Work Done in Lifting and Lowering an Object
An elevator cab of mass m = 500 kg is descending with speed vi = 4.0 m/s when its supporting cable begins to slip, allowing it to fall with constant acceleration a = g/5. → →
(a) During the fall through a distance d = 12 m, what is the work Wg done on the cab by the gravitational force Fg?
(b) During the 12 m fall, what is the work WT done on the cab by the upward pull T of the elevator cable?

27. Work Done in Lifting and Lowering an Object
An elevator cab of mass m = 500 kg is descending with speed vi = 4.0 m/s when its supporting cable begins to slip, allowing it to fall with constant acceleration a = g/5. → →
(c) What is the net work W done on the cab during the fall?
(d) What is the cab’s kinetic energy at the end of the 12 m fall?

28. Exercise Problems
A skier with a mass of 58 kg slides downhill a surface with 25° inclination. Her initial velocity is 3.6 m/s. If she experiences a friction force of 70 N, determine her velocity 57 m further by using work-kinetic energy theorem.
Answer: vf = m/s.
An 8.0-kg object is moving in the positive direction of an x axis. When it passes through x = 0, a constant force directed along the axis begins to act on it. The next figure gives its kinetic energy K versus position x as it moves from x = 0 to x = 5 m. K0 = 30 J.
The forces continues to act. What is v when the object moves back through x = –3 m? Hint: Use work-kinetic energy theorem.
Answer: 3.46 m/s.

29. End of the Lecture