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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/08%3A_C8)_Conservation_of_Energy-_Kinetic_and_Gravitational/8.02%3A_Conservative_InteractionsThe interaction responsible for this change in the object’s kinetic energy is, of course, the gravitational interaction between it and the Earth, so we are going to say that the “missing” kinetic ener...The interaction responsible for this change in the object’s kinetic energy is, of course, the gravitational interaction between it and the Earth, so we are going to say that the “missing” kinetic energy is temporarily stored as gravitational potential energy of the system formed by the Earth and the object.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/09%3A_C9)_Potential_Energy-_Graphs_and_Springs/9.02%3A_Potential_Energy_FunctionsIt is a consequence of the principle of conservation of momentum that, if the interaction between two particles can be described by a potential energy function, this should be a function only of their...It is a consequence of the principle of conservation of momentum that, if the interaction between two particles can be described by a potential energy function, this should be a function only of their relative position, that is, the quantity \(x_1 − x_2\) (or \(x_2 − x_1\)), and not of the individual coordinates, \(x_1\) and \(x_2\), separately 4 . The example of the spring in the previous section illustrates this, whereas the gravitational potential energy example shows how this can be simplif…
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Merrimack_College/Conservation_Laws_Newton's_Laws_and_Kinematics_version_2.0/09%3A_C9)_Potential_Energy-_Graphs_and_Springs/9.02%3A_Potential_Energy_FunctionsIt is a consequence of the principle of conservation of momentum that, if the interaction between two particles can be described by a potential energy function, this should be a function only of their...It is a consequence of the principle of conservation of momentum that, if the interaction between two particles can be described by a potential energy function, this should be a function only of their relative position, that is, the quantity \(x_1 − x_2\) (or \(x_2 − x_1\)), and not of the individual coordinates, \(x_1\) and \(x_2\), separately 4 . The example of the spring in the previous section illustrates this, whereas the gravitational potential energy example shows how this can be simplif…
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Merrimack_College/Conservation_Laws_Newton's_Laws_and_Kinematics_version_2.0/08%3A_C8)_Conservation_of_Energy-_Kinetic_and_Gravitational/8.02%3A_Conservative_Interactionswhere \(K\) is the total, macroscopic, kinetic energy; \(U\) the sum of all the applicable potential energies associated with the system’s internal interactions; \(E_{source}\) is any kind of internal...where \(K\) is the total, macroscopic, kinetic energy; \(U\) the sum of all the applicable potential energies associated with the system’s internal interactions; \(E_{source}\) is any kind of internal energy (such as chemical energy) that is not described by a potential energy function, but can increase the system’s mechanical energy; and \(E_{diss}\) stands for the contents of the “dissipated energy reservoir”—typically thermal energy.
