Chapter 4 Energy and Momentum
In this chapter you will focus on the topics of energy and momentum.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define work
- Define kinetic energy
- Evaluate the relationship between work and kinetic energy
- Represent energy concepts using multiple representations (diagrams, graphs, words, equations)
- Define a system
- Define potential energy for a system
- Define mechanical energy and determine when mechanical energy is conserved in a system
- Analyze a system using a conservation of energy approach
- Draw diagrams useful for analysis of a system using an energy approach
- Analyze energy diagrams depicting the total energy as the sum of potential and kinetic energy
- Analyze systems with work done by dissipative forces such as friction
- Differentiate between conservative and non-conservative forces in an energy framework
- Define momentum
- Define impulse
- Evaluate the relationship between impulse and momentum
- Determine when momentum is conserved
- Analyze systems using a conservation of momentum approach
- Analyze elastic and inelastic collisions
- Analyze explosions using a conservation of momentum approach
- Draw diagrams useful for analysis of a system using momentum approach
- Analyze systems that independently conserve momentum and energy
