Potential Energy of Macroscopic Springs

Ideal Spring

The Main Idea

Since real springs have limits as to stretching or compressing, ideal Springs are used for a both real macroscopic spring and for spring-like interatomic bonds.

A Mathematical Model

{Us = 0.5*ks*s^2}

Examples

Connectedness

1. How is this topic connected to something that you are interested in?

This is the first law of thermodynamics where every energy related goes around with this law, where energy is neither made or destroyed. It is very interesting how energy is just there and is transformed into other energies such as chemical energy that the food in the student center has will transform into kinetic energy when playing tennis after school.

1. How is it connected to your major?

As my major is Chemical Engineering, thermodynamics has many materials in common because of calculating the energy balances toward a reaction. The first law of thermodynamics To work out thermodynamic problems you will need to isolate a certain portion of the universe, the system, from the remainder of the universe, the surroundings.

1. Is there an interesting industrial application?

There was an interesting industrial application where we can calculate the energy required by the machine to pump the fluid out.

History

• William Rankinet
  • The term potential energy was introduced e, although it has links to Greek philosopher Aristotle's concept of potentiality.
  • Scottish engineer and physicist
  • links to Greek philosopher Aristotle's concept of potentiality

See also

Potential Energy Ideal Spring Spring stretch.

References

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