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For some people, the new rather absurd concept of work may be a bit confusing. It is important to take consider of the three so called "ingredients" when determining work. Those ingredients are the force, displacement and a cause. The force must "cause" the change in displacement in order to be doing work. | For some people, the new rather absurd concept of work may be a bit confusing. It is important to take consider of the three so called "ingredients" when determining work. Those ingredients are the force, displacement and a cause. The force must "cause" the change in displacement in order to be doing work. | ||
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While work may seem like a simple concept, it is nonetheless extremely essential in physics calculations as it is a core aspect of a fundamental principle, the conservation of energy. This will be further discussed in the "connections" part where the individual source of energy work takes part to take role in the transfer of energy from the surrounding to a system or from the system to the surrounding to contribute to the conservation of energy. | While work may seem like a simple concept, it is nonetheless extremely essential in physics calculations as it is a core aspect of a fundamental principle, the conservation of energy. This will be further discussed in the "connections" part where the individual source of energy work takes part to take role in the transfer of energy from the surrounding to a system or from the system to the surrounding to contribute to the conservation of energy. | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 5 December 2015
The Main Idea
Work perhaps is a term that most of the people are commonly exposed to. People often use the term "work" to describe their jobs, the amount of energy they had to input to get something done, or even when they describe their gym and their routine exercise. To physicists however, work has a rather specific definition. In physics, work refers to the "efficiency" of the force. A force is doing "work" when acting upon a matter or a particle if it causes the matter to move or change in displacement.
For some people, the new rather absurd concept of work may be a bit confusing. It is important to take consider of the three so called "ingredients" when determining work. Those ingredients are the force, displacement and a cause. The force must "cause" the change in displacement in order to be doing work.
While work may seem like a simple concept, it is nonetheless extremely essential in physics calculations as it is a core aspect of a fundamental principle, the conservation of energy. This will be further discussed in the "connections" part where the individual source of energy work takes part to take role in the transfer of energy from the surrounding to a system or from the system to the surrounding to contribute to the conservation of energy.
A Mathematical Model
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