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Reading a Potential Energy CurveOnce again we consider a particle that is part of a system in which a conservative force acts. This time suppose that the particle is constrained to move along an x axis while the conservative force does work on it. We can learn a lot about the motion of the particle from a plot of the system's potential energy U(x). However, before we discuss such plots, we need one more relationship. Finding the Force Analytically Equation 8-6 tells us how to find the change For one-dimensional motion, the work
Solving for
-which is the relation we sought. We can check this result by putting The Potential Energy Curve Figure 8-10a is a plot of a potential energy function
Date: 2015-01-12; view: 1357
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