Concept — Mechanical energy converted into heat through friction.
Present in chapters
04·08b
Linked atoms
25 linked atoms.
02 Forze e leggi di Newton
04 Energia e lavoro
- Friction: from kinetic to thermal
- Thermal energy and specific heat
- Thermal equilibrium
- Worked example — minimum height for the loop
- Worked example — block on an inclined plane with spring and friction
- Forces with and without potential energy
- The work done by friction
- Joule and the mechanical equivalent of heat
- Energy: a currency that is conserved
- Problem — Water and oil at different temperatures
- Problem — Energy balance of an engine
- Problem — Block pushed with friction
- Problem — Conservation of energy with friction
- Problem — Two boys push a crate
- Problem — Work against friction
- Problem — Ball, spring, friction and flight (4 states)
- Problem — Why the pendulum stops
- Problem — Vertical projectile with resistance
- Problem — Volcanic rock in science fiction physics
- Problem — Synthesis: inclined plane and spring
- Problem — Pushing a moving crate
- Problem — Temperature of a car’s brakes
- Multi-state problems
- Summary — which bubble connects what