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The work done by the conservative force for a closed path is

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Important Points to Remember in Chapter -1 - Work, Energy and Power from Tamil Nadu Board Physics Standard 11 Vol I Solutions

1. Dot product of two vector:

(i) Dot product or scalar product of two vectors A and B is defined as A.B=A×B×cosθ, where θ is the angle between A and B

(ii) A=Axi^+Ayj^+Azk^ and B=Bxi^+Byj^+Bzk^ then, A.B=AxBx+AyBy+AzBz

(iii) Work done by a constant force, W=F.s

(iv) Work done by a variable force dW=F.ds

2. Relation between kinetic energy and momentum: 

Relation between momentum and kinetic energy, KE=P22m and P=2m×KE, where P is linear momentum

3. Potential energy:

(i) Potential energy (U) and force are related as, U1U2dU=-r1r2F.dr i.e., U2-U1=-r1r2F.dr=-W where W is the work done by the conservative force.

(ii) Conservative force can be found from potential energy using the equation, F(x)=-dUdx

3. Work energy theorem:

According to work-energy theorem, the net work done on a body is equal to the change in the kinetic energy, Wnet=ΔKE

4. Power:

(i) Power is the rate of work done, P=dWdt

(ii) The average power delivered by an agent is given by Pav=Wt

(iii) Instantaneous power, P=FdSdt=FdSdt=F.V

5. Conservation of energy:

According to conservation of mechanical energy, the total mechanical energy of an isolated system is conserved if the internal forces are conservative.

6. Collisions:

(i) The total momentum of a system remains constant during a collision.

(ii) Gravitational force and spring force are always non-impulsive during collision.

(iii) Total energy is conserved in an elastic collision.

(iv) The energy lost is maximum in a perfectly inelastic collision.

(v) The two equations which we can use in a collision are: m1u1+m2u2=m1v1+m2v2 and e(u1-u2)=v2-v1.

(vi) e is the coefficient of restitution. It is 1 for elastic collision, 0 for perfectly inelastic collision and for inelastic collision it will be between 0 and 1.