Work Done by a Variable Force
Work Done by a Variable Force: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Work Done by Variable Force and Work as Area under Force-Displacement Graph.
Important Questions on Work Done by a Variable Force
A force , (where is in meters), acts on a particle. Assuming that only kinetic energy is changed the net work done on the particle as it moves from position to

What will be the position at time if the particle starts from rest at origin and the force on the particle of mass is .

A woman pushes a trunk on a railway platform which has a rough surface. She supplies a force of over a distance of . Thereafter, she gets progressively tired and her applied force reduces linearly with distance to . The total distance by which the trunk has been moved is . Calculate the net work done by the two forces over .

A force acting on an object varies with distance x as shown in the figure. The work done by the force in moving the object from to is

Starting from rest, a particle is moving along x-axis. The variation of force with position is shown in figure. Find the Kinetic energy of particle when it is at

A position dependent force Newton acts on a body and displaces it from to . Work done in the process is

A force acts on a body due to which its displacement varies as . Work done by this force in is

The force on a particle as the function of displacement (in -direction) is given by . The work done corresponding to displacement of particle from to unit is

A force . acts on a particle whose position varies as . Work done by this force in initial 1s is:

The spring extends by on loading, then energy stored by the spring is: (If is the tension in spring and is spring constant)

Which one of the following physical quantities is represented by the shaded area in the given graph?

A particle moves under the effect of a force from to . The work done in the process is (treat as a constant)

A force acting on a particle varies with the position as shown in the graph. Find the work done by the force in displacing the particle from to

A block of mass initially at rest at the origin is acted on by a force along the positive -direction represented by . Calculate the work done by the force during the displacement of the block from at

A particle of mass moves along the quarter section of the circular path whose centre is at the origin. The radius of the circular path is . A force acts on the particle, where denote the coordinates of the position of the particle. Calculate the work done by this force in taking the particle from point to point along the circular path.

Which of the following is not a conservative force(s)?
(A)(B)
(C)
(D)

A variable force acts along the axis given by . The work done by the force when a particle of mass moves from to is -

A particle moves along the from to under the influence of a force given by . The work done in the process is-

The relationship between the force and position of a body is as shown in figure. The work done in displacing the body from to will be-

Force acting on a particle moving in a straight line varies with the velocity of the particle as . Here is constant. The work done by this force in time is -
