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Energy Conservation

(Book: 5.9)

The energy equation in words: the change of energy of a material region is the net work done on the region and heat added to the region.

Lagrangian formulation:

Note: we will account for gravity as an external force doing work, rather than using gravitational potential energy.


 
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