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Physics: Post your doubts here!

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Hey can anyone tell me that why do we use average force for strain energy i.e 1/2×F×e2
.....i mean isn't the extension produced by the full force rather than half the force (average force)....pls help me asap...thanks in advance ✊
 
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Hey can anyone tell me that why do we use average force for strain energy i.e 1/2×F×e2
.....i mean isn't the extension produced by the full force rather than half the force (average force)....pls help me asap...thanks in advance ✊
The work done is basically the area under the graph ... And its a triangle so the formula works that way.
Practically speaking, if we use force at any given point, we'd only be calculating the energy held at that particular point ... Like the instantaneous energy or sth ... So we need to take avg force to calc the overall strain energy held by the spring.

I'm not 100% sure abt this ... So if anyone can confirm, it wud be good.
 
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I know what a horizontal line is. :p I don't get why.
Lol. :p

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consider the point X. the blue line + green line + orange line + purple line = one cycle.

0.25 = quarter cycle.

so quarter cycle = blue line only.

if you do the same for all the other points on the wave, you'll see that after quarter cycle all the points will lie on the red line.

I hope i'm successful this time :p
 
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Lol. :p

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consider the point X. the blue line + green line + orange line + purple line = one cycle.

0.25 = quarter cycle.

so quarter cycle = blue line only.

if you do the same for all the other points on the wave, you'll see that after quarter cycle all the points will lie on the red line.

I hope i'm successful this time :p
Yes,thank you for taking the time!
 
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why will the change in potential energy and the change in kinetic energy be equal??

Conservation of energy. Total energy of an isolated system remains same (all forms in which energy is lost will be gained in other forms).
Here, there are only two energies that we need to consider, i.e, the kinetic energy and electric potential energy ... so loss in one equals the gain in other.
 
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Conservation of energy. Total energy of an isolated system remains same (all forms in which energy is lost will be gained in other forms).
Here, there are only two energies that we need to consider, i.e, the kinetic energy and electric potential energy ... so loss in one equals the gain in other.

thnx.. but can you pls help with the calculation part??
 
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