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Title: Energy conservation: potential/kinetic energy Post by: Fu-Kwun Hwang on June 07, 2005, 03:56:56 pm This applet simulate many particles slide down at different angle.
Title: Re: Energy conservation: potential/kinetic energy Post by: lookang on June 17, 2008, 02:12:34 pm This applet simulate many particles slide down at different angle. How does this show the concept of Energy conservation: potential/kinetic energy ? with some explanation i should be able to make creative common it into something that schools can get students to explore themselves :) For your consideration ;) Title: Re: Energy conservation: potential/kinetic energy Post by: Fu-Kwun Hwang on June 17, 2008, 03:09:47 pm The blue curves show blue(i)=(1/2)m*vi2/(m*g), while black curves are black(i)=yi.
For each pair of curves, you will find blue(i)+black(i)=constant. So it is corresponds to conservation of energy. You can also draw curves for (1/2)m*vi2 and m*g*yi, and you will find the sum are the same for all the curves. What I did was just change the unit to be (m*g). So I draw (1/2)m*vi2/(m*g) and yi-- vertical position of particle. |