Sal graphs elastic potential energy and kinetic energy for a mass on a spring and compares the total energy when with and without dissipative forces (friction).

If it's something elastic like a bouncy ball, the energy will temporarily be stored as elastic potential energy in the ball, and then convert back into kinetic as the ball springs up.

Overview of equations and skills for the energy of simple harmonic oscillators, including how to find the elastic potential energy and kinetic energy over time.

"Energy" is a word that's used a lot. Here, you'll learn about how it's one of the most useful concepts in physics. Along the way, we'll talk about work, kinetic energy, potential energy, and conservation of …

To check your understanding and work toward mastering these concepts, check out the exercise on calculating spring force and the exercise on calculating elastic potential energy.

Gravity has the capacity to do work, therefore it has potential energy/ So when we say that the ball has potential energy, do we mean that it's being subjected to grvatitaional potential energy?

Overview of equations and skills for the energy of simple harmonic oscillators, including how to find the elastic potential energy and kinetic energy over time.

How can we calculate elastic potential energy for an ideal spring? Our article on Hooke's law and elasticity discusses how the magnitude of the force F due to an ideal spring depends linearly on the …

In this hands-on activity, students will investigate the behavior of a bouncing ball to deepen their knowledge of energy transformations and transfers. Students will then apply their results to explain …

Learn how potential energy is stored in systems of objects that interact through gravitational, electric, or magnetic fields. Discover how changing the arrangement of objects in a system affects the system's …