Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
This conservation of mechanical energy physics video goes over a comparison of the potential and kinetic energy of an object as it moves along two different paths. In the first case we investigate a ball rolling down a ramp. The second case looks at the example of a roller coaster car as it moves along the coaster track.
In both cases there is a continuous conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy and then back again. Because there are no nonconservative forces such as friction the total mechanical energy of the object always remains the same
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06:35 Roller Coaster Example
This conservation of mechanical energy physics video goes over a comparison of the potential and kinetic energy of an object as it moves along two different paths. In the first case we investigate a ball rolling down a ramp. The second case looks at the example of a roller coaster car as it moves along the coaster track.
In both cases there is a continuous conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy and then back again. Because there are no nonconservative forces such as friction the total mechanical energy of the object always remains the same
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Chapters:
00:00 The Basics
0:55 Ramp Example
06:35 Roller Coaster Example
