https://gdpark.blog/tags/potential-energy/Recent content in Potential-Energy on gdpark.blogHugoenThu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-02-work-energy-theorem-and-conservative-forces/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-02-work-energy-theorem-and-conservative-forces/Sneakily deriving the Work-Energy Theorem from Newton’s second law via the chain rule, then defining potential energy and unpacking what conservative forces actually are!https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-03-oscillations-and-damped-harmonic-motion/Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-03-oscillations-and-damped-harmonic-motion/Zoom in on literally any potential with a Taylor expansion and BAM — it’s a spring, which is why oscillations pop up absolutely everywhere in physics.https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-10-the-orbit-equation-via-energy-methods/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/classical-mechanics-10-the-orbit-equation-via-energy-methods/We re-derive the orbital equation using energy conservation instead of angular momentum — plus a quick vibe check on why gravitational potential energy is negative.