Journal article
An application of energy principles to a mechanical system
Abstract
This note examines the properties of two independent energy principles: conservation of energy and the total potential energy theorem. Using a thermodynamic framework to examine a mass–spring–dashpot system, it sets out to investigate the need for the force to be applied infinitesimally slowly for the first principle to be applicable, the requirement for constant force when using the second principle, and what happens when the force is applied …
Authors
Stolle D; Guo P
Journal
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 101–103
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
January 2013
DOI
10.1139/cjce-2012-0410
ISSN
0315-1468