Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Work
  2: Dot product
  3: Work done by a variable force
  4: Work done by a variable force: calculus
  5: Derivation: work, multi-dimensional forces and calculus
  6: Interactive checkpoint: work
  7: Energy
  8: Kinetic energy
  9: Work-kinetic energy theorem
10: Derivation: work-kinetic energy theorem
11: Derivation: using calculus to relate kinetic energy and work
12: Sample problem: work-kinetic energy theorem
13: Interactive problem: work-kinetic energy theorem
14: Interactive checkpoint: a spaceship
15: Power
16: Potential energy
17: Work and gravitational potential energy
18: Sample problem: potential energy and Niagara Falls
19: Interactive checkpoint: an elevator
20: Work and energy
21: Conservative and non-conservative forces
22: Conservation of energy
23: Sample problem: conservation of energy
24: Interactive checkpoint: conservation of energy
25: Interactive problem: conservation of energy
26: Potential energy curves
27: Derivation: force and potential energy curves
28: Potential energy and equilibrium
29: Friction and conservation of energy
30: Interactive problem: a non-conservative force
31: Interactive problem: a non-conservative force, part II
32: Review of forces, work and energy
33: Interactive summary problem: work, energy and power
34: Gotchas
35: Summary

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