The total mechanical energy of a system is conserved if the forces that act on it are ____.
Mechanical energy:
Conservation of mechanical energy:
The entire mechanical energy of a structure is conserved, which means that it cannot be generated or destroyed, it can only be internally transformed from one form to someone else if the forces acting on the system are sufficiently conservative in nature.
Mathematically, this can be represented as:
Here,
C stands for some constant.
KE is the kinetic energy.
PE is the potential energy.
Therefore, the total mechanical energy of a system is conserved if the forces that act on it are conservative in nature.