CBSE Class 11 Physics Notes Chapter 6 PDF
CBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2024-2025
Conservative Force
When the effort required to move a body is solely dependent on the starting and ending positions of the object, rather than the type of path taken between them, a force is said to be conservative. This implies that the effort required to move a body along any path between fixed initial and final positions would be the same for conservative forces, such as gravitational force. Properties of Conservative Forces The only factors that determine whether work is done in favour of or against a conservative force while moving a body are its starting and ending positions. Work performed in support of or opposition to a conservative force is independent of the route the body takes to move from one starting point to the other. When moving a body via a round trip (a closed path where the final position of the body matches with its initial position), the work done by or against a conservative force is always zero.Non-conservative Forces
When the effort required to move a body from one place to another, whether by the force or against it, depends on the path used to get there, the force is said to be non-conservative. Frictional forces, for example, are not conservative forces.Two important types of potential energy are:
Gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy.