potential energy
A catapult has elastic potential energy when the elastic has been pulled back. This potential energy is stored in the stretched elastic material. When the catapult is released, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy as the projectile is launched forward.
Elastic potential energy depends on the deformation or stretching of an elastic material, such as a spring or rubber band. The amount of potential energy stored in the material is directly proportional to how much it has been stretched or compressed. This energy is released when the material returns to its original shape.
The sound produced by a collision indicates that some of the kinetic energy from the collision has been transferred into other forms of energy, such as sound or heat. In a perfectly elastic collision, all of the kinetic energy is conserved, meaning there would be no energy lost to sound production. The presence of sound in a collision suggests that some energy has been lost, making it not perfectly elastic.
A rubber band will return to its original shape after it has been stretched due to its elastic properties.
The bent ruler has elastic potential energy, which is a form of energy stored when an object is stretched or compressed. In this case, the ruler has been bent out of its original shape, storing potential energy that can be released when it returns to its original form.
A catapult has elastic potential energy when the elastic has been pulled back. This potential energy is stored in the stretched elastic material. When the catapult is released, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy as the projectile is launched forward.
very thin sheets of rubber are elastic
The oldest forms of a catapult are known are described about 2,000 years ago. These were based on principles used in the cross bow and therefore required some elastic material to store energy and a structural support to hold the mechanism. The essential elastic element was presumably a wood product just as the elastic element of a bow has been made of wood up until more modern constructions with spring metal and plastic materials.
Elastic potential energy depends on the deformation or stretching of an elastic material, such as a spring or rubber band. The amount of potential energy stored in the material is directly proportional to how much it has been stretched or compressed. This energy is released when the material returns to its original shape.
The sound produced by a collision indicates that some of the kinetic energy from the collision has been transferred into other forms of energy, such as sound or heat. In a perfectly elastic collision, all of the kinetic energy is conserved, meaning there would be no energy lost to sound production. The presence of sound in a collision suggests that some energy has been lost, making it not perfectly elastic.
Elastic or Rubber
A rubber band will return to its original shape after it has been stretched due to its elastic properties.
Elastic rebound. This phenomenon occurs when stress builds up in a rock mass and causes it to deform, then suddenly release that stress by rebounding to its original shape. Elastic rebound is often associated with earthquakes and fault movements.
Most earthquakes are caused by the rapid release of elastic strain energy stored in rock that has been subjected to great forces. This energy is released in the form of seismic waves that propagate through the Earth's crust, causing the ground to shake.
The bent ruler has elastic potential energy, which is a form of energy stored when an object is stretched or compressed. In this case, the ruler has been bent out of its original shape, storing potential energy that can be released when it returns to its original form.
In an elastic collision, all initial kinetic energy is fully restored as final kinetic energy. where nothing is converted into noise, heat or any other form of energy. In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is "lost" to thermal or sound energy.
Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.