Conservative System: Energy Explained

[saravanan13]

What is meant by conservative systems?
Explain in the view of energy of the system.

 

[Zacku]

What is meant by conservative systems?
Explain in the view of energy of the system.

Hi,

A conservative system has constant mechanical energy basically.
Em= Ekin + Ep=cte where Ekin is the kinetic energy and Ep is the potential energy.

 

[saravanan13]

conserved system have energy which are constant of motion?
It means that both kinetic and potential are time independent.
Can we say that these quantities are constant of motion.

 

[Zacku]

conserved system have energy which are constant of motion?

Yes

It means that both kinetic and potential are time independent.
Can we say that these quantities are constant of motion.

No they are not individually constant of motion but their sum is. Typically the kinetic energy is converted into potential energy and vice versa during a trajectory undergone by a conservative system.