The far reaching ramifications of the work-energy theorem

[cianfa72]

This is what I call “total work” to distinguish it from the “net work”. One difficulty is that different authors use different terminology.

Sorry, just to be pedantic I would say "total external work" to highlight that the work of internal forces (Newton's 3rd pairs) is not included.

 

[Dale]

Sorry, just to be pedantic I would say "total external work" to highlight that the work of internal forces (Newton's 3rd pairs) is not included.

I never deal with internal forces. So for me that is unnecessary.