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why we cant define potential energy corresponding to non conservative internal forces such as friction ???cant we do it by including one more term in term of the expression for potential energy/

why we cant define potential energy corresponding to non conservative internal forces such as friction ???cant we do it by including one more term in term of the expression for potential energy/

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AKASH GOYAL AskiitiansExpert-IITD
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13 years ago

Dear Anindya

Energy corresponding to conservative internal forces is easy to calculate but in case of non conservative forces like against friction it would be difficult to calculate as work done is converted into heat.

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AKASH GOYAL

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