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Discussion Forum : Engineering Mechanics - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
1.
According to principle of conservation of energy, the total momentum of a system of masses in any direction remains constant unless acted upon by an external force in that direction.
True
False
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Saket Kumar said:   1 decade ago
Law of conservation of energy is first law of thermodynamics where as law of conservation of momentum is Newton's second law and both law are not similar so statement is wrong.

Sanket haste said:   1 decade ago
Linear momentum is also a conserved quantity, meaning that if a closed system is not affected by external forces, its total linear momentum cannot change.

In classical mechanics, conservation of linear momentum is implied by Newton's laws; but it also holds in special relativity (with a modified formula) and, with appropriate definitions, a (generalized) linear momentum conservation law holds in electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and general relativity.

Devanesan Andrews said:   1 decade ago
It will change by applying force in any direction.

Shailesh said:   1 decade ago
The law of conservation of energy simply tells that energy in any form can neither be created nor be destroyed. It changes from one form of energy to another form of energy.

Vemburaj said:   1 decade ago
If a body has some constant momentum in one direction, it means that a constant external force is acting on it. But if the momentum has to change in magnitude in that direction then an external unbalanced force has to act.

Here only external force is given and not external unbalanced force hence answer is false.

Divyanshu said:   1 decade ago
Momentum doesn't need constant force, if a body is accelerating in a direction then there must be a constant force applied on it, also the question is asking about SYSTEM OF MASSES, of which momentum can be changed in a by applying force in any direction & not in particularly that direction.

Krunal Patil said:   1 decade ago
Momentum changes with gravity, and gravity changes from place to place.

Chandra deep said:   10 years ago
It's all about law of conservation of energy.

Rahul Thakur said:   10 years ago
Principle of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. In another approach it can be stated as "the total energy of an isolated system remains constant.

Ashish said:   10 years ago
Energy conservation principle is it can't be created nor it can be destroyed we can consider system having heat stored in it now we can remove heat from system and can transfer to heat sink and we can add more to it from heat source into system but we can't destroy heat.


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