# Kinetic and potential energy, work and power calculator

> Kinetic energy (½mv²), potential energy (mgh), spring energy, work (Fd cos θ) and power (W/t), solved for any variable, plus the speed after a drop.

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Six formulas cover the common mechanical-energy problems: kinetic energy ½mv², gravitational potential energy mgh, spring energy ½kx², work Fd cos θ, average power W ÷ t, and the speed after a frictionless drop, √(v₀² + 2gh). Pick one, choose the variable to solve for, and the others become inputs.

Energy comes out in joules, with the kilowatt-hour equivalent beside it from 1 Wh (3,600 J) up; 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ. The default, a 1,000 kg car at 20 m/s (72 km/h), carries 200,000 J, or 0.0556 kWh; at 40 m/s it would carry four times as much.

Potential energy is measured from whichever level you call h = 0, so only differences in height matter. The drop mode ignores friction and air resistance, which makes its speeds an upper limit for real falls.

## 입력

- **Quantity** (선택 항목: Kinetic energy ½mv², Gravitational potential energy mgh, Spring energy ½kx², Work W = Fd·cos θ, Power P = W/t, Speed at the bottom of a drop)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: 에너지, 질량, 속력)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: 에너지, 질량, 높이)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: 에너지, Spring constant, Extension)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: Work, 힘, Distance)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: 일률, Work or energy, 시간)
- **Solve for** (선택 항목: Speed at the bottom, Drop height)
- **Energy or work**
- **질량**
- **속력**
- **높이**
- **Spring constant k**
- **Extension or compression x**
- **힘**
- **Distance moved**
- **Angle between force and motion**
- **시간**
- **일률**
- **Speed at the top**
- **Speed at the bottom**
- **Gravitational acceleration**

## 결과

- Energy or work (J) — 주요 결과
- 일률 (W)
- Speed at the bottom (m/s)
- 질량 (kg)
- 속력 (m/s)
- 높이 (m)
- Spring constant (N/m)
- Extension (m)
- 힘 (N)
- Distance (m)
- 시간 (s)
- Energy or work (kWh)

## 공식

$$
KE = \tfrac12 mv^2,\quad PE = mgh,\quad E_s = \tfrac12 kx^2,\quad W = Fd\cos\theta,\quad P = \frac{W}{t},\quad v_b = \sqrt{v_0^2 + 2gh}
$$

## 계산 예제

### 1000 kg car at 20 m/s

- Quantity: Kinetic energy ½mv²
- Solve for: 에너지
- 질량: 1000 kg
- 속력: 20 m/s
- **Energy or work: 200,000 J**
- **Energy or work: 0.055556 kWh**
- 검증 출처: Python 3.8 decimal: ½ × 1000 × 20² = 200000 J = 0.0555… kWh

### Speed of a 0.145 kg ball carrying 100 J

- Quantity: Kinetic energy ½mv²
- Solve for: 속력
- Energy or work: 100 J
- 질량: 0.145 kg
- **속력: 37.1391 m/s**
- 검증 출처: Python 3.8 decimal: v = √(2E/m) = √(200/0.145) = 37.1390676…

### 50 kg lifted 10 m

- Quantity: Gravitational potential energy mgh
- Solve for: 에너지
- 질량: 50 kg
- 높이: 10 m
- **Energy or work: 4,903.33 J**
- 검증 출처: Python 3.8 decimal: 50 × 9.80665 × 10

### Spring k = 200 N/m compressed 10 cm

- Quantity: Spring energy ½kx²
- Solve for: 에너지
- Spring constant k: 200 N/m
- Extension or compression x: 10 cm
- **Energy or work: 1 J**
- 검증 출처: Python 3.8 decimal: ½ × 200 × 0.1² = 1 J

### 100 N at 60° over 5 m

- Quantity: Work W = Fd·cos θ
- Solve for: Work
- 힘: 100 N
- Distance moved: 5 m
- Angle between force and motion: 60 °
- **Energy or work: 250 J**
- 검증 출처: Python 3.8 math: 100 × 5 × cos60° = 250 J

### Force perpendicular to motion does no work

- Quantity: Work W = Fd·cos θ
- Solve for: Work
- 힘: 100 N
- Distance moved: 5 m
- Angle between force and motion: 90 °
- **Energy or work: 0 J**
- 검증 출처: W = Fd cos 90° = 0 (OpenStax UP1 §7.1)

## 자주 묻는 질문

### What is the formula for kinetic energy?

Kinetic energy is KE = ½mv²; with mass in kilograms and speed in metres per second the result is in joules. Because speed is squared, doubling it quadruples the energy: a 1,000 kg car has 200 kJ at 20 m/s and 800 kJ at 40 m/s. Rearranged for speed, v = √(2KE ÷ m), so a 0.145 kg ball carrying 100 J moves at 37.1 m/s.

### What is the difference between work and power?

Work is energy transferred by a force, W = Fd cos θ, measured in joules; power is how fast that transfer happens, P = W ÷ t, measured in watts, where 1 W = 1 J/s. Lifting 50 kg through 10 m takes 4,903 J however it is done; doing it in 5 s needs 981 W, and spreading it over 60 s needs 81.7 W.

### How many joules are in a kilowatt-hour or a kilocalorie?

One kilowatt-hour is 3,600,000 J, because it is 1,000 W sustained for 3,600 s. One kilocalorie, the food Calorie, is 4,184 J, using the thermochemical calorie of exactly 4.184 J listed in NIST SP 811. The 200,000 J carried by a 1,000 kg car at 20 m/s is therefore 0.0556 kWh, or about 47.8 kcal.

### How fast does an object hit the ground when dropped?

Without air resistance the impact speed is v = √(2gh), whatever the mass. A drop from 20 m ends at 19.81 m/s (71.3 km/h); a drop from 5 m ends at 9.90 m/s. Speed grows with the square root of height, so four times the height only doubles the speed. Air drag makes real speeds lower, most of all for light objects and long falls.

### How much energy does a spring store?

A spring stores E = ½kx², where k is the spring constant in N/m and x the extension or compression in metres. A 200 N/m spring compressed by 10 cm stores 1 J; compressed by 20 cm it stores 4 J. The formula holds only within the elastic range, where Hooke's law F = kx applies and the spring returns to its original length.

### “Kinetic and potential energy, work and power calculator”의 정확도는 어느 정도인가요?

정확도는 입력값과 계산 방법의 가정에 따라 달라집니다. 십진 연산은 유효숫자 50자리를 사용하지만, 추정값·수치해석 방법·원본 데이터의 정밀도는 더 낮을 수 있습니다. 표시값을 반올림해도 이러한 한계는 사라지지 않습니다. 독립적인 출처의 풀이와 대조한 계산 예시: 8. 예를 들어 “1000 kg car at 20 m/s”은 Python 3.8 decimal: ½ × 1000 × 20² = 200000 J = 0.0555… kWh와 대조해 확인합니다.

### 이 계산 방법의 출처는 무엇인가요?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, ch. 7 Work and kinetic energy; ch. 8 Potential energy and conservation of energy; HyperPhysics — Work, energy and power.

## 출처

- [OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, ch. 7 Work and kinetic energy; ch. 8 Potential energy and conservation of energy](https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-1/pages/7-introduction)
- [HyperPhysics — Work, energy and power](http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/work.html)