Specific kinetic energy is
kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion.
It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acc ...
of an object per unit of mass.
It is defined as
.
Where
is the specific kinetic energy and
is velocity. It has units of J/kg, which is equivalent to m
2/s
2.
Energy (physics)
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