kinetic energy: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Kinetic Energy. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Kinetic energy. | May 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: MLibrary Digital Collections - The Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembart - Kinetic energy. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Kinetic Energy. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Comminution of solids caused by kinetic energy of high shear strain rate, with implications for impact, shock, and shale fracturing. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - Kinetic Energy. | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - The Grainger College of Engineering - Work and Kinetic Energy (PDF). | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: King Abdulaziz University - Kinetic Energy and Work. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - College of Arts and Sciences - Kinetic Energy and Work. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Whitman College - Kinetic energy; improper integrals. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenEd Manitoba PressbooksEDU Network - Introduction to Biomechanics - Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Kinetic energy. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston University - Kinetic and Potential Energy/Conservation of Energy. | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Kinetic Energy. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 1 - Kinetic Energy. | Nov 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What is Kinetic Energy? | Aug 20, 2022 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Nov 16, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 31, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 02, 2017 | ||
| Added video about kinetic and potential energy in a pendulum. | Dec 29, 2015 | ||
| Changed "two miles per hour" to "2 miles per hour." Changed "See mechanics" to "See mechanics: Rotation about a moving axis." | Dec 29, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Kids - Biography of Michael Faraday. | Aug 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Energy Information Administration - Energy Explained. | Aug 10, 2015 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Physics Classroom Tutorial - Kinetic Energy. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Think Quest - Kinetic and Potential Energy. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Kinetic Energy. | Jul 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 01, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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