Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Where is the energy?

What happens to the mechanical energy of a fan which runs inside a closed container?In what form is that energy transformed?And similarly a loud speaker inside a closed room.What happens to that sound energy which is not being transformed out of the container walls?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It transfers as heat energy through collision.

Anonymous said...

That energy is used up in stopping the air particles or sound waves hitting the walls.It is similar to 1 trying to push a wall and that energy given to wall is used to stop the hand(action and reaction).