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Why can't we define a potential energy for a non-conservative force? [closed]
We could define potential energies for non-conservative forces too and then we could conserve it with kinetic and potential energy as we know it. But no one does that. Why is this? Please explain. Any ...
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Conservative field vs conservative force
For a conservative field (e.g. electrostatic field) the circulation of the field (along a closed line) is zero.
For a conservative force (e.g. macroscopic elastic force) the work performed on a ...
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