11.3: Principle of work and energy
The principle of work and energy is the same for rigid bodies and rotations as for point masses discussed in Ch. 7. The main difference when working with rigid bodies is that we include the work of moments and the kinetic energy due to rotation of the rigid body. A second important point to consider is that internal forces inside the rigid body do not perform work. So, we sum over all work done by forces and all kinetic energies to obtain:
\[W_{\mathrm{tot}}=\sum W_{1 \rightarrow 2}=\sum T_{2}-\sum T_{1}=\Delta T_{\mathrm{tot}} \tag{11.15} \label{11.15}\]