mechanical energy

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To construct the generator, Wu and colleagues placed two triboelectric nanogenerator modules -- which collect mechanical energy -- on both sides of a drinking bird engine that they reconstructed from a commercial drinking bird toy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

The fourth movement had a mahogany tone of divided cellos and a finale of mechanical energy and busy tinkering before a thrilling final flourish.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Rubber-like materials, commonly used in dampeners, possess a unique property known as dynamic viscoelasticity, enabling them to convert mechanical energy from vibrations into heat while exhibiting spring-like and flow-like behaviors simultaneously.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

The train was not equipped with ECP brakes; instead its locomotive used dynamic braking — electric traction motors acting as generators, which slow the train and dissipate mechanical energy as heat.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

It furnishes mechanical energy to muscle cells; electrical energy to nerve cells.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson