Progresses in investigations on energetics and conserved quantities are summarized. The key issue in energetics, the time-rate of the total mechanical energy of axially moving structures, is determined for linear transverse vibration, nonlinear transverse vibration, and coupled planer vibration. The result shows that the mechanical energy is not a constant. Conserved quantities are constructed so that the quantities remain unchanged during those vibrations. The conserved quantities can be used to prove stability of the straight equilibrium configurations and to check the numerical algorithms. Some promising topics are suggested for future research.