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Hooke's Law Name: Instructor: Introduction Hooke's law Where F is the restoring force, k is the spring constant andx is the displacement. Higher value of
Hooke's Law
Name:
Instructor:
Introduction
Hooke's law
Where F is the restoring force, k is the spring constant andx is the displacement. Higher value of spring constant means it is harder to stretch a spring versus soft spring where the application of little force will produce a large stretch. Plotting Force versus displacement of two springs with two different spring constants will illustrate the point.
Potential Energy of a spring-object system is:
Objectives:
Following aspects of Hooke's law are investigated through the simulation:
- relationship of force (F) with stretch or compression of a spring (displacementx)
- potential energy as a function of displacement
Experiment:
When you click on the link, you will see the simulation of the Hooke's law. There are three tabs: Intro, Systems and Energy. The lab uses a simulation developed by University of Colorado at Colorado Boulder
Click to start the simulation
- Click "Intro". Choose a spring constant (k) constant below 500 N/m (different than 200N/m). Click all - Applied force, Spring force, Displacement, Equilibrium position and values. Use the red bar to move away from zero; for example, at applied force of 18 N, the displacement is 0.090 m and at that stretch, applied force and spring force are equal.
Force (N) | Displacement (m) |
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Change the spring constant to a value higher than 500N/m.
Force (N) | Displacement(m) |
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1. Plot the Force (y-axis) vs displacement (x-axis) on EXCEL or on piece of paper. Label the axes and include the units.
Insert the graph (Excel or picture) in the space below:
2. Find the spring constant for the spring in Newton/meters from the slopethe graph.
3. What forces will stretch each spring for 0.3 m?
- Click" Energy". Choose k=400N/m, select "Energy Plot", "Applied Force", "Displacement", "Equilibrium Position". Move the slide of displacement from 0 to maximum on both the positive and negative side.
- What is the maximum potential energy? Was it for the positive or negative displacement?
- What is the minimum potential energy?
- What is the value of displacement when the energy is half of the maximum value?
- What is the value of energy when the displacement is half of the maximum value?
- Problem:
A student measured 15s for the 20 complete oscillations for an object of 200g attached at the free end of a spring. Calculate the period of oscillation (T) and the spring constant (k). Write the equation used and then the numerical values.
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