Questions tagged [spring]
An object such as a metal coil or air-filled tube which provides a force opposing the direction of deformation.
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How to find the spring constant using a weight, a timer, and a ruler? [closed]
I'm a high school physics student and in my class we are doing a lab which involves finding the spring constant using this phet spring simulator (in the lab all settings are the default except that ...
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How to decompose total force and torque on a 6-DOF Rigid Body into two different spring-damper systems?
There is a 6-DOF trajectory (3 translational displacements + 3 rotational angles: yaw, roll, pitch) over time of a rigid body, from the perspective of center of mass.
Of each DOF, the curve over time ...
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Circular Motion with a spring connected [closed]
How can the motion of a ball connected to spring, with some initial angular velocity be described mathematically for any general initial elongation and initial velocity?
I have made some equations ...
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Conservation of mechanical energy in a vertical spring
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Why does mechanical energy appear inconsistent when gravitational potential energy is zero at the bottom of a vertical spring?
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I'm analyzing a vertical spring-mass system undergoing ...
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Inelastic collision after sticking with massless spring?
Is energy lost when a block falls on a vertical and a relaxed massless spring from a height h above it from no initial velocity and 'sticks' to it doing SHM. I feel it should be, since the collision ...
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Which of these equations is more accurate to use when calculating spring constant using the dynamic method: $T^2 = (4π^2/k)m$ or $1/T^2 = (1/4π^2m)k$?
I am working on a physics practical involving coupled pendulums wherein I need to experimentally calculate the spring constant of a spring using the dynamic method. The dynamic method involves using ...
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Energy dissipation in massless springs
Is energy lost when a block falls on a vertical and a relaxed massless spring from a height h above it from no initial velocity. I feel it should be, since the collision in an inelastic one, but in a ...
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Basic Understanding of Simple Harmonic Motion
For this we are taking the example of a spring-block system vertically placed , my doubts are
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Potential energy of springs (point defined to be zero)
I am confused by the point in a spring where potential energy is zero. Though some forums addresses this, I want clarification on this particular example.
People are saying that potential energy of a ...
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What would be the sign of driving force in Force law for the spring mass system where the support itself oscillates? [duplicate]
Edit:There is a similar question asked by someone on physics stack exchange,but my question is about how assign Sign for the Driving force term.Is it intrinsically negative with respect to the ...
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Why does the damping coefficient not vary with mass?
I know that changing the mass of an oscillator (assuming that we are talking about spring-oscillations) will impact the velocity of the oscillator, (according to $\omega_n=\sqrt{\frac km}$).
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Does a ball on a moving body with friction translate or only rotate?
I'm not asking to check my homework, my question is about whether the ball translates or not.
The situation is this
A sled of mass $M$ is placed on a horizontal plane on which it can slide without ...
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What exactly happens between when the limit of proportionality is exceeded but the elastic limit is not?
I was reading through my A-Level textbook/notes and it defined the 'limit of proportionality' as the point beyond which the object does not conform to Hooke's law and the relationship between the ...
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Very basic doubt in applying the Newton's second and third law in a simple problem
Suppose two blocks of masses, $m$ and $M$ connected by a spring, are placed on a horizontal, frictionless table, with $m$ on the left and $M$ on the right. Let a constant force $F$ be applied to $M$ ...
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How would you calculate the force needed to pull a spring sideways?
Say you have a vertical spring with spring constant $k$, with the top and bottom fixed. I grab the spring at some position, and pull to the left, until I've pulled the point some length $x$ away from ...
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