Hooke’s Law Simulation

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Hooke’s Law Simulation

General Aim of Hooke’s Law Simulation

Hooke’s law experiment aims to:

Determine the force constant of the spring statically.

Determine the force constant of the spring dynamically.

Determine the effective mass of the hanger.

Method of Hooke's Law

In Hooke’s Law lab, we use Mass‐spring extension method

Learning Objectives (ILOs)

By the end of Hooke’s Law simulation, the student should be able to

Learn what is Hooke’s law?

Enumerates the factors affecting the spring constant.Setup an experiment to determine the spring constant using static and dynamic methods.

Theoretical Background / Context

Hooke’s relates the force (F) pulling or pushing on a spring (or other elastic material) to the amount the spring stretches or compresses land this force is directly proportional to the extension Δl

Where k is the force (or spring) constant.

When the hanger of mass M is loaded with a mass m is displaced slightly from its equilibrium position and then is released, it will perform simple harmonic motion with periodic time

The following graph shows force vs extension graph which should be a straight line that passes through the origin. The slope of the line is the spring (or the force) constant k.

Principle of Work

Measuring the extension produced by different weights and period of oscillations caused by these different weights

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