Elastic PE in a Spring

Elastic Potential Energy · ch09-mechanical-properties-of-solids

Adjust the spring constant and see how stored energy grows quadratically with extension.

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Spring constant k (N/m)200 N/m

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U = \tfrac{1}{2} k x^2

Try this: Doubling extension quadruples the stored energy.

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