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Is there a difference in the spring force when the spring is compressed instead of stretched?
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When a coil spring is compressed the spring compression tends to vary inversely with the length of the spring to the point where the spring cannot be compressed further without damage. In tension, the spring tension varies directly with the length but only so long as the elastic modulus is not reached. At that length, the spring becomes permanently deformed or "sprung".
Depending on the representation of the drawing, the vector of the spring in compression will be opposite that of the same spring in tension. That is to say, if you push the spring to the left the force will be negative while a pull to the right will be positive so the spring in compression will push right (positive) and the spring in tension will pull left (negative).
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What parameter does not depend on how resistant a spring is to being compressed or stretched?
Relaxed Length
What kinds of energy does a spring have?
a spring possesses elastic potential energy when compressed or stretched.
Can you stretch a spring by pushing on them?
Springs are great for absorbing energy. The spring force is negative when the spring is stretched and positive when it is compressed or pushed.
What is the difference between elastic force and elastic potential energy?
Elastic force is a force which you are acting on it while elastic potential energy is produced when the spring is being compressed or stretched
Elastic potential energy is associated with objects that can be what?
Elastic potential energy can be found in a spring, in a rubber band, and in a pogo stick
What is it called when the coils of a spring are spread out?
The spring has been stretched. When the coils are squeezed together then the spring has been compressed.
What parameter does not depend on how resistant a spring is to being compressed or stretched?
Relaxed Length
What kinds of energy does a spring have?
a spring possesses elastic potential energy when compressed or stretched.
Can you stretch a spring by pushing on them?
Springs are great for absorbing energy. The spring force is negative when the spring is stretched and positive when it is compressed or pushed.
What is the difference between elastic force and elastic potential energy?
Elastic force is a force which you are acting on it while elastic potential energy is produced when the spring is being compressed or stretched
Can you stretch springs by pushing on them?
Springs are great for absorbing energy. The spring force is negative when the spring is stretched and positive when it is compressed or pushed.
What are other forms of potential energy?
A stretched rubber band, a compressed spring, an elevated object, chemical bonds.
What is the formula to find the spring constant?
F = - k x In this equation, x is the distance that the spring has been stretched or compressed away from its equilibrium position F is the restoring force exerted by the spring. k is the spring constant.
Elastic potential energy is associated with objects that can be what?
Elastic potential energy can be found in a spring, in a rubber band, and in a pogo stick
Compressed springs are what kind of energy?
The potential energy of a spring is defined by this equation: U=.5kx2 U= potential energy (in joules) k= the spring constant x= the displacement of the spring from equilibrium. (the amount that the spring is stretched or compressed) This equation tells us that as a spring is compressed by a distance x, the potential energy increases proportionately to x2
Is there a maximum spring constant or a limit where an object cannot be stretched or compressed?
Certainly there is a limit, considering that the object is not deformed by the power employed to compress or stretch.
What is the extension of a stretched spring?
The amount the spring is stretched is called the displacement.
