Hook’s Law
Hooke’s Law
Hooke's Law gives the relationship between the force applied to an unstretched spring and the amount the spring is stretched.
Recall: How does a spring stretch when a force is applied to it?
Try stretching a piece of thin copper wire and an elastic.
How do they differ from the springs?
What does it feel like as you pull harder and harder?
Can you sketch a graph to show how the force affects the extension.
How different materials behave
Elastic and wire
Different materials react differently when a force is applied to them.
How does a spring behave?
Aim: We shall conduct an experiment to determine how the extension of a spring varies with the stretching force.
A spring is hung vertically from a fixed point and a force is applied in stages by hanging weights from the spring.
Extension = present length – original length
DiagramThe apparatus is set up as shown. For the purposes of this experiment we shall be using loads of 100g, and the extension of the spring shall be measured in metres.
Method: What is the independent
variable? (range?)
What is the dependent variable? ( How will this be measured accurately?)
What are the control variables?
Table:single spring
Equilibrium length
__________m
Total Hangi
ng Mass
(g)
Total Hangi
ng Mass
(kg)
Total force (mg) g= 10 N/kg
Stretched length (m)
Extension (m)
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1600
Graph: Plot a graph of force against extension.
Conclusion: Comment on the shape of the best fit line, try to describe the pattern which appears. Have you found any simple rule for springs?What happened to the stretch when you doubled the load? And three times?Can you work out the gradient? What does this gradient mean? What happens when large loads are added to the spring?How would the plot look if you replaced the spring with a stiffer spring? weaker spring?
For
ce (
N)
Extension (m)
Hooke’s Law
"Hooke's Law" is about stretching springs and wires.
Hooke's Law states:- the extension is proportional to the force
the spring will go back to its original length when the force is removed
so long as we don't exceed the elastic limit.
Elastic Limit Below the elastic limit, we say that the
spring is showing "elastic behavior": the
extension is proportional to the force, and
it'll go back to it's original length when we
remove the force.
Beyond the elastic limit, we say that it
shows "plastic behavior". This means that
when a force is applied to deform the
shape, it stays deformed when the force is
removed.
Elastic limit
Elas
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ehav
iour
Plastic behaviour
Repeat the experiment using an elastic
What do you notice?
Does an elastic obey Hooke’s Law?
Class Experiment – Stretching a wire – Vernier Scale Two wires of the same
material are suspended side by side from the same support. The main scale is kept taut by the weight L. The extension of the wire for different loads is obtained from the vernier.
Elastic and wire Different materials react differently
when a force is applied to them.
If a material obeys Hooke's Law,
its extension is proportional to the
applied force. If the force is
removed, the material returns to
its original length.
Springs and metal wire obey
Hooke's law up to the elastic limit.
Beyond this point, they are
permanently deformed. They will
not return to its original length
when the force is removed.
copper
rubberF
F
e
e
HysteresisrubberF What do you notice about
the plot when you load and unload an elastic?
What does the area under a graph represent?
ENERGY!!! See for yourself!! – Take
an elastic and repeatedly stretch the elastic while it is in contact with your top lip.
What do you notice? How could this energy be
measured from the graph?
The End
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