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Friction between atoms in spring
if i doing experiment on spring-mass system in vaccum,if i pull the to some extent (within elastic limit of spring) & let it go,will the system oscillate indefinitely? (neglect contact frictions ...
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How far does a trampoline vertically deform based on the mass of the object?
If a baseball is dropped on a trampoline, the point under the object will move a certain distance downward before starting to travel upward again. If a bowling ball is dropped, it will deform further ...
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Two masses attached to a spring
I'm trying to understand the solution of the following problem.
Two masses $m_{1}$ and $m_{2}$ slide freely in a horizontal frictionless track and are connected by a spring whose force constant is ...
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How could this damped oscillator ever go to infinity? Or negative infinity for that matter?
This is an ODE problem,but I cannot visualize why it can go to infinity or negative infinity.
Consider
$$x'' -6x' + 8x = 0$$
Where $x''$ is acceleration, $-6x'$ is the ...
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Mass points of a Mass-spring model
Let's say I have a mass spring model like the one in the picture below:
So, there are 3 parts of the spring joined together in an equilateral triangular manner. Each of the joints has a mass of ...
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Is there a deep reason why springs combine like capacitors?
I was solving a practice Physics GRE and there was a question about springs connected in series and parallel. I was too lazy to derive the way the spring constants add in each case. But I knew how ...
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Is the spring constant k changed when you divide a spring into parts?
I've always been taught that the spring constant $k$ is a constant — that is, for a given spring, $k$ will always be the same, regardless of what you do to the spring.
My friend's physics ...
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Slinky base does not immediately fall due to gravity
Why does the base of this slinky not fall immediately to gravity. My guess is tension in the springs is a force > mass*gravity but even then it is dumbfounding.
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Finding coefficient of proportionality
Recently in my AP Physics class I did a lab in which I measured k for a spring by setting up an oscillating system with it, and timing the period, repeating for different masses. Since ...
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How does the shape (form; not cross-section) of a spring impact performance?
Cylindrical compression springs are everywhere and then some applications choose other forms like rectangular or unique polygonal form. What impact does the form of a compression spring have and how ...
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Frequency with the spring scale [closed]
Grocery stores often have spring scales in their produce department to weigh fruits and vegetables.
The pan of one particular scale has a mass of $0.5 kg$, and when you place a $0.5 kg$ sack of ...
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How to derive the period of spring pendulum?
So I wanted to find out how to (simply, if that's possible) derive the formula for a period of spring pendulum: $T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{k}}$. However, Google doesn't help me here as all I see is the ...
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Work done by spring over distance
I'm working through a problem involving energy conservation. Unfortunately, I cannot calculate the work done by a spring.
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Investigating damped Harmonic Motion in a Spring?
I'm going to conduct an investigation into the dampening of a spring.
Essentially, what specific factors could be investigated? Currently I'm planning to investigate the effect of changing the mass ...
