Learn how a spring stores and releases energy. Understand how work is done by spring force and how spring potential energy is ...

In this expression Fs is the force exerted by the spring, s is the compression amount, and k is the spring constant—a measure of the stiffness of a spring. You will often see a negative sign in ...

Many types of mechanical systems use elastic potential energy. The most common device that uses this type of energy is a spring. Credit: Svjo When a force is applied to a spring, it is placed in ...

This was a great question from my algebra-based physics course (rephrased just a bit) “Where does Hooke’s law for the force a spring exert come from? How do you get from that to work done by a ...

We investigate Hooke's Law and explore the concept of spring potential energy. Segment 4G: Spring Potential Energy We investigate Hooke's Law as we explore the concept of spring potential energy ...