This experiment investigates the principals behind Hooker's Law. Through the use of springs and weights, different situations were created to determine their spring constants. The data from a rubber band simulation was also used to determine if it follows Hookers Law. The spring constants for the spring were It was also determined that the rubber band did not follow Hookers Law. Objectives The objective of this lab is to explore the relationship between force and stretch using Hooker's Law.All of the percent preferences that were calculated were under 10%.
For two identical springs in series Walt a glove Torch, ten pall wall stretch twelve as much , toner ten spring constant would be halved. If a spring with a spring constant of 10 N/m was cut in half, the new spring constant of each piece would be twice that of the original. For example, if a force of 100 N was applied to the whole spring, to exert the same force, the smaller pieces' spring constant would have to double. The spring constant for a system of two springs in parallel will be doubled because the springs will not stretch as much as an individual spring.The springs would only stretch half as much compared to an individual spring. Two identical springs with spring constants of 10 N/m with a parallel connection will have new spring constants of 20 N/m.
From the shape of the plot of force vs.. Position graph it can be concluded that the rubber band is not a Hookers object. The spring constant is not proportional to the force applied to the rubber band. Conclusion The objective of this experiment has been met.
It was proven through the use of springs that Hooker's Law is true. It was shown that the force applied to a Hookers object id proportional to the spring constant of that object.
