Learning From Real Springs Institutional Repository Document

abstract

• Many springs do not obey Hooke's Law because they are constructed to have an intrinsic tension which must be overcome before normal elongation occurs. This property, well-known to engineers, is universally neglected in elementary physics courses. In fact it can be used to enhance learning and to deepen understanding of potential energy.

authors

• Bassichis, William

author list (cited authors)

• Bassichis, W.

complete list of authors

• Bassichis, William

publication date

• January 2013

keywords

• Initial Tension
• Potential Energy
• Springs

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/147613