Hooke’s law

What you'll learn

• Define and differentiate between inextensible and elastic strings/springs.
• State Hooke’s law and apply it to calculate tension, thrust, or extension in elastic strings and springs.
• Distinguish between Young modulus, modulus of elasticity, and stiffness as forms of Hooke's law.
• Calculate the elastic potential energy stored in a stretched or compressed spring/string.
• Apply the principle of conservation of energy to solve problems involving elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, and gravitational potential energy.
• Analyze situations involving multiple springs or strings in various configurations.
• Describe the behavior of elastic materials up to and beyond their elastic limit.
• Model real-world scenarios like bungee jumping using Hooke's law and energy conservation.

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