Topic 2.8 Spring Forces

Front

What is the characteristic of an ideal spring?

Back

An ideal spring has negligible mass and exerts a force that is proportional to the change in its length as measured from its relaxed length.

Front

What law gives the magnitude of the force exerted by an ideal spring?

Back

Hooke’s law.

Front

In which direction is the force exerted by a spring on an object?

Back

The force exerted on an object by a spring is always directed toward the equilibrium position of the object–spring system.