Learn about the force exerted by a spring. Model and predict spring forces using Hooke's law.

Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for spring potential energy and Hooke's law. Understand how to analyze a spring force vs. displacement graph.

Discover the phenomena of springs and Hooke's Law. Explore how force applied to a spring results in compression or elongation, and how this relationship is linear. Uncover the concept …

Using a graph, see how force increases proportionally with displacement, and how one can use the area under the graph to calculate the work done to compress the spring. Finally, relate this …

The force of a spring is calculated according to Hooke’s law, named for Robert Hooke, a British physicist who developed the formula in 1660. Hooke originally stated the law in Latin: "Ut …

Welcome to AP®︎/College Physics 1! In AP Physics 1, you'll learn algebra-based classical mechanics. To make sure you’re prepared with the fundamentals, we recommend completing …

Review the key concepts, equations, and skills for the conservation of energy, mechanical energy, and nonconservative work.

Overview of key terms, equations, and skills for simple harmonic motion, including how to analyze the force, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of an oscillator.

Fortunately, the basic technique of applying the definition of work that we employed for an ideal spring also works for elastic materials in general. The elastic potential energy can always be …

Overview of key terms, equations, and skills for the simple harmonic motion of spring-mass systems, including comparing vertical and horizontal springs.