written by
Gary Gladding
published by
the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating to oscillation. It involves a box of known mass sliding across a frictionless surface into a relaxed spring. Given spring constant and initial speed, the student must determine how long the box is in contact with the spring before it is released at the equilibrium point. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through quantitative calculation. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6437">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring).
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring>.
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Retrieved May 17, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring (accessed 17 May 2025).
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 17 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring>.
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Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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