APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019
Science SPORE Prize
November 2011
The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.
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Hooke's Law and the Harmonic Oscillator Documents
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Main Document
written by
Adrian Fernandez-Gavela, Cristina Gonzalez-Gago, and M. A. Cerdeira
When a mass hanging from a spring is separated a small distance from the equilibrium position, it oscillates under the action of a restoring force proportional to the distance to the equilibrium point. It can be verified that, in this situation, the mass describes a simple harmonic motion.
To study the restoring forces and the resulting motion we used a vertically hanging spring with a mass holder at the bottom. The oscillation motion of the different hanging masses is recorded, and the videos are analyzed with Tracker to obtain the respective trajectories.
Last Modified July 22, 2021
Primary Documents
A Tracker Experiment file with a high speed MP4 video clip and trk data file showing how to analyze a mass attached to vertically hanging spring.
Last Modified April 27, 2023
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Supplemental Documents
The video used by mass and spring experiment.
Last Modified April 20, 2023
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HOOKE’S LAW AND THE HARMONIC OSCILLATOR
