Falling Slinky Model

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Falling Slinky Model

written by Wolfgang Christian

The Falling Slinky model approximates a slinky using twenty masses connected with light springs. The slinky is suspended from one end and released. Two actions will occur simultaneously when it is released hanging at rest from its equilibrium position - it will fall and it will collapse. What happens to the bottom when it begins its fall?

The bottom end will move up initially.
The bottom end will move down initially.
The bottom end will remain at the same point for a short time before it begins to move.

The Falling Slinky model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double click the ejs_mech_newton_FallingSlinky.jar file to run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.

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Last Modified: June 6, 2014
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - General - Motion in One Dimension = Gravitational Acceleration = Velocity - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration Oscillations & Waves - Oscillations = Hooke's Law	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:: Wolfgang Christian
Keywords:: free fall, hooke's law, speed of sound, weightless
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created September 1, 2009 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: June 6, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 1, 2009
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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