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Spring Motion Model
written by
Andrew Duffy
The Spring Motion Model shows the motion of a block attached to an ideal spring. The block can oscillate back-and-forth horizontally. You can change the mass of the block, the spring constant of the spring, and the initial position of the block. You can then see the resulting motion of the block, as well as see bar graphs of the energy and plots of the block's position, speed, and acceleration as a function of time.
The Spring Motion model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_bu_reference_circle.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
Last Modified June 12, 2014
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Spring Motion Model Source Code
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Spring Motion model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.
Published April 27, 2010
Last Modified June 12, 2014
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