Bed mattresses are an example; when a person with lighter weight lies on them; the compression will be less than when a heavier person lies on them.
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Forces: Hooke's Law
Hooke's law states that the distance covered when springs are compressed or extended is proportional to the force applied, this means that when the force applied is bigger; the extension will increase. This realationship however is not directly proportional meaning that when a graph is plotted for the data, the line will not cross the origin.
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