A certain metal wire has a cross sectional area of 1 mm2 and is 1 m long. when it is hung from the ceiling and a 10 kg mass is hung from the bottom of it, the wire stretches 1 mm. treat the wire as a single macroscopic spring. what is its effective spring constant?

Respuesta :

From the Hooke's law , the extension force of an elastic material is directly proportional to the extension. 
That is, F = k e, where F is the force , k is the constant and e is the extension
 F = 10 × 10 = 100 N
e = 1mm or 0.001 m
Hence, k = F/e
                = 100 N/ 0.001
                = 100000 N/m or 100 N/mm

The spring constant is a characteristic of a spring that measures the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it. The effective spring constant is 98000 N/m.

What is Hooke's law for a spring?

According to Hooke's law, the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance.

Given that the cross-sectional area A of the wire is 1 mm2 and length l is 1 m. The mass m of the wire is 10 kg and stretched length l' of the wire is 1 mm.

The wire is hung from the ceiling, so gravitational acceleration is applied to the wire. The extension force of the wire is given as below.

[tex]F = mg[/tex]

[tex]F = 10 \times 9.8[/tex]

[tex]F = 98 \;\rm N[/tex]

From Hooke's law, the extension force of the metal wire is directly proportional to the extension.

[tex]F = kl'[/tex]

Where k is the effective spring constant, l' is the stretched length of the wire and F is the extension force in the wire.

[tex]98 = k \times 0.001[/tex]

[tex]k = 98000 \;\rm N/m[/tex]

Hence we can conclude that the effective spring constant is 98000 N/m.

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