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Investigating Hooke's Law Aim The aim of my coursework is to investigate and achieve a clear understanding into whether Hooke's law is true and to what extend in which it works and why. Prophecy Hooke's law states that if we add the same sized mass on to a spring its length should increase by a regular amount. For example when you double mass the extension should double. This should work until a spring reaches its elastic limit. The elastic limit of a spring is when the weight (stress) is too much and causes the spring to be permanently deformed and it does not return to its original length .The amount of deformation, as a fraction of the original size, is called strain. Elasticity is the property and the name given to a material that resumes its original size and shape after having been compressed or stretched by an external force. The elastic...

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