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Springs

Short explanations for simple harmonic systems involving springs.

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http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/topics/Springs.html

Explorescience: Driven Harmonic Motion (1 masses)

Apply a driving force to two masses and three springs. Vary masses, spring constants and frequencies & observe different modes of resonance. Part of a great site for teaching advanced physics with ...

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http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=11

Hooke's Law

Clear animation of oscillating spring. Can calculate spring constant and elastic limit from the graph. No theory provided.

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http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/animator4/demo_hook.html

Spring oscillations

An animation to show how a spring will oscillate when displaced, including the possibility of adding damping or a driving force

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http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~hwang/springWave/springWave.html

Spring Pendulum

Java Applet showing the extension, velocity, acceleration, force and energy variations with time of a mass on a spring

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http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/springpendulum.htm

Mass on a spring

The site gives a practical demonstration of various mass suspended on a spring and how the equation of motion is calculated

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap13/cd361a.htm

Mass on spring resonance

Equations describing simple harmonic motion for a mass on a spring.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/shm2.html

Damped Harmonic Oscillator

Vary the mass, damping constant and spring constant of an oscillating spring. The solution to a differential equation describing the spring's motion is shown graphically.

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http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~ewoolgar/java/Hooke/Hooke.html

Two-Dimensional Harmonic Motion

In this shockwave activity a mass is attached to 4 springs in the x-y plane. Both the x- and y-directions can experience a driving force. Subscription required but with 30 day free trial.

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http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=51

The Particle World

Applet simulating particles connected by springs in a 1D world. Includes gravity/electrostatic forces between particles, air resistance and more.

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http://www.ifm.liu.se/~freka/particleworld/

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