Worksheet 2.12 Understanding Elasticity 1. A spring has an original length of 20 cm.

With a load of mass 300 g attached to it, the length of the spring is extended to 26 cm. (a) Calculate the spring constant, in N m . (b) What is the length of the spring when the load is increased to 500 g ?
Answer : (a) 50 Nm
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Figure shows a spring before and after being compressed by a load. 4 kg 50 cm 26cm

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(b) 30 cm

(a) What is the elastic potential energy stored in the spring ? (b) If the spring is released, the load 4 kg will be thrown upwards. What is the maximum height reached by the load ?
Answer : (a) 4.8 J (b) 0.12 m

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Diagram shows the length of a spring before and after a load of mass 400g is hung on it. 5.

Diagram shows 3 spring system. All the springs used are identical. The original length of each spring is 12 cm. With a load of 2 N, the length of each spring becomes 15 cm. P Q

400 g (a) What is the force constant of the spring ? (b) What is the length of the spring with a load of 500 g ? (c) What is the load required to extend the spring to 20 cm ?
Answer : (a) 200 N m-1 (b) 12.5 cm (c) 2 kg

3. A spring has a force constant of 25 N m-1 . The length of the spring is compressed from 40 cm to 28 cm by a force F. (a) What is the elastic potential energy stored in the spring ? (b) What is the force F required ?
Answer : (a) 0.18 J (b)3 N

(a) What is the length of x, y and z when a weight of 8 N is hung on each spring system ? (b) Compare the stiffness of the spring system P and Q.
Answer : (a) x = 48 cm y=18 cm z =42 cm

(b) Q is more stiff than P

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Diagram shows a force- extension graph spring P and spring Q F/ N

spring P spring Q
(a) What physical quantity is represented by (i) Gradient of the graph (ii) Area under graph ?

.. (b) State the elastic limit of the spring P.

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15 x/ cm

(c) Which spring is more stiff ? Explain your answer. ..

.. (c) Calculate the force constant of spring Q in N cm-1

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Calculate the elastic potential energy stored in spring Q when the extension is 12 cm.
1 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Figure 1 shows the arrangement of apparatus in an experiment to determine the relationship between the extension e of a spring T with weight W. The relationship of e with W is shown in the graph in Figure 2. (a) A law states that : The extension of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied if the elastic limit of the spring is not exceeded. (i) Name this law. .. (ii) the Mark with a cross (x)
W /N 16 14 12

Spring T Slotted mass

10 8 6 4 2 1 2

Figure 1 elastic limit of the spring on the graph in Figure 3.2 (c) The spring stores energy when it is extended. (i) Name the form of energy stored in the spring. (ii) .. Calculate the energy stored in the spring when it is extend by 4 cm.

Figure 2

8 e /cm

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Another spring , identical to spring T , is added to the arrangement in Figure 1. This new arrangement is shown in Figure 3. The experiment is then repeated. Sketch the graph of W against e for this experiment on the graph in Figure 2.

Figure 3