BRAINCAKEElastic Potential Energy
The energy stored in a stretched or compressed spring is called elastic potential energy and is the area under a force-extension graph.
Given elastic potential energy = ½Fx
and F = k x
so Elastic potential energy is given by:
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Key terms in this lesson
- energy
- The capacity of a system to do work.
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