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 = ½Fxand F = k xso Elastic potential energy is given by:
E = ½k x2
Elastic Potential Energy
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Specification: OCR Physics A (H156), AS-level, 3.4.2 Mechanical properties of matter. Topic: Materials.
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- A quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
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- The rate of change of displacement of an object; speed in a given direction.
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