ELASTIC CONSTANT

Presented by : JJ Donie
 TWO FORMS OF POTENTIAL
ENERGY

1. Gravitational Potential
Energy
2. Elastic Potential Energy
 ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY

• stored energy
• in elastic materials
• Rubber bands
• bungee cords
• trampolines
• springs
• stretched or compressed.
SPRINGS
 SPRING

• are elastic materials that require a force to be

stretched or compressed.
• the amount of force us directly proportional
to the amount of elongation or compression.
• the more a spring is stretched or compressed,
the greater is the force required.
 HOOKE’S LAW

F spring = force of the spring

K = spring or elastic constant
x = amount of the stretch or
compression.
 REMEMBER:

• when the spring neither stretched nor

compressed ;
• then it is said to be in equilibrium
position ;
• no external force is applied;
 FORMULA

• PE spring = ½
kx2
 EXAMPLE 1

An ideal spring has a spring

constant of 15 N/m. The spring
is stretched 6 cm. What is the
potential energy of the spring?
 EXAMPLE 2

What is the potential energy of a

spring if the spring constant is
25.0 N/m and it is compressed
to .5 m past its resting position?
 EXAMPLE 3

What is the spring constant of a

spring if the extension of the
spring is 0.15 m when 0.72 J of
potential energy is stored in it?
 EXAMPLE 4

How much would a spring

scale with a spring constant of
120 N/m stretch if it had 3.75 J
of work done on it?