Hooke's Law

Learning objectives

Use the prepared scene to investigate the following physical ideas:

• Hooke's law
• Restoring force
• Damped oscillation

Available controls

The workspace lets you pause and play the scene, select its objects, edit the starting properties described below, reset the scene, and inspect configured live graph measurements.

1. Change the hanging mass.
2. Press Play and allow the system to settle.
3. Compare extension and spring force.

Expected observations

• Extension grows with applied load in the elastic range.
• The spring oscillates about equilibrium.
• Damping removes energy and produces a stable reading.

Model limitations

The spring is linear within this model and does not represent permanent deformation, coil mass, or a material-specific elastic limit.

Simulation output is educational and approximate. Verify important results with independent calculations or physical measurements.