Spring Revolution

Classical Mechanics Level 3

A block is attached to a nail with a spring. The block can move on the horizontal, frictionless surface. The spring is stretched and then released with a tangential velocity. This causes the block to move in a path shown above.

How would the path of the block change if the spring was replaced with a stiffer one with everything else kept constant?

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Pranshu Gaba by Pranshu Gaba , 22, India

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1 solution

Parth Sankhe
Oct 23, 2018

The stiffness of the spring doesn't matter as long as everything else is constant. The path depends on how much you've stretched the spring, and the tangential velocity.

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This is not correct. The number of lobes increases if the spring is made stiffer.

Pranshu Gaba - 2 years, 7 months ago

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I'm talking about the general shape of the path, like it being wider or narrower. The increase in the number of lobes means that the frequency of the waves increases, while its amplitude is still the same.

Parth Sankhe - 2 years, 7 months ago

maybe u shuld post a solution?

Shreyansh Tiwari - 2 years, 7 months ago

Can you post a general solution to this question.

Sanjay R Gayan - 2 years, 4 months ago

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