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Hooke's law and Moments
- 1. Hooke’s Law and Moments GCSE Physics
- 10. Fill out the table for the springs 4 cm 4 cm 4 cm 10 cm 2 N 4 N 6 N 10 14 18 22 0 2 4 6 0 4 8 12 Extension of spring (cm) Extended Length of spring (cm) Force Applied (N)
- 29. See-saw
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- When an external force is applied to an object, the object may resist motion. Although the object does not move the force can still have an effect on the object. This effect is important for the engineering of many structures and machines. The components of an engine, the pistons being forced apart by the chemical reactions, fuel igniting and driving the thrust of the mechanism. Incorrect design and ignorance of these forces can lead to failure! Think of all the engine failures or tyre problems that occur in F1, this is all down to engineering problems, although its difficult to get everything right in such a complex machine that is competing and pushing the boundaries of speed.
- One such catastrophic failure of structural engineering was the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. A strong wind started the bridge swaying and the effect magnified beyond control until the inevitable happened. Cue the news rail from that day back in the 1940s.
- Balloon clamped to a cork and the retort stand clamped to the desk. It’s quite obvious to represent the relationship between the force and the extension visually, judging by your eye, with the balloon stretching rather than the spring. Apply a force of 10 N and compare the extension when another 5 N are added. The extension should be increased by 50%. Half the force applied, half the extension – the relationship is proportional. Apply a larger force, 20 N and the extension is no longer proportional, in fact when another 10 N is added so 30 N is now applied the balloon hardly stretches at all! When the force is taken away, the balloon shows clearly an increase in natural length. A permanent extension has occurred. A spring also demonstrates the deformation when too much force is applied beyond a particular limit.
- Similar to the graph drawn for the spring, a straight line shows the pattern of results obtained which is regarded as a direct proportion. This region of applying force is known as the ‘elastic region’. If the force is continually added though the relationship does not stay constant. The larger the force the less the extension occurs. A permanent deformation is also observed when the force is no longer applied. This region is regarded as the ‘elastic region’. The threshold between each region is called the elastic limit.
- Handout blank copies of the table. How do the results prove that the spring obeys Hooke’s law? The force is directly proportional to the extension, to get double the extension the force applied is doubled also.
- If a force is large enough a static object which is anchored will eventually crack and possibly fail completely. Every material will be able to with-hold a limit of force but may behave plastically before collapsing and failing.
- Permanent deformation of the reinforcement of steel bars within concert
- There is no more connection between the increase in force and the extension of the object. A fracture may also appear.
- Tim and Moby explain lever… excuse the American pronunciation
- What are some of the names of the components that are considered with a turning effect of a force? Lever, pivot/fulcrum, effort, load What is the purpose of a lever? It is a simple machine which makes a job easier to do. It amplifies the force applied but this forces needs to be applied over a long distance than the load will be moved.
- An obvious example of a large turning effect of a force is demonstrated by construction cranes. The weight of the load lifted by the crane needs to have a counter balance to reduce any strain in the main column.
- Moments are considered for the design of many structures. It is quite apparent that a moment is caused by the cantilever roof of football stands which require large spans without obstructing any views of the pitch. At Stamford Bridge the stand has columns at the rear with struts pulling against the load force (dead weight of the roof members).
- Add to the see-saw different moments (various forces at various distances from the pivot, clockwise and anti-clockwise) The see-saw can be balanced obviously by applying the same force at the same distance from the pivot but on the other side. What if we have only half the weight, can the see-saw still be balanced? What if we have 2 3rds of the weight? A lever can be balanced as long as the moments acting in the clockwise direction are equal to the moments acting in the anti-clockwise direction.