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Hooke's law — spring force F = −kx

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Hooke's Law KYA hai?

Sabse important word hai restoring — force hamesha equilibrium () ki taraf wapas point karti hai.


Minus sign KYUN? (Isse achhe se samjho)


Hum first principles se isko KAISE derive karte hain?

Figure — Hooke's law — spring force F = −kx

Stored energy (Spring ki Potential Energy)


Worked Examples


Common Mistakes


Recall Feynman: ek 12-saal ke bachche ko explain karo

Ek slinky imagine karo. Jab woh sirf wahan baitha hota hai, woh khush hota hai. Agar tum usse kheencho, woh wapas kheenchta hai taaki phir se chhota ho jaye. Agar tum usse squish karo, woh wapas dhakkelata hai taaki phir se lamba ho jaye. Aur trick yeh hai: jitna zyada tum usse mess karo, utna hi zyada woh wapas push ya pull karta hai — twice as far, twice as hard. Formula mein chhota minus sign spring ka tarika hai yeh kehne ka "rukho, wapas aao!" — woh hamesha tumhe wahan dhakkelata hai jahan se woh shuru hua tha.


Active Recall

Hooke's law kya kehta hai?
Ek ideal spring ki restoring force displacement ke proportional aur opposite hoti hai: .
mein minus sign ka kya matlab hai?
Force hamesha displacement ke opposite point karti hai, yaani equilibrium ki taraf wapas (restoring).
Spring constant ki units kya hain?
Newtons per metre (N/m).
Ek stretched spring mein stored potential energy kya hoti hai?
.
Spring PE kyun hai aur kyun nahi?
Force linearly 0 se tak badhti hai, isliye work triangle ka area hai (average force times ).
Agar tum stretch double karo, toh force mein kya change aata hai?
Woh double ho jaati hai ().
Agar tum stretch double karo, toh stored energy mein kya change aata hai?
Woh quadruple ho jaati hai ().
Kyun koi bhi stable system small displacements ke liye spring jaisa behave karta hai?
Uski energy minimum ko Taylor-expand karne par, leading term hoti hai, jo deti hai.
Force aur potential energy mein kya relation hai?
(force energy slope ke neeche point karti hai).
graph par physically kya represent karta hai?
Line ka slope (stiffness); steeper line matlab stiffer spring.
Hooke's law kab break down karta hai?
Elastic limit se aage, jahan spring permanently deform ho jaati hai aur mein linear nahi rehti.

Connections

Concept Map

defines

points toward

encoded by

F and x opposite signs

conservative force

expanded via

at stable rest

leaves quadratic term

yields

explains

integrates kx

Hooke's Law F = -kx

Restoring force

Equilibrium x = 0

Minus sign

Potential energy U = half k x squared

F = -dU/dx

Taylor expansion of U

Energy minimum U'0 = 0

Spring constant k = U''0

Generic near rest behaviour

Work integral