Explore Hooke's Law with this interactive spring-mass system
Natural Frequency: 1.58 Hz
Period: 3.97 s
Current Position: 20.0 cm
Hooke's Law states that the force exerted by a spring is proportional to its displacement from equilibrium: F = -kx, where k is the spring constant and x is the displacement.
F = -k × x
When a mass is attached to a spring, it exhibits simple harmonic motion. The period T of oscillation depends on the mass m and spring constant k:
T = 2π√(m/k)