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Spring Force (Hooke's Law)
Spring Force (Hooke's Law): Force exerted by a spring. A Machine Design formula in mechanical engineering. Variables F, k and x, each with SI and imperial…
Machine Design
Specification
- Name
- Spring Force (Hooke's Law)
- Discipline
- mechanical
- Category
- Machine Design
- LaTeX
- F = kx
- Description
- Force exerted by a spring
- Conditions
- Linear elastic (Hooke's law) region
- Can solve for
- F, k, x
- Tags
- spring, hooke, stiffness, deflection
Variables
| Symbol | Name | Unit | Si Unit | Imperial Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Spring Force | N | N | lbf |
| k | Spring Constant | N/m | N/m | lbf/in |
| x | Displacement | m | m | in |