Section 2
Hooke's Law
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Hooke's Law
Hooke's law of elasticity is an approximation that states that the extension of a spring is directly proportional to the load applied to it.
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Elastic Potential Energy
If a force results in only deformation, with no thermal, sound, or kinetic energy, the work done is stored as elastic potential energy.