Elasticity (physics) - Hooke's Law

Hooke's Law

As noted above, for small deformations, most elastic materials such as springs exhibit linear elasticity. This idea was first formulated by Robert Hooke in 1675 as a Latin anagram, "ceiiinosssttuv". He published the answer in 1678: "Ut tensio, sic vis" meaning "As the extension, so the force", a linear relationship commonly referred to as Hooke's law. This law can be stated as a relationship between force F and displacement x,

where k is a constant known as the rate or spring constant. It can also be stated as a relationship between stress σ and strain :

where E Is known as the elastic modulus or Young's modulus.

Although the general proportionality constant between stress and strain in three dimensions is a 4th order tensor, systems that exhibit symmetry, such as a one-dimensional rod, can often be reduced to applications of Hooke's law.

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