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When we stretch a spring like the one on this link, http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-suspension3.htm
it tends to obey hookes law (up to a point) - does this mean, like when wires are stretched (which also obey hookes law) the metal of the spring is actually streching and not just being moved as in would appear from looking at a stretched spring? Which bits of the metal stretch and in what directions?
Thanks in advance.![Smile :smile: :smile:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
it tends to obey hookes law (up to a point) - does this mean, like when wires are stretched (which also obey hookes law) the metal of the spring is actually streching and not just being moved as in would appear from looking at a stretched spring? Which bits of the metal stretch and in what directions?
Thanks in advance.