Vol. 63 [Why does the force of springs in precision equipment weaken even when they are not broken?] Stress relaxation, the entry barrier where atoms move little by little

The misconception that "if you compress a spring, it will keep its force"1.1 Springs seem to keep exerting the same force once compressedFor many people, precision springs used in connector contacts o ...
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Force and Motion: Tension, Spring and Resisting Forces

Some forces are called contact forces because they require objects to touch. One is tension force, found in stretched wires. Another is the force found in a spring. And last are resistive forces: ...
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Forces and Springs

In this title we are going to explore how much a spring extends when we apply a force to it. We are going to do this by looking at an e-scenario of a spring supported at its end on high, and a weight ...