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Mechanisms and Vibrations Lab

Lab Report # 9
Title: Spring Constant

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY ISLAMABAD

Name: Muhammad Fateh Mehmood


CMS: 369409
ME-13
Section A
Submitted to: LE Zeeshan

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING


ENGINEERING
Objectives
1. To find the constant (k) of a spring.

Introduction
The spring constant, often denoted as kk, is a parameter that measures the stiffness of a spring. It
is defined by Hooke's Law, which states that the force F exerted by a spring is directly
proportional to the displacement x from its equilibrium position. Mathematically, this
relationship is expressed as:

Figure 1 Spring Stiffness Visualization

Key Equations
• Spring Constant (𝒌):
𝐹
𝑘 =
∆𝑥

Apparatus
• Masses
• Spring
• Hook
• Scale

Procedure
1. Measure the normal length of spring without any mass with one side attached to top.
2. Attach the hook on the spring at bottom of spring.
3. Add 400g mass on the hook and measure the extended length of spring.
4. Add 200g more mass and measure length.
5. Add 200g more mass and measure length at this 800g mass.
6. Calculate stiffness of spring by given formula and take average of the three readings.
Results
Table 1 Experimental Data

Original New
Mass Weight Length Length Delta x Stiffness
(kg) (N) (m) (m) (m) (N/m)
0.4 3.92 0.126 0.13 0.004 980
0.6 5.88 0.126 0.131 0.005 1176
0.8 7.84 0.126 0.132 0.006 1307

Average 1154

Stifness k
9

7
Force (N)

3
0.003 0.0035 0.004 0.0045 0.005 0.0055 0.006 0.0065 0.007
Delta x (m)

Figure 2 Force vs Extension Graph: Slope gives Spring Constant

Calculations
Mass (m) = 0.400 kg
Weight (F) = mg = 0.4 x 9.8 = 3.92 N
Original Length x1 = 0.126m
New Length x2 = 0.13m
Delta x = x2-x1 = 0.13 -0.126 = 0.004m

Spring Constant
𝐹
𝑘 =
∆𝑥
3.92
𝑘 = = 980𝑁/𝑚
0.004
Discussion
The experiment was aimed at studying Spring constant and experimentally calculating
spring constant of a given spring. Three readings were taken and after calculating spring constant
of each case, its average value is used.
The results show that by increasing the mass on hook, the extension is also increased as
clear from the graph. It shows a linear relation between force and displacement which shows
there is no permanent deformation in spring. In other words, the yield point is not reached, and
we are working in linear region of spring.
The spring constant should be constant in each case, but it changes in each case, so an
average value is calculated which comes out to be 1154 N/m. The variation is due to various
errors in experiments like parallax, old spring and human errors.

Conclusion
The experiment helped us understand the spring constant and observing the effects of
weight on extension of spring and objectives of the experiment are fulfilled.

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