After reading it again today I can see how it would be confusing. I am trying to find velocity of the mass that is connected to a really long spring that also has mass. The spring is initially stretched with some known force F. The mass is then released with initial velocity being zero. How...
I am having a hard time figuring out how to calculate the velocity of a mass in a spring-mass system with respect to distance, where the spring has a mass to it. The spring would be a long steel cable and a force of 4000 lbs would be applied to the system along the line of action. The cable is...