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Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is named. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 35,193. In 2019 the estimated population was 38,797.The center of Hot Springs is the oldest federal reserve in the United States, today preserved as Hot Springs National Park. The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess healing properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native American tribes. Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town. Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city has been home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies and gangsters such as Al Capone, horse racing at Oaklawn Park, the Army and Navy Hospital, and 42nd President Bill Clinton. One of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the United States, the Assemblies of God, traces its beginnings to Hot Springs.
Today, much of Hot Springs's history is preserved by various government entities. Hot Springs National Park is maintained by the National Park Service, including Bathhouse Row, which preserves the eight historic bathhouse buildings and gardens along Central Avenue. Downtown Hot Springs is preserved as the Central Avenue Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city also contains dozens of historic hotels and motor courts, built during the Great Depression in the Art Deco style. Due to the popularity of the thermal waters, Hot Springs benefited from rapid growth during a period when many cities saw a sharp decline in building; much like Miami's art deco districts. As a result, Hot Springs's architecture is a key part of the city's blend of cultures, including a reputation as a tourist town and a Southern city. Also a destination for the arts, Hot Springs features the Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, and the Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival annually.

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  1. L

    Simple Harmonic Motion Question (Springs)

    A 350-g mass is attached to a spring whose spring constant is 64 N/m. Its maximum acceleration is 5.3 m/s2. What is its maximum speed? So, i had a go at the question which basically required the knowledge that maximum acceleration occurs when displacement is maximum and maximum velocity occurs...
  2. J

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  3. O

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  4. K

    Calculating Energy Conservation in a Spring-Mass System on an Incline

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  5. B

    Finding Small Machined Springs for Probes

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  6. T

    High schooler help with work KE theorem and springs

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  7. SherlockIsReal

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  8. K

    Where did I go wrong in my solution?

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  9. Essence

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    I know this is an idealization, but I'm wondering if there is a reason this idealization works so well. Is it related to the coil of the spring or the bonds between each atom in the spring? I have considered using ## F = \frac{kq_1q_2Nsin\left(\theta \right)}{r^2} ## Where: ##...
  10. Kevin Spacey

    Describing how to make a standing wave?

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  11. F

    A system of 3 masses attached by springs is oscillating

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  12. R

    I thought springs can only pull

    http://faculty.mint.ua.edu/~pleclair/ph125/Misc/exam2_form_a_solns.pdf On page 1, problem 1, where it shows a mass M and another mass 3M connected by a cord and spring. Then the cord is burned off, and then the spring "pushes the blocks away" I get the momentum conservation and how to work the...
  13. E

    Graph Mass Position vs Time for Springs Assignment Homework

    Homework Statement When a 100 cm long thing aluminium rod is lodged into the ground, so that it is vertical, it requires 25.0 N of force to deflect it 20.0 cm from the rest position. The rod is then lodged into the side of a wall, and a 100 g of mass is placed at its end and it is then pulled...
  14. W

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  15. M

    Rotational Spring Arbitrary Motion

    What I want to do is model the rotational behaviour of two bodies (1 and 2). They are connected by three virtual rotational springs (representing a link between them). For a normal (translational) spring the forces on body 1 in X, Y, and Z would be easily calculated as: $$ \mathbf{F}_1 =...
  16. R

    Calculate Force Needed to Stretch Spring 48cm: 270 N/m

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  17. H

    Conservation of energy with springs

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  18. B

    Compressed Springs: 100N Force, 30cm Length, k=1000N/m

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  19. S

    Oscillating springs in relativistic time frame

    1. The problem statement, equations, and work done: [A] Two identical spring and mass oscillators are set in motion in perpendicular directions. The masses are each 4.0 kg and the spring constants are 196 N/m. [1] Calculate the angular frequency and the period of the oscillators. ##\omega =...
  20. P

    Identical Springs: Compressed vs Uncompressed Mass

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  21. R

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  22. agnishom

    Three Springs in an Equilateral Triangle

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  23. Spinnor

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  24. E

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  25. K

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  26. Q

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  27. littlejon

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  28. S

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  29. Sneakatone

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  30. T

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  31. F

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    1. There are 2 negatively charged plates opposite each other. In between them, there is a vacuum tube (50 cm long), containing only 1 electron. Assume it is completely isolated. The charge value for the plates is equivalent to 10000 electrons. Initially the single electron is directly in the...
  32. J

    Centripital Force and Springs Combined

    1. Homework Statement (Attached is an image depicting the situation) A ball of mass m = 1.50kg is hung from a spring attached to a shaft. The length of the spring with the mass hanging from it is Lo = 50.0cm. The shaft then starts to rotate such that the spring stretches to a length L =...
  33. M

    Solving Two Masses 3 Springs Homework Problem

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  34. R

    Conservation of Energy and Springs

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  35. P

    What is the block's displacement when it first comes to rest again?

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  36. E

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    Homework Statement A cylinder on a inclined plane is rolling without slipping. Inclined plane is connected to wall with a spring and cylinder is connected to wall with a spring too. All frictions will be neglected, and all the given data has shown on the image below. As seen above, k2 spring...
  37. M

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  38. M

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    Homework Statement Homework Equations f_spring = k(x_near - x_far) The Attempt at a Solution a. FBD: The force goes through the nodes, and the sum of the forces must be 0 because the nodes are massless. Therefore, kx_1 = x(t) So x_1(t) = x(t)/k b. FBD: For this system, the parallel...
  39. T

    How Do You Calculate the Force Constant of a Spring?

    I'm jut not sure how to solve this problem in general, I tried a couple ways, but I keep getting wrong answers and I only have 2 attempts left. Please give me a direction to go in! A spring is 17.1cm long when it is lying on a table. One end is then attached to a hook and the other end is...
  40. S

    Calculating Mass of a Block in SHM with Given Parameters

    Homework Statement A block attached to a horizontal spring of force constant 75 N/m undergoes SHM with an amplitude of 0.15 m. If the speed of the mass is 1.7 m/s when the displacement is 0.12 m from the equilibrium position, what is the mass of the block? k = 75 N v = 1.7m/s @ 0.12m...
  41. U

    Does Swapping Linear and Non-Linear Springs in Series Change System Behavior?

    Homework Statement Suppose you have 2 springs in series, one is linear and one is non-linear. Initially the linear spring is at the top position and the non-linear is on bottom. Does swapping the springs affect the system? Homework Equations 1/k_eq = 1/k1 + 1/k2 This equation doesn't apply...
  42. P

    Calculation of the mass springs system

    I want to simulate such a system in Simulink. It is a system of mass between two compression, spring preload. Springs are compressed length of 64 mm to 54 mm. Acts on mass shock 50G for 10ms. The coefficient of spring constant is changed depending on the position and direction of movement mass...
  43. H

    Force, Springs, and Walls: How do They Respond?

    If you apply a force of 5N to one side of a spring, and 5N to the other side, then the spring will compress according to F=kX. If K=1, then X=5m. This is similar to what happens when you apply a force of 5N to a spring attached to a wall, right? the wall applies an equal and opposite force...
  44. A

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  45. T

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  46. Spinnor

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  47. mikey531

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  48. marmstrong941

    Wanted books/pdf's and data on springs

    I want to do some prototype work that may need some springs. they are long springs I will need to find cheep part so I may need to know how to make them as well. The end use would be long large and springs and work around 2200 lbs. I can't give to much more then that some people will think its...
  49. S

    Resultant forces on objects and springs

    Homework Statement Hi I've been struggling to work this out over the last week, so any help would be appreciated! 1: An object of mass 400kg is dragged at a constant velocity of 0.5m/s up a rough slope inclined at 25degrees to the horizontal. Given that coefficient of kinetic friction between...
  50. H

    Does hooks law appy to leaf springs?

    Does hooks law apply to a bent hockey stick. How does one measure the potential energy? Do I start by clamping one end weighing down the other and noting weight and deflection of the tip? I realize hooks law is an approximation, and can picture its relevance to an extension/compression and...
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