F=-kx Question

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Start date Oct 30, 2011

Oct 30, 2011

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Are springs manufactured to obey Hooke's law, or do all springs just naturally obey this property?

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There are springs which are designed to have non-constant spring rates.

See this link: http://www.tuninglinx.com/html/suspension-springs.html

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