Payal posted an Question
August 26, 2021 • 18:11 pm 30 points
  • CSIR NET
  • Physical Sciences

Heavy spring & block system let a heavy spring oi mass m, and spring constant k whose one end is connected to wall and another end is connected to a block of ma

what is the concept behind taking 1/6 in the kinetic energy term ?

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  • Dr suman 1 Best Answer

    see the attached file.

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    when we take ideal spring mass system in which the spring density is uniform through out its length then mass of the spring is taken as its effecive mass which is one third of its actual mass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass_(spring-mass_system)#Vertical_spring-mass_system

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