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ERIC Number: EJ961101
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0746-8342
The Center of Mass of a Soft Spring
Serna, Juan D.; Joshi, Amitabh
College Mathematics Journal, v42 n5 p389-394 Nov 2011
This article uses calculus to find the center of mass of a soft, vertically suspended, cylindrical helical spring, which necessarily is stretched non-uniformly by the action of gravity. A general expression for the vertical position of the center of mass is obtained and compared with other results in the literature.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A