DEFORMATION

THIS IS THE CHANGE IN OBJECT THAT

CANNOT MOVE DUE TO FORCE BEING
APPLIED. THE OBJECT EITHER STRETCHES OR
COMPRESSES.
• PLASTIC DEFORMATION • ELASTIC DEFORMATION
• THIS OCCURS WHEN • THIS OCCURS WHEN
THE ATOMS OR THE ATOMS OR
MOLECULES OF THE MOLECULES OF THE
MATERIAL DOES MATERIAL RETURNS
NOT RETURN TO ITS TO ITS ORIGINAL
ORIGINAL STATE STATE AFTER THE
AFTER THE DEFROMATION
DEFROMATION FORCES ARE
FORCES ARE REMOVED.
REMOVED.
Experiment
 HOOKES LAW
• The extension of a spring is directly
proportional to the load or force applied,
provided that the elastic limit is not exceeded.
• For all materials, there is a point called the
limit of proportionality, beyond which Hooke's
law Is not obeyed.
• If a material is stretched further than this
point, it reaches its elastic limit. Further
stretching may cause the a material to break.
Force-extension graphs
 Example
• A rubber band is 14.5cm long. When a mass of 120g is attached to one end, it stretches to 17.5cm. If the
band obeys Hooke's law, F=kx where x is the extension, what is the constant k?