The center of mass of a soft spring

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.42.5.389MaRDI QIDQ2901243zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Amitabh Joshi, Juan D. Serna

Publication date 18 July 2012

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3881

zbMATH Keywords

center of mass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50)

Abstract: This article shows how to use calculus to find the center of mass position of a soft cylindrical helical spring that is suspended vertically. The spring is non-uniformly stretched by the action of gravity. A general expression for the vertical position of the center of mass is obtained.

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