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Diagram illustrating Hooke's law with three vertical springs: the first spring is unstretched, the second is stretched by a force F with extension x, and the third is stretched further by force 2F with extension 2x, showing the proportional relationship between force and extension. Figure 7: Transverse motion of an initially straight beam, shown at left as an elastic line and at right as a solid of finite section (see text).
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Introduction to Elasticity (PDF). Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Elasticity. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Elasticity: Stress and Strain. Sep 06, 2022
Added cross-references. May 06, 2021
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Elasticity. Mar 16, 2016
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Elasticity. Jul 18, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jun 01, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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