Hooke s law

A related measure of the intensity often used for electronic spectroscopy is the oscillator strengdi,/ This is a dimensionless ratio of the transition intensity to tliat expected for an electron bound by Hooke s law forces so as to be an isotropic hanuonic oscillator. It can be related either to the experimental integrated intensity or to the theoretical transition moment integral ... 

For each pair of interacting atoms (/r is their reduced mass), three parameters are needed D, (depth of the potential energy minimum, k (force constant of the par-tictilar bond), and l(, (reference bond length). The Morse ftinction will correctly allow the bond to dissociate, but has the disadvantage that it is computationally very expensive. Moreover, force fields arc normally not parameterized to handle bond dissociation. To circumvent these disadvantages, the Morse function is replaced by a simple harmonic potential, which describes bond stretching by Hooke s law (Eq. (20)). 

Compared with the Morse potential, Hooke s law performs reasonably well in the equilibrium area near If, where the shape of the Morse function is more or less quadratic (see Figure 7-9 in the minimum-energy region). To improve the performance of the harmonic potential for non-equilibrium bond lengths also, higher-order terms can be added to the potential according to Eq. (21). 

As for bond stretching, the simplest description of the energy necessary for a bond angle to deviate firom the reference value is a harmonic potential following Hooke s law, as shown in Eq. (22). 

This com poTicii 1 is oficn approximated as a harmonic oscillator and can be calculated using Hooke s law. 

Comparison of the simple harmonic potential (Hooke s law) with the Morse curve. 

Hooke s law functional form is a reasonable approximation to the shape of the potential gy curve at the bottom of the potential well, at distances that correspond to bonding in md-state molecules. It is less accurate away from equilibrium (Figure 4.5). To model the se curve more accurately, cubic and higher terms can be included and the bond- ching potential can be written as follows ... 

As a simple example of a normal mode calculation consider the linear triatomic system ir Figure 5.16. We shall just consider motion along the long axis of the molecule. The displace ments of the atoms from their equilibrium positions along this axis are denoted by It i assumed that the displacements are small compared with the equilibrium values Iq and th( system obeys Hooke s law with bond force constants k. The potential energy is given by ... 

If the spring follows Hooke s law, the force it exerts on the mass is directly proportional and opposite to the excursion of the particle away from its equilibrium point Xe- The particle of mass m is accelerated by the force F = —kx of the spring. By Newton s second law, F = ma, where a is the acceleration of the mass... 

A 1.00-g mass eonneeted to a fixed point by a spring oseillates at a frequeney of 10.0 Hz. What is the Hooke s law foree eonstant of the spring Give units. 

Write the rotational analog of Hooke s law for the torque x driving the oseillation in Problem 3. Write the rotational analog of Newton s second law. Combine the two laws to obtain the rotational analog of the Newton-Hooke equation, Eq. (4-1). 

Three 10,0-g masses are connected by springs to fixed points as harmonic oscillators showui in Fig, 3-12, The Hooke s law force constants of the springs ai e 2k. k, and k as showui, where k = 2.00 N m, What are the pei iods and frequencies of oscillation in hertz and radians per second in each of the three cases a, b, and e ... 

The various elastic and viscoelastic phenomena we discuss in this chapter will be developed in stages. We begin with the simplest the case of a sample that displays a purely elastic response when deformed by simple elongation. On the basis of Hooke s law, we expect that the force of deformation—the stress—and the distortion that results-the strain-will be directly proportional, at least for small deformations. In addition, the energy spent to produce the deformation is recoverable The material snaps back when the force is released. We are interested in the molecular origin of this property for polymeric materials but, before we can get to that, we need to define the variables more quantitatively. 

A quantitative formulation of Hooke s law is facilitated by considering the rectangular sample shown in Fig. 3.1a. If a force F is applied to the face of area A, the original length of the block Lq will be increased by AL. Now consider the following variations ... 

This equation shows that at small deformations individual chains obey Hooke s law with the force constant kj = 3kT/nlo. This result may be derived directly from random flight statistics without considering a network. 

Figure 1.11(b) illustrates the ball-and-spring model which is adequate for an approximate treatment of the vibration of a diatomic molecule. For small displacements the stretching and compression of the bond, represented by the spring, obeys Hooke s law ... 

Just as the electrical behaviour of a real diatomic molecule is not accurately harmonic, neither is its mechanical behaviour. The potential function, vibrational energy levels and wave functions shown in Figure f.i3 were derived by assuming that vibrational motion obeys Hooke s law, as expressed by Equation (1.63), but this assumption is reasonable only... 

Let us recall the dependence of solutions to dynamical and quasi-static problems on the time parameter t. Then Hooke s law (1.3) takes the form... 

It is important to differentiate between brittie and plastic deformations within materials. With brittie materials, the behavior is predominantiy elastic until the yield point is reached, at which breakage occurs. When fracture occurs as a result of a time-dependent strain, the material behaves in an inelastic manner. Most materials tend to be inelastic. Figure 1 shows a typical stress—strain diagram. The section A—B is the elastic region where the material obeys Hooke s law, and the slope of the line is Young s modulus. C is the yield point, where plastic deformation begins. The difference in strain between the yield point C and the ultimate yield point D gives a measure of the brittieness of the material, ie, the less difference in strain, the more brittie the material. 

Dislocations are known to be responsible for die short-term plastic (nonelastic) properties of substances, which represents departure from die elastic behaviour described by Hooke s law. Their concentration determines, in part, not only dris immediate transport of planes of atoms drrough die solid at moderate temperatures, but also plays a decisive role in die behaviour of metals under long-term stress. In processes which occur slowly over a long period of time such as secondaiy creep, die dislocation distribution cannot be considered geometrically fixed widrin a solid because of die applied suess. 

We can now define the elastic moduli. They are defined through Hooke s Law, which is merely a description of the experimental observation that, when strams are small, the strain is very nearly proportional to the stress that is, they are linear-elastic. The nominal tensile strain, for example, is proportional to the tensile stress for simple tension... 

Figure 8.1 shows the stress-strain curve of a material exhibiting perfectly linear elastic behaviour. This is the behaviour characterised by Hooke s Law (Chapter 3). All solids are linear elastic at small strains - by which we usually mean less than 0.001, or 0.1%. The slope of the stress-strain line, which is the same in compression as in tension, is of... 

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