Spring Energy Diagram. The diagram opposite shows the system as fluid is being forced into the pressurised storage unit. That is the energy has been stored in the spring.
The potential energy u el x stored in a spring is given by which comes from adding up the energy it takes to incrementally compress the spring. Elastic potential energy 05 spring constant extension2 ee frac 1 2ke2 this is when. L free length of the unloaded spring m g shear modulus of rigidity of material d wire diameter m d mean diameter m.
Since the external force has the same general direction as the displacement the potential energy of a spring is always non negative.
Therefore the amount of energy symbolized by the area under the above graph is the energy that has been stored in the spring. Nadia rafat solid state electronics ec210 arab academy for science and technology aast cairo 2015 1. Physics p worksheet 6 2. It has no spring energy.