Hook's law


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Hook's law

A law of physics stated by Robert Hook in 1676 and that defines the relationship between the stress and the strain in materials. It states that up to its elastic limits, the strain within a material is directly proportional to the amount of stress that causes the deformation.
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A perfectly elastic material largely characterized by Hook's law is illustrated in Fig.
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