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OpenStax-CNX module: m42240 1 Hookes Law: Stress and Strain Revisited OpenStax College This work is produced by OpenStax-CNX and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Abstract Explain Newtons third law of motion with respect to stress and deformation. Describe the restoration of force and displacement. Calculate the energy in Hooks Law of deformation, and the stored energy in a string. Figure 1: When displaced from its vertical equilibrium position, this plastic ruler oscillates back and forth because of the restoring force opposing displacement. When the ruler is on the left, there is a force to the right, and vice versa. Version 1.5: Jul 5, 2012 9:08 pm -0500 /licenses/by/3.0/ /content/m42240/1.5/ OpenStax-CNX module: m42240 2 Newtons rst law implies that an object oscillating back and forth is experiencing forces. Without force, the object would move in a straight line at a constant speed rather than oscillate. Consider, for example, plucking a plastic ruler to the left as shown in Figure 1. The deformation of the ruler creates a force in the opposite direction, known as a restoring force. Once released, the restoring force causes the ruler to move back toward its stable equilibrium position, where the net force on it is zero. However, by the time the ruler gets there, it gains momentum and continues to move to the right, producing the opposi