several springs in SHM

Can anyone tell me that is there any rule to replace several springs connected (in series or in parallel) having diff. spring const. to a single spring........

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skygirl ·

series connection will bhave like parallel connection of resistnces..
n parallel one like series...

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himanshu singh ·

Are u sure sky???

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Abhishek Priyam ·

yeah but solve by the basics...

for example in case of so called parallel

if x is the displacement then elongation in each spring will x so force applied by each will be:
(respective spring constant)*x

so this adds up to give(ΣKi)*x

But notice point of application of individual forces they are not same so a trap can be made to insert some unbalanced torque ...

try for series.....

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Abhishek Priyam ·

In case of series you can use combinations as point of application of force is same.... :)

But with an elongation of x each spring will elongate according to their ability depending on spring constants.....

:)

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