Hooke’s Law describes the elastic behavior of materials. Formulated by Robert Hooke, it states that the force required to stretch or compress a spring is directly proportional to the elongation or compression, as long as the material’s elastic limit is not exceeded. Mathematically expressed as:
F = -k x
where F is the applied force, k is the spring constant, and x is the deformation, this law is crucial for understanding elasticity in the physics of materials.
