Spring-Mass Period Calculator — T = 2π√(m/k)
Heavier masses swing slower, stiffer springs swing faster — the period of a mass-spring oscillator follows from Newton's second law plus Hooke's law.
Spring-Mass Period Calculator — T = 2π√(m/k)
How to interpret the result
Car suspensions are tuned with this: a soft spring and heavy car give a slow, comfortable bounce frequency around 1 Hz.
Assumptions
- Ideal massless spring
- No damping (no friction)
- Motion along the spring axis