Helical Compressing Spring Calculation

Viktor Kovtun, mechanical engineer Brazil viktor.kovtun@gmail.com

Initial Data F1 100 N N_res 10 6

Spring Resource in Cycles of Loading

F2 250 N

_working 20 mm

Mechanical Properties of Spring Material E 207 GPa 0,30 _ut 1700 MPa 7850 G kg 3 m
Modulus of Elasticity Poissons Ratio Ultimate Tensile Strength Density

E 2 1

Shear Modulus

G 79,6154 GPa

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Calculation
_adm _adm _adm _adm = = = Admissible Shear Stress; (0.250.3)*_ut for 10^5 < N < 10^7; (0.450.5)*_ut for 2*10^3 < N <=10^5; 0.6*_ut for N<=2*10^3;

_adm 0,3 _ut 8 _adm 5,1 10 Pa C 8 Kw

C = D/d - Spring Index, the preferred range of C is from 4 to 12

4 C 1 4 C 4 Kw 1,184 d

0,615 C

Whal's Factor

8 Kw F2 C _adm

d 3,439 mm

Preferred Wire Diameters: 0.1,0.12,0.16,0.2,0.3,0.35,0.4,0.45,0.5,0.55,0.60,0.65,0.7,0.8,0.9,1, 1.1,1.2,1.4,1.6,1.8,2,2.2,2.5,2.8,3,3.5,4,4.5,5,5.5,6,6.5,7,8,9,10, 11,12,13,14,15,16

d 3,5 mm D C d Do D d Di D d D 28 mm Do 31,5 mm Di 24,5 mm

Admissible Inertial Allowance; = 0.050.25) for 2000 < N 10^7; = (0.100.40) for N 2000.

0,15 F2 F3 294,12 N F3 1 8 Kw F3 D _3 579,1264 MPa _3 3 d F2 _3 1 F3 V_crit Critical Speed of Spring Deflection 2 G m V_crit 2,4571 s 4

Na

G d

_working Number of Active Coils 3 8 D F2 F1

Na 9,0708 Na round 4 Na ; 0 4

Na 9

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d 8 D

4 3

G Na N mm

k= F/ Spring Rate

k 7,559

N_squared 1,5 N_ground 1,5

Number of Squared Coils Number of Ground Coils

N_total Na N_squared Total Number of Coils N_total 10,5 3 8 F1 D Na _F1 4 G d 3 8 F2 D Na _F2 4 G d _working _F2 _F1 _F3 8 F3 D G d L0 L3 _F3 L1 L0 _F1 L2 L0 _F2 p0 d 3 4 L3 35 mm Na

_F1 13,23 mm

_F2 33,07 mm _working 19,844 mm _F3 38,91 mm

L3 d N_total 1 N_ground L0 73,91 mm L1 60,68 mm L2 40,84 mm

_F3 p0 7,823 mm Na _working p1 5,705 mm p1 d Na

The condition for absolute stability: L0 < L_crit. L_crit 2,62 Do

L_crit 82,53 mm 6,85 Do 2 L0 2 If the spring is absolutely stable, the result is complex number.

_buckling 0,813 L0 1

_buckling 60,0886 29,6969 i mm

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atan

p0 D

Pitch Angle

5,0823 deg

L_spring_development D

Na cos

N_squared

L_spring_development 926,75 mm L_stock 1,07 L_spring_development L_stock 991,63 mm Literature

1. Robert L. Norton. Machine Design, 3d Edition.; 2. .. , .. . . (V.V. Shelofast, T.B. Chugunova. Basics of Machine Design); 3. . (L. Andreeva. Elastic elements of mechanisms).

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