ME 336B – Machine Design 1 Lab 2017 - 2018
MODULE 10 – DESIGN OF MECHANICAL SPRING mean diameter of the coil spring
wire diameter
10.1 COIL SPRING (HELICAL SPRING)
Spring acts as a flexible joint between two parts or Wahl Factor :
bodies.
where: spring index
Spring Index :
Plain or Open Plain and Ground
Mean Coil Diameter :
Plain and Squared Squared and Ground
Purposes: where: outside diameter of the coil spring
1. Cushioning, absorbing , or controlling of energy due inside diameter of the coil spring
to shock and vibration
Deflection :
2. Control of motion and/or maintaining contact
between two elements (such as, cam and its
follower, brakes, etc.)
3. Measuring forces (such as, spring balances, gages,
etc.) where: modulus of rigidity
4. Storing of energy (such as, jack-in-the-box, gun
hammer, etc) Deflection at Solid Force :
Actual Free Length – Solid Length
Type of End Number of Solid Length Free Length
Coils Spring Constant or Spring Rate :
Plain (Open)
Plain and
Ground
Plain and
Squared
Impact Load on Spring:
(Closed)
Squared and
Ground
where: n = no. of active coils
d = wire diameter
p = pitch of the spring
where: weight of the object
height of the object above the free length of
Stress of Coil Spring :
the coil spring
where: stress factor or Wahl correction factor
axial load
ME 336B – Machine Design 1 Lab 2017 - 2018
3. Compute the maximum deflection of a 20 coil helical
spring having a load of 75 kgs. The spring is a square and
ground ends with modulus of elasticity in shear of 79.84
Springs Springs GPa. The outside diameter and wire diameter are 101.6
in mm and 9.525 mm, respectively.
in
Parallel 𝐹 𝐹 A. 126.7 mm B. 112.7 mm
Series
C. 151.7 mm D. 140.7 mm
4. Three extension coil springs are hooked in series and
𝐹𝑇 supports a weight of 70 kg. One spring has a spring rate
𝐹𝑇
of 0.209 kg/mm, and the other two have spring rates of
0.643 kg/mm. Find the deflection.
A. 346.71 mm B. 389.30 mm
Springs Connected in Series: C. 426.71 mm D. 552.66 mm
5. A weight of 100 lb strikes a coil spring from a height of
18 inches and deflects the spring by 6 inches. Find the
average force acting on the spring.
A. 600 lb B. 800 lb
where: total elongation C. 400 lb D. 900 lb
6. Find the total shear stress of a helical compression
spring when subjected to a load of 220 N. The spring is
made from 3.43 mm diameter music wire with 50.8 mm
mean coil diameter.
where: equivalent or effective spring constant A. 1342 MPa B. 644.3 MPa
C. 521.0 MPa D. 773.5 MPa
Springs Connected in Parallel:
7. A helical spring having squared and ground ends has a
total of 18 coils and its material has a modulus of
elasticity in shear of 78.910 GPa. The outside diameter of
the coil is 10.42 cm and the wire diameter is 0.625 cm.
Compute the deflection in the spring due to a 50-kg load.
A. 30.2 cm B. 49.2 cm
C. 54.9 cm D. 22.3 cm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
D D A D B D B
MODULE 10.1: COIL SPRING DESIGN
1. A spring has a spring rate of 30 kN/m. If the wire
diameter is 10 mm and mean diameter of 70 mm,
determine the number of active coils. G = 80 GPa.
A. 6.54 B. 7.82
C. 8.42 D. 9.72
2. It is found that a load of 50 lb that acts on a spring
deflects it by 8.5 in. What load deflect the spring by 2.5
in.?
A. 10.64 lb B. 12.48 lb
C. 13.48 lb D. 14.70 lb
