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Lecture 10,11

The document discusses flexibility and different types of springs used in machine elements design. Springs are classified as wire, flat, or special shaped and can resist tensile, compressive, and torsional loads. Helical compression springs have design parameters like free length, wire diameter, and coil diameter that influence stresses and deflection.

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Lecture 10,11

The document discusses flexibility and different types of springs used in machine elements design. Springs are classified as wire, flat, or special shaped and can resist tensile, compressive, and torsional loads. Helical compression springs have design parameters like free length, wire diameter, and coil diameter that influence stresses and deflection.

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Flexibility

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• Flexibility is sometimes needed and is often
provided by metal bodies with cleverly
controlled geometry
• These bodies can exhibit flexibility to the
degree the designer seeks
• These devices allow controlled application of
force or torque; the storing and release of
energy can be another purpose

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Springs

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Types of Springs

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• Springs may be classified as wire springs, flat
springs, or special shaped springs and there
are variations within these divisions
• Wire springs include helical springs of round or
square wire, made to resist and deflect under
tensile, compressive, and torsional loads
• Flat springs include cantilever or elliptical
types, wound motor- or clock-type power
springs and flat spring washers usually called
Belleville springs

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Types of Springs

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Wire Springs

Flat Springs

Cantilver/ Elliptical/
Belville Sprigs

Special Shaped Springs


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Examples of different types of springs.
Helical Compression Spring

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Stresses in Helical Springs

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F
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Design Parameters

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Free Length (Lo) - The The Torsion in the Spring
length of the unloaded
F
spring.
Wire Diameter (d) - The T=FD/2
diameter of the wire that
is wound into a helix.
Coil Diameter (D) - The
mean diameter of the
helix, i.e., (Douter +
Dinner)/2.
Total Coils (Nt)- The
number of coils or turns
in the spring.

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10-1 Stresses in Helical Springs

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Stresses in Helical Springs

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Stresses in Helical Springs

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10-2: The Curvature Effect

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10-3: Deflection of Helical Springs

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10-4 Compression Springs

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• A spring with plain ends has a non-interrupted
helicoid; the ends are the same as if a long
spring had been cut into sections
• A spring with plain ends that are square or
closed is obtained by deforming the ends to a
zero-degree helix angle

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Formulae for compression spring
dimensions

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• Where Na is the number of active coils

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Stability (Reading Assignment)

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• A column buckles when the load becomes too
large
• Similarly, compression coil springs may buckle
when the deflection becomes too large

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Stability (Reading Assignment)

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Stability (Reading Assignment)

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