Spring Design |
G | shear modulus of the spring material |
d | wire diameter |
DO | outside spring diameter |
h1 | spring operating height 1 |
h2 | spring operating height 2 |
P1 | spring force at height 1 |
P2 | spring force at height 2 |
(Eq1) |
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For closed ends (ground or unground) | Na ≈ Nt − 2 |
For open ground ends | Na ≈ Nt − 1 |
For open unground ends | Na ≈ Nt |
(Eq2) |
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