Questions tagged [springs]
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Equation for the spring constant of an orthotropic, rectangular wire spring
I hope I can get some help with this problem as I've been struggling with it for a long time. I have a helical tension spring with radius $R$ and a square wire cross section and made of orthotropic ...
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Is an Adjustable Stiffness Flexure Spring possible?
I have recently discovered flexure springs (see image below), and I am interested in using one in an amateur project I am building.
However, I would prefer if I am able to adjust the "stiffness" of ...
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Advice on spring launcher project
I found an ingenious design of a spring ball launcher on grabcad and I'm interested in adapting it to accelerate a $43.7 \mathrm{~mm}$ diameter, $45 \mathrm{~g}$ golf ball enough to reach $65.5 \...
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Modifying coil spring to alter rate progressively
I want to modify the coil springs in my car to lower it 1" without raising the spring rate, so simply trimming the overall length is not an option. My idea is to remove material from along the top ...
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Designing a clamping mechanism for linear sliding stick
the problem
I'm prototyping for a musical instrument based on sliding sticks (see https://vimeo.com/170450482) but I'm struggling to make a robust, yet smooth clamping mechanism for the sticks. The ...
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What type of spring is used in this antique receipt holder?
Pictured is an antique McCaskey Register Co Receipt Holder. I have tried to find a modern equivalent, but I have not had much luck. I am considering building my own, is the spring used a readily ...
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How to calculate how much compression is needed for a spring to buckle
First off; School was many years ago and I know little of the mathematics behind all the physics and engineering stuff. So if you have an answer, please explain it like I'm 5?
The goal: I aim to be ...
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Launching a ball with springs or with elastic bands
I’m a student and have to create a machine that can launch a small bowling ball to knock over some pins.
I was thinking that I could use elastic potential energy to launch the ball but I’m not sure ...
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How do I correctly model this system of torsion springs?
I am currently designing a symmetric parallel mechanism that can be modeled as follows:
Here, $\tau^j$ denotes actuator moments and $k_i$ are torsion springs constants. For a specific point in the ...
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Springs on a pulley… When to use?
I saw a machine that fed a sheet of laminate through some rollers. The motor had a pulley attached to its shaft, and a spring connected to the pulley. Why not use a belt? Wouldnt the spring make it ...
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A creep mathematical model of alloy steel for making springs
I'm searching for a mathematical approach to well describe the creep （or stress relaxation）of helical-coil compression spring.I've got the spring parts and can Experiment with these parts .I need ...
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Equations of motion for a motor supported by a spring resting at the centre of a beam
Assumptions from this:
Sum of forces on the beam to be calculated
Sum of moments on the beam to be calculated
Sum of forces on the motor to be calculated
As:
F=-kx = kθL^2
Equations of Motion
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What are typical manufacturing constraints when producing (conical) springs?
Small background: for a project of mine I need to develop a (very light) conical spring.
While there are plenty resources out there for regular springs I really struggled to find anything on conical ...
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Why don't we make mainsprings out of Kevlar?
The most important factor for mainspring is, as far as I understand the matter, is their yield point.
In this regard, Kevlar beats steel by at least factor of two. So why aren't we using it instead ...
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Equivalent spring of beam supported by springs
My professor gave us yesterday a problem to calculate the equivalent spring of the system shown in the attached figure. The problem: a cantilever beam supported by two springs $k_1$ and $k_2$ located ...
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“Click” mechanism
I have an application in which I need to detect a button press on top of a platform which has a load (0.2kg ~ 0.5kg). The press is executed on the load.
Ideally I think what want is a tactile button ...
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Are there design reasons why there aren't pneumatic pistons for chairs with a stroke >= 400 mm?
In the interest of saving space, I'd like to have a stool that can double as a table. I'd like the height to be adjustable from 16 inches to 32 inches.
But I can't find any pneumatic/spring piston ...
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Deriving relationship between LVDT and mass spring damper
I have this system below.
It is the schematic of a linear accelerometer moving horizontally, where $m$ is the total mass of the slide, $b$ denotes the viscous damping, and $k$ represents the spring ...
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A mechanical system with coupled oscillators and dampers
I found here Coupled oscillators, the last one on this page, a system named by the author "Vehicle Suspension System". But I am not sure this modelizes a suspension for a vehicle.
I am ...
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Why aren't elastomer suspensions still used on economy cars?
Classic Mini Coopers used a hollow rubber cone as a combination spring and damper in a pushrod suspension. Why aren't simple elastomer springs still used in cheaper cars? Formula 500 cars use an even ...
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Arc subtended by stretching of a conical spiral spring
I'm trying to work out the angle subtended by the stretching of a conical spring and I have a solution but I'm not 100% sure about it so would appreciate some feedback.
An Archimedes spiral spring is ...
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Spring Diameter Question
Aluminum 6061-T6 has a density of 2.7 g/cm^3, a Young's modulus
of 69 GPa, and an ultimate tensile strength of 310 MPa.
If a "spring" were to be made by pulling a 10cm long cylinder of
material in ...
