Determine the maximum shearing stress and elongation in a helical steel spring composed of 20 turns of 20-mm-diameter wire on a mean

radius of 90 mm when the spring is supporting a load of 1.5 kN. and G !" G#a.
Gi$en% # 1.5 kN 1500 N& ' 90 mm d 20 mm& n 20 turns m

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, rigid *ar- hinged at one end- is supported *. two identical springs as shown in /ig. #-"09. 1ach spring consists of 20 turns of 10-mm wire ha$ing a mean diameter of 150 mm. 2ompute the maximum shearing stress in the springs- using 1(. 3"-9). Neglect the mass of the rigid *ar. Gi$en%

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A closed- coiled helical spring is made of steel wire is 6mm diameter. It has 8 turns of mean diameter of 6.5 cm and the pitch of the coils when the spring is unloaded is 1.5 cm. Determined the axial load which when gradually applied will cause the coils just to close up. a!e "# 8$ "pa.

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P = 424.724 N

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A closely coiled helical is made of 1$ coils with mean diameter of '5 mm. If the stiffness of the spring 1$ ( per mm) determine the wire diameter. *se "# +$,(-mm

"i.en& D# '5mm %tiffness# 1$(-mm n# 1$ turns "# +$$$$ (-mm

'e(uired% wire diameter

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d = 7.83 mm

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