Mechanical Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 6 (Q.No. 26)
26.
The stiffness of a closely-coiled helical spring is __________ proportional to number of turns.
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Adithya Venkatesh said:
10 years ago
Stiffness = Load/Deflection.
Deflection of a helical spring = 8WD^3n/Gd^4.
Where n is the number of coils.
Therefore when you substitute the values is stiffness then you will get that stiffness is inversely proportional to the number of turns.
Deflection of a helical spring = 8WD^3n/Gd^4.
Where n is the number of coils.
Therefore when you substitute the values is stiffness then you will get that stiffness is inversely proportional to the number of turns.
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Sunny said:
1 decade ago
Please some one tell me hint.
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