A helical compression spring is wound using 0.105-in-diameter music wire. The spring has an outside diameter of
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(a) What should the free length be to ensure that when the spring is compressed solid the torsional stress does not exceed the yield strength, that is, that it is solid-safe?
(b) What force is needed to compress this spring to closure?
(c) Estimate the spring rate.
(d) Is there a possibility that the spring might buckle in service?
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Shigleys Mechanical Engineering Design
ISBN: 978-1121345317
9th edition
Authors: Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett
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