A railway wagon weighing 50 kN and moving with a speed of 8 km per hour has

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A railway wagon weighing 50 kN and moving with a speed of 8 km per hour has to be stopped by four buffer springs in which the maximum compression allowed is 220 mm. Find the number of turns in each spring of mean diameter 150 mm. The diameter of spring wire is 25mm