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Choose the Wire Material

Choose the Type of End

Enter the Wire Diameter (d) 0.037

Enter outside Diameter of Spring (D) 0.4375

Enter Total Number of Coils (Nt) 12.5


Calculated Spring Parameters
Shear Strength, Ssy 145.887916249993kpsi
Max Load 6.44592855874266lb
Spring Scale, k 3.75776708477958lbf/in
Max Deflection, y 1.71536138704583in
Solid Length, Ls 0.4625in
Minimum Free Length, Lo 2.17786138704583in
Pitch, p 0.174228910963666in
Muhammad Hamza
ME 12 A
338848
Machine Design I
Instructions
The sheet named Calculator is main sheet.

Steps to be followed
1. Enter the type of wire
2. Enter the type of ends of spring
3. Enter thr type diameter of wire in inches
4. Enter the outer diameter of the spring
5. Enter the total number of coils Nt

NOTE
1. Please do not unhide the other sheets as they are performing the backend calculations
2. The cells behind the values in 'Calculator' are also performing main calculations. Please avoid making an
Comments:
Overall the sheet is working perfectly as it is tested by solving questions in the 9th edition of the book
tructions

ns. Please avoid making any changes

9th edition of the book

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