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1. A coil spring has 10 coils. The ends are squared and ground. Determine the number of active coils.
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8

2. A coil spring has 10 coils. The ends are squared. Determine the number of active coils.
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8

3. The solid and working deflection of a coil spring are 12 mm and 10 mm, respectively Determine the clash allowance.
a. 15 % b. 20 % c. 25 % d. 10 %

4. A coil spring has a free length of 350 mm and solid length of 338 mm. Determine the working deflection if the
clash allowance is 20 %.
a. 10 mm b. 15 mm c. 20 mm d. 5 mm

5. A helical coil spring has a wire diameter of 1/8 inch and a spring index of 8. Determine the outer diameter of the
coil.
a. 2 5/8’’ b. 1 1/8’’ c. 1 5/8’’ d. 2 1/8’’

6. A helical coil spring has a mean diameter of 1 inch and a wire diameter 0f 1/8 inch. Determine the stress
concentration factor.
a. 1.2 b. 1.4 c. 1.6 d. 1.8

7. A helical coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire diameter of 1/8 inch. The maximum stress is 60
ksi and the stress concentration factor is 1.19. Determine the direct shear load it can support.
a. 35.2 lb b. 38.7 lb c. 43.3 lb d. 46.6 lb

8. A helical coil spring has a mean coil diameter of 1 inch and a wire diameter of 1/8 inch. It can support a load of
38.7 lb. Determine the number of a active coils if the axial direction is 1 inch (G = 12.5 x 106 psi).
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10

9. A coil spring is to have a spring index of 6 and is to deflect1/2 inch under a load of 50 lb. The shear modulus of
elasticity is 12 x 103 ksi and the spring have 12 active coils. Find the diameter of the coil.
a. 2.566 inches b. 2.038 inches c. 1.566 inches d. 1.038 inches

10. A helical steel spring has a maximum load of 800 lb and a corresponding deflection of 2 inches, if it has 8 active
coils and an index of 6, what minimum shear strength of the spring material is required?
a. 57 ksi b. 47 ksi c. 67 ksi d. 37 ksi

11. A helical spring is compressed by 30 mm. The spring scale is 18 kN/m while its allowable shear stress is 345 MPa
and the spring index is 8. What is the diameter of the spring wire?
a. 3.12 mm b. 4.23 mm c. 9.24 mm d. 6.14 mm

12. A coil spring is subjected to a direct shear load of 40 kN. The deflection caused was 254 mm. Determine the spring
gradient.
a. 157.5 kN/m b. 150.1 kN/m c. 164.3 kN/m d. 171.7 kN/m

13. Two extension springs are hooked in series and supports a load of 0.45 kN. One spring has a constant of 0.009
kN/mm and the other have a constant of 0.018 kN/mm. Determine the deflection of the load.

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a. 60 mm b. 70 mm c. 75 mm d. 80 mm

14. Three extension springs are hooked in parallel and supports a load of 0.45 kN. One spring has a constant of 0.009
kN/mm and the other have a constant of 0.018 kN/mm. Determine the deflection of the load.
a. 5 mm b. 15 mm c. 10 mm d. 20 mm

15. A three extension coil springs are hooked in series that support a single weight of 100 kg. The first spring is rated
at 0.40 kg/mm and the other two springs are rated at 0.64 kg/mm. Compute the total deflection.
a. 563 mm b. 268 mm c. 156 mm d. 250 mm

16. All four-compression coil spring support one load of 400 kg. All four springs are arranged in parallel and rated
same at 0.709 kg/mm. Compute the deflection in mm.
a. 564 b. 1457 c. 171 d. 141

17. A weight of 800 lb falls freely from a distance of 40 inches, then strikes and deflects a coil spring at 10 inches.
Determine the resisting force of the spring.
a. 7,500 lb b. 8,000 lb c. 8,500 lb d. 9,000 lb

18. A weight of 160 lb falls from a height of 2.5 ft to the center of a horizontal platform mounted on four helical springs.
At impact each spring deflects 3 inches. Calculate the wire diameter if the maximum design stress is 60,000 psi and
spring index of 5.
a. 0.53 in b. 0.8 in c. 0.57 in d. 0.88 in

19. Compute the deflection of a 18 coils helical spring having a load of 100 kg. The modulus of elasticity in shear of
spring is 96.62 GPa, OD of 9.256 cm and with diameter of 9.525 mm.
a. 9 cm b. 100 mm c. 11 mm d. 14 mm

20. A spring with 12 active coils and a spring index of 9 supports a static load of 220 N with a deflection of 12 mm.
The shear modulus of the spring material is 83 GPa. What is the theoretical wire diameter?
a. 18 mm b. 16 mm c. 14 mm d. 20 mm

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