Live support chatSpring Design, Analysis, and Applications
Credit: 2 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jyoti Mukherjee, P.E., DEng, M.S., MBA, PGDBM
In Spring Design, Analysis, and Applications, you'll learn ...
- Various types of spring design principles
- Applications which can be applied for machine tool industries and automobile applications
- ce analysis, durability analysis, and noise reduction for gear applications
Overview
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Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 34 pages
Mechanical springs are basically an energy absorber. Springs are used in between two parts to provide a flexible joint. Springs are similar to capacitors in electrical connections. There are various functions performed by springs:
- Store kinetic energy in form of potential energy and convert potential energy to kinetic energy when force or torque is removed from spring. It works just like a pendulum. During application of force, springs store energy as potential energy and releases the energy when disturbing forces are removed from the spring
- To absorb or control energy due to continuous, shock or impact loading, vibrations and vibratory motions. During load applications, spring moves till equilibrium is reached
- To restrict or control motion, linear or rotary motions, between two mechanical parts connected by the spring
- Springs could also be considered as dampers to resist shock loading i.e. it dampens effect of vibratory motion or forces
Springs have been in use for a very long time, and it is not known when the idea was invented. It has been recorded that a spring concept was used in bow and arrow applications. The spring follows Hooke’s Law i.e. “deflection is proportional to load “. Spring deflection is proportional load, linear or torque, applied on it.
The contents of this course focuses on two aspects: Various types of spring design principles and applications which can be applied for machine tool industries and automobile applications.
The course covers force analysis, durability analysis, and noise reduction for gear applications. Spring nomenclatures and manufacturing will be covered in brief since designers are not required to know those as spring manufacturers will help the designers to select a suitable type of spring specific to any application. Spring design and manufacturing have gone through various technology improvements over many years and the types of springs used in several applications have been reduced to just a few common types.
The simple shortcut formulas for designing various types of springs will be demonstrated in this course. The course will demonstrate the methods and processes that the author used to design springs for machine tool applications and automobile applications. For various applications, durability, and strength horsepower of helical gear sets, noise reduction, etc are very pertinent requirements that designers have to satisfy.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarity with different types of springs for different applications
- Spring design steps and procedures
- Common spring nomenclatures for design calculations
- Spring classifications and spring design considerations
- Helical compression and tension springs, torsion springs
- Volute, beam and spiral springs
- Belleville, power and helical torsion springs
- Spring material and heat treatment process
- Selection of spring material
- Strength and fatigue analysis of springs
- Design and reliability analysis for helical springs
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 34 pages
