A closely coiled helical spring is to carry a load of 500N. Its mean coil diameter is to be 10 times that of the wire diameter. Calculate these diameters if the maximum shear stress in the material of the string is to be 80MN/m^2.

A closely coiled helical spring is to carry a load of 500N. Its mean coil diameter is to be 10 times that of the wire diameter. Calculate these diameters if the maximum shear stress in the material of the string is to be 80MN/m^2.

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A closely coiled helical spring is to
carry a load of 500N. Its mean coil
diameter is to be 10 times that of
the wire diameter. Calculate these
diameters if the maximum shear
stress in the material of the string
is to be 80MN/m^2.

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