PROBLEM: 4 A helical spring is made from a wire of 11 mm diameter and is of outside diameter 101 mm. The spring has 8 numbers of active coils. If the permissible stress in shear is 480 N/mm2 and the modulus of rigidity is 87 KN/mm2. Find the axial load which the spring can take and the deflection produced.

PROBLEM: 4 A helical spring is made from a wire of 11 mm diameter and is of outside diameter 101 mm. The spring has 8 numbers of active coils. If the permissible stress in shear is 480 N/mm2 and the modulus of rigidity is 87 KN/mm2. Find the axial load which the spring can take and the deflection produced.

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Chapter2: Axially Loaded Members

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