Design of Helical Spring
Design of Helical Spring
Abstract-In a Vehicle; problems were happen while or luggage from damage and wear. The design of
driving on bumping road condition. The prime front and rear suspension of a car may be
moto of this paper is to model and analyze the differentia coil spring, also known as a helical
performance of shock absorber by changing the spring, is a mechanical device which is typically
wire diameter and material of the coil spring. The used to store energy and subsequently release it, to
shock absorbers duty is to absorb or dissipate absorb shocks, or to maintain a force between
energy. It reduces the effect of travelling over contacting surfaces. They are made of an elastic
rough ground, leading to improved ride quality and material formed into the shape of as helix which
increase in comfort due to substantially reduced returns to its natural length when unloaded. Under
amplitude of disturbance. When a vehicle is riding tension or compression, the material of a coil
on a level road and the wheels strikes a bump, then spring undergoes torsion. The spring characteristics
the spring compressed quickly. The compressed therefore depend only on its shears modulus not on
spring will regain its original length and causing its young’s modulus.
the body to be lifted. Then the weight of vehicle will A coil spring may also be used as a torsion
then push the spring down below its normal loaded spring in this case the spring as a whole is
height. This in turns causes the spring to rebound subjected to torsion about its helical axis. The
again. This process occurs over and over by each material of the spring is thereby subjected to a
time, until the up and down movement stops. bending moment, either reducing or increasing the
Hence, the spring design in a suspension system is helical radius. In this mode, it is the young’s
utmost crucial. The analysis is performed by modulus of the material. Some types of coil spring
considering the mass of Hybrid vehicle car and are tension or extension spring, compression coil
with person seated on it. This Hybrid vehicle car is spring, volute spring, and Torsion spring. The
made by our team for a challenge organized by tension coil springs, are designed to resist
Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers stretching. They are usually having a hook or eye
(ISIE).The comparison is done by changing the form at the each end for attachment. The
wire diameter of the coil spring to check the best compression coil spring, are designed to resist
dimension for the spring in shock absorber. being compressed. A typical use for compression
Keywords: Shock Absorber, Helical Spring, coil springs is in car suspension system. The Volute
Deflection, Analysis, Creo Parametric 3.0, ANSYS springs are used as heavy load compression
Workbench 14.5 springs. A strip of plate is rolled into the shape of
both helix and a spiral. When compressed, the strip
I.INTRODUCTION is stiffer edge on than a wire coil, but the spiral
arrangement allows the turns to overlap rather than
bottoming out an each other. The torsion spring,
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, are designed to resist the twisting actions. Often
springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects associated to clothes pegs or up and over garage
a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion doors. Creo is a family of design software
between the two. This system us support both road supporting product design for discrete
holding or handling and ride quality, which are at manufacturers and is developed by PTC. The suite
odds with each other. The tuning suspension consist of apps, each delivers a distinct set of
involves finding the right compromise. It is capabilities for a user role within product
important for the for the suspension to keep the development. It runs on Microsoft Windows and
road wheels in contact with the road surface as provides application for 3D CAD parametric
much as possible, because all the road or ground features solid modeling, 3D Direct modeling, 2D
forces acting on the vehicle do so through the orthographical Views, Finite Element Analysis and
contact patches of the vehicle itself and any cargo its Simulation, Schematic Design, Technical
Illustrations, and Viewing and Visualizing.Creo individual elements to the linked system. When the
elements and Creo parametric compete directly effects of loads and boundary conditions are
with CATIA, Siemens NX/Solid edge and Solid considered, a set of linear or nonlinear algebraic
works. The creo suite of application replaces and equations is usually obtained. Solution of these
supersedes PTC’s Products formerly known as Pro equations gives the approximate behavior of the
ENGINEERS, CoCreate, and product View. It has continuum or system. The continuum has an
many software package solutions and features. By infinite number of degrees of freedom (DOF),
using the software Creo Parametric 3.0 we have while the discredited model has a finite number of
designed the 3D solid model and spring. When DOF. This is the origin of the name, finite element
compared to other 3D modeling software Creo 1.1 OBJECTIVE
parametric is easy to design and for assembly The objective of the work is as follows:
process. The detailed view is shown in fig.1 and 2.
1. The selection of material for helical spring
suspension.
2. To construct the suitable helical spring
suspension for a comfort driving.
3. To determine the maximum stress and
deflection.
=( − ÷ − )+ . ÷
= ( 𝑥 − )÷( 𝑥 − )
+ . ÷
= .
Fig.3 Specification of spring Maximum Shear Stress (τ)
Table.1 Dimension for helical spring = 𝐾𝑥 𝑥𝑊𝑥 ÷ 𝜋𝑥𝑑
S.No Dimension Symbol Value = . 𝑥 𝑥 . 𝑥 ÷ 𝜋𝑥 .
Wire
1.
Diameter
d 9.49 mm = . 𝑃𝑎
Coil Mean Deflection (δ)
2. D 56.94 mm
Diameter
3. Coil Free Length l 152 mm =( 𝑊𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 ÷ 𝐺𝑥𝑑 )
=( . 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 ÷ 𝑥 . ) Strength
8. Specific Heat J/kg k 480
= . 𝑚𝑚
Similarly, theoretical calculation is carried out for Table.7 Properties of Chromium Vanadium AISI
different loads and materials. The values obtained 6150
are tabulated as below in table.3, 4, and 5.
Table.3 for Stainless Steel S.No. Properties Units Values
Maximum
Load Deflection 1. Density Kg/mm3 7.8e-6
S.no Shear Stress
(N) (δ) mm
(τ) MPa
Young’s
1. 3432.3 727.87 73.12 2. MPa 2.1e5
Modulus
2. 4413 935.84 94.01 3. Poisson Ratio - 0.29
3. 4903.3 1039.3 104.46 Bulk
Table.4 for Chromium Vanadium AISI 6150 4. MPa 1.6667e5
Modulus
Maximum Shear
Load Deflection 5. MPa 81395
S.no Shear Stress Modulus
(N) (δ) mm
(τ) MPa
1. 3432.3 727.87 69.10 Tensile Yield
6. Strength MPa 620
2. 4413 935.84 88.84
3. 4903.3 1039.3 98.72
Ultimate
Table.5 for Low Carbon Steel AISI 1018 7. Yield MPa 940
Maximum Strength
Load Deflection 8. Specific Heat J/kg k 450
S.No. Shear Stress
(N) (δ) mm
(τ) MPa
1. 3432.3 727.87 70.79 Table.8 Properties of Low Carbon Steel AISI
2. 4413 935.84 91.01 1018
3. 4903.3 1039.3 101.12
S.No. Properties Units Values
3432.3 N
Fig.16.b Maximum Stress obtained for load Fig.18.b Maximum Stress obtained for load
4413 N 3432.3 N
3) For load = 4903.3 N
2) For load = 4413 N
Fig.17.a Maximum Deformation obtained for Fig.19.a Maximum Deformation obtained for
load 4903.3 N load 4413 N
Maximum 120
Loads Maximum Stainless
S.No. Deformation
(N) stress(τ) 100 Steel
(δ)
1. 3432.3 80
2.7151 2.8671
Chromium
60
2. 4413 Vanadium
3.4908 3.6863
40 AISI 6150
3. 4903.3
3.8787 4.0959 20 Low Carbon
0 Steel AISI
1018
4.3 Analytical Value of Helical spring 3432.3 4413 4903.3
with Shock Absorber
Table.14 for Stainless Steel Fig.24 The theoretical values of Deformation is
Maximum graphically plotted between Stainless Steel,
Loads Maximum Chromium Vanadium AISI 6150 and Low
S.No. Deformation
(N) stress(τ)
(δ) Carbon Steel AISI 1018
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