CONSTANT-FREQUENCY SPRINGS

Most springs soft enough to isolate light loads deflect excessively with heavy loads; springs designed to handle heavy loads are too stiff for light loads. A constant-frequency spring produces constant response by varying the spring rate with load. The technique presented here provides a quick graphic determination of the basic design.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Penton Publishing Company

  Penton Building, 1111 Chester Avenue
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44113
• Authors:
  • Polak, W T
  • Thomas, D G
• Publication Date: 1967-8-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Machine Design
  • Publisher: Penton Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0024-9114

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Spring; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Constant frequency springs
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Machine Design
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM