Description
A guide to the essential elements of spring design, this 100-page book includes sections on choosing spring configurations, terminology, stress, fatigue and reliability.
Table of Contents:
* Selecting Spring Configurations
* Glossary of Spring Terminology
Spring Materials
* Chemical and Physical Characteristics
* Elastic Modulus
* Magnetic Characteristics
* Heat Treatment of Springs
* Environmental Considerations
* Stress Relaxation
* Corrosion
* Spring Wire
* Cost and Availability
* Spring Strip
* Other Spring Materials
* Specifying Hardness
Spring Materials Cross Reference
* Glossary of Spring Wire Terms
* Summary Cross Reference of Spring Materials – Wire
Oil-Tempered Commercial Carbon and Alloy Spring Wires
* Cross Reference of Similar Specifications
* Residual Stresses
* Residual Stresses for Increased Load-Carrying Ability
* Residual Stresses for Increased Fatigue Strength
Oil-Tempered Valve Spring Wires
* Cross Reference of Similar Specifications
* Tables of Specification Equivalents: Carbon Valve, Chrome Silicon Valve, Chrome Vanadium Valve, Modified Chrome Vanadium Valve
Hard-Drawn Carbon Commercial Quality Wires
* Cross Reference of Similar Specifications
* Tables of Specification Equivalents: HD Class 1, HD Class 2, High-Tensile HD, Music/Piano Wire, Piano Wire Valve
Stainless Steel Spring Wire
* Cross Reference of Similar Specifications
* Tables of Specification Equivalents: 302, 304, 305, 316, 321, 347, 631, XM-16, XM-28
Residual Stress, Fatigue and Reliability
* Residual Sresses
* Residual Sresses for Increased Load-Carrying Ability
* Residual Sresses for Increased Fatigue Strength
* Fatigue
* Reliability
* Reliability and Fatigue
* Reliability and Load Loss