Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf
Nipping analysis of a rectangular two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf is presented. Closed form expressions are derived for the initial gaps between the leaves which make the maximum stresses in all the leaves within the clamped cross-section of the loaded spring equal to...
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Serbian Society of Mechanics & Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade
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| description | Nipping analysis of a rectangular two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf is presented. Closed form expressions are derived for the initial gaps between the leaves which make the maximum stresses in all the leaves within the clamped cross-section of the loaded spring equal to each other. The derived expressions are general in the sense that they apply for any values of the introduced leaf-length and thickness parameters. Two initial gaps between the pairs of consecutive leaves are needed to achieve the desired stress reduction. The required gaps can be either positive or negative, depending on the values of introduced spring parameters. For some combination of length and thickness parameters, nipping is not an effective means of stress reduction. There is a particular combination of parameters for which the maximum stresses in all critical cross-sections of leaves become equal to each other. The presented analysis and obtained results may be useful for multi-leaf spring design and related optimization studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e01fc4902069451d9779f62bfd7691f12025-08-20T03:39:25ZengSerbian Society of Mechanics & Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, BelgradeTheoretical and Applied Mechanics1450-55842406-09252025-01-015218710710.2298/TAM241225007L1450-55842500007LNipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leafLubarda Vlado A.0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0474-6681Lubarda Marko V.1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-271XDepartment of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USADepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USANipping analysis of a rectangular two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf is presented. Closed form expressions are derived for the initial gaps between the leaves which make the maximum stresses in all the leaves within the clamped cross-section of the loaded spring equal to each other. The derived expressions are general in the sense that they apply for any values of the introduced leaf-length and thickness parameters. Two initial gaps between the pairs of consecutive leaves are needed to achieve the desired stress reduction. The required gaps can be either positive or negative, depending on the values of introduced spring parameters. For some combination of length and thickness parameters, nipping is not an effective means of stress reduction. There is a particular combination of parameters for which the maximum stresses in all critical cross-sections of leaves become equal to each other. The presented analysis and obtained results may be useful for multi-leaf spring design and related optimization studies.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-5584/2025/1450-55842500007L.pdfcontact forcecurvaturegapleaf springmaximum stressnippingspring constant |
| spellingShingle | Lubarda Vlado A. Lubarda Marko V. Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf Theoretical and Applied Mechanics contact force curvature gap leaf spring maximum stress nipping spring constant |
| title | Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf |
| title_full | Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf |
| title_fullStr | Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf |
| title_short | Nipping analysis of a two-leaf spring strengthened by an additional full-length leaf |
| title_sort | nipping analysis of a two leaf spring strengthened by an additional full length leaf |
| topic | contact force curvature gap leaf spring maximum stress nipping spring constant |
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