The rate equation is pretty simple, but it is profoundly dependent on the
rate constant for the spring material, which you almost certainly don't have
available to you. If you're just trying to figure the % change by lopping
off coils, that's a different matter. Let me know and I'll look it up for
you.
KeS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Smokerbros@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 21:56
> To: autox@autox.team.net; cp@twingles.com
> Subject: Formula for spring rates (part II)
>
>
> I wrote:
>
> > I can't seem to find anyone local with a spring rate tester
> that I can use,
> > and neither of my Carroll Smith books seems to have the
> formula for spring
> > rate. Anyone have it handy?
>
> And I forgot a couple of things... Is a spring with a
> pigtail (coil diameter
> gets smaller at one end) figured any differently?
>
> What do you do with the portion that's ground flat on one end? Start
> counting coils where it ends?
>
> CHD
>
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