1. Evaluate a music wire spring with plain ends where the wirediameter is 0.100†and the outer
diameter is 0.600â€. The desired spring rate is 100 lbf/in and thefree length is 2.4â€. Let the load
safety factor be 1.00.
a) What is the spring index, C?
b) What is the total number of coils, Nt?
c) What is solid length, Ls?
d) What is the maximum suggested load?
e) What is the maximum suggested deflection?
f) What is the force to close to solid, Fs?
g) What is the critical length?
h) What is the critical frequency?
i) What is the factor of safety, solid, ns?