What are the specific applications of springs in daily life? A few brief remarks are made:
1. Fitness exercises that manipulate mechanical equipment, such as gate valve springs in gas turbines, control springs in clutches, etc.
2. Digest and absorb vibration and impact kinetic energy, such as trolleys, cache springs under high-speed rail carriages, vibration-absorbing springs in couplings, etc.
3. Store and output kinetic energy as the driving force, such as clock springs, springs in guns, etc.
4. As a force measuring component, such as a force tester, spring in a spring scale, etc. The ratio of the load to the deformation of the spring is called the spring stiffness, and the greater the bending stiffness, the stiffer the spring.
According to the supporting characteristics, springs can be divided into extension springs, compression springs, torsion springs and bending springs, and can be divided into butterfly springs, ring springs, leaf springs, compression springs, truncated cone scroll springs and torsion bar springs. Generally, cylindrical springs are the most widely used because they are simple to manufacture, and can be made into various forms according to the stress conditions, and the structure is simple.
