Saint-Venant’s Principle for a Helical Spring
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Applied Mechanics
- Vol. 45 (2) , 297-301
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3424291
Abstract
We consider a linear elastic helical spring of arbitrary length and of uniform cross section loaded by a self-equilibrated force system at one end only. We show that the elastic energy, stored in the portion of the spring beyond a certain distance from the loaded end, decreases exponentially with the distance. We thus establish an analog of Toupin’s version of the Saint-Venant principle for a helical spring.Keywords
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