An efficient numerical method for predicting the natural frequencies of cylindrical helical springs

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 919-939

  Yildirim, Vebil ^a,b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical helical springs; Free vibration; Spring design; Stiffness method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AXIAL DEFORMATION; CONCENTRATED ELEMENT MASS MATRIX; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

HELICAL SPRINGS;

EID: 0033178190     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7403(98)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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