Methods and apparatus for determining resilience of spring washers
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBettadapur Narayanarao Sridhar, John Joseph Lynch, Maharaj Krishen Kaul
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Abstract
A method enables the resilience of a plurality of spring washers stacked in a series arrangement to be determined. The method comprises determining the potential energy for the series arrangement by integrating the product of the axial load applied to the series arrangement, the displacement of the series arrangement, and the number of spring washers stacked in the series arrangement, and solving at least two non-linear equations to determine the resilience of the spring washers stacked in the series arrangement.
Claims17
A method for determining resilience of a plurality of spring washers stacked in a series arrangement, said method comprising:
- determining the potential energy for the series arrangement by integrating the product of the axial load applied to the series arrangement, the displacement of the series arrangement, and the number of spring washers stacked in the series arrangement;
- and
- solving at least two non-linear equations to determine the resilience of the spring washers stacked in the series arrangement.
An apparatus for determining resilience of a plurality of spring washers stacked in a series arrangement, said apparatus comprising a processor programmed to:
- integrate the product of the axial load applied to the series arrangement, the displacement of the series arrangement, and the number of spring washers stacked in the series arrangement to determine the potential energy for the series arrangement;
- and
- solve at least two non-linear equations to determine the resilience of the spring washers stacked in the series arrangement.
A system for determining resilience of a plurality of spring washers stacked in a series arrangement, said system comprising
- a client system comprising a browser;
- a data storage device for storing information relevant to a plurality of users;
- and
- a server system configured to be coupled to said client system and said data storage device, said server system further configured to integrate the product of the axial load applied to the series arrangement, the displacement of the series arrangement, and the number of spring washers stacked in the series arrangement to determine the potential energy for the series arrangement, and to solve at least two non-linear equations to determine the resilience of the spring washers stacked in the series arrangement.
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