Methods and systems for spring design and analysis

A spring design and analysis method, comprising:

• creating a spring design, the spring design including a parameter that provides an estimate of non-linearity in the spring design;
• creating a spring animation file, the spring animation file enabling stress levels in a spring design to be identified at the coil level;
• identifying the coil in the spring design having the lowest dynamic fatigue factor, and
• determining whether the lowest dynamic fatigue factor is acceptable.

A spring design system, comprising:

• a user interface configured to input a first set of design parameters for a spring, the design parameters including a parameter that provides an estimate of non-linearity in the spring;
• a processor configured to determine a spring design based on the first set of design parameters;
• and
• a display device configured to display the spring design.

A spring design and analysis system, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• create a spring design, the spring design including a parameter that provides an estimate of non-linearity in the spring design;
• create a spring animation file, the spring animation file enabling stress levels in the spring design to be identified at the coil level;
• identify the coil in the spring design having the lowest dynamic fatigue factor;
• and
• determine whether the lowest dynamic fatigue factor is acceptable;
• and
• a display device configured to display the animation to a user.