Geometric Design of a Slotted Disc Spring Based on a Prescribed Load Displacement Function

Abstract

Since each nonlinear spring application requires a unique load-displacement function, a spring geometric parameters must be precisely custom designed. However, there is no specific algorithm available to calculate such geometric design parameterization. The aim of this study is to propose a generalized algorithm for a slotted disc spring geometric design that ensures the output design exhibits identical load-displacement function with any prescribed one.