Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Supplied preload-adjuster thread pitch (mm/turn)
- 1.5
- Signed adjustment turns
- 2
- Supplied ideal linear spring rate (N/mm)
- 10
- Identical springs affected
- 2
- Initial modeled spring compression (mm)
- 5
- Geometric adjuster travel (mm)
- 3
- Ideal force change per spring (N)
- 30
- Ideal total force change across supplied springs (N)
- 60
- Ideal spring-energy change across supplied springs (J)
- 0.39
Try another scenario
- Supplied preload-adjuster thread pitch (mm/turn)
- 1.5
- Signed adjustment turns
- -1
- Supplied ideal linear spring rate (N/mm)
- 10
- Identical springs affected
- 2
- Initial modeled spring compression (mm)
- 5
- Geometric adjuster travel (mm)
- -1.5
- Ideal force change per spring (N)
- -15
- Ideal total force change across supplied springs (N)
- -30
- Ideal spring-energy change across supplied springs (J)
- -0.1275
Calculation method
Calculation method
Geometric adjuster travel (mm)
Pitch×signed turns, assuming direct axial transfer.
Ideal force change per spring (N)
Supplied linear spring rate×travel.
Ideal total force change across supplied springs (N)
Per-spring force change×identical spring count.
Ideal spring-energy change across supplied springs (J)
0.5×rate×travel×(2×initial compression+travel)×springs/1000; final modeled compression must remain nonnegative.
Symbols and units
- a
- Supplied preload-adjuster thread pitch (mm/turn)
- b
- Signed adjustment turns
- c
- Supplied ideal linear spring rate (N/mm)
- d
- Identical springs affected
- e
- Initial modeled spring compression (mm)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- Direct axial geometry and an ideal supplied Hooke-law spring model, not a recommended preload, ride-height or suspension setting. Linkage, friction, nonlinearity, travel stops and suitability are external.
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Further reading
OpenStax: ideal Hooke-law force and elastic potential energy ↗
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