Research on the Spring Creep Based on the Load Simulator of the Double Torsion Spring Steering Gear

Abstract

In this paper, creep at room temperature is studied using a mechanical double−spring steering−gear load table, and the results are used to determine the accuracy of theoretical and simulated data. A creep equation at room temperature, based on the parameters obtained by a new macroscopic tensile experiment method, is used to analyze the creep strain and creep angle of a spring under force. The correctness of the theoretical analysis is verified by a finite−element method. Finally, a creep strain experiment of a torsion spring is carried out. The experimental results are 4.3% lower than the theoretical calculation results, which demonstrates the accuracy of the measurement, with an error of <5% achieved. The results shows that the equation used for the theoretical calculation is highly accurate and can meet the requirements of engineering measurement.

Keywords

• load simulator
• double spring
• pre-compression
• creep effect
• prototype experiment