This over-center latch is used in a unique application where it has a high mean stress (from the normal over-center clamping that stretches the spring form) and an alternating stress due to the movement of the system it's holding together.
The spring form is seeing a high enough stress...
I've been designing a spring form for an over-center latch.
Because the spring form is an abnormal shape, I've been using ANSYS to calculate the stresses and stay below the material yield strength I've found online (<78% tensile yield as a design criteria).
The music wire I'm using is 2 mm...
@BrianE22 the part of the mechanism that I need to design is the spring form. When it's bent like the image that I attached, I don't know how to determine how much force the spring exerts when deformed a certain amount. Would you know of any references or literature that could help with this...
Hello everyone,
I'm working on a mechanism that uses this "latch" type spring to clamp something down.
Does anyone know of any reference material or literature that would explain some basic calculations or a design methodology for this type of spring form?
I've looked around a lot and...
