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Article | REF: B5438 V1

Rubber springs

Author: Michel DUCHEMIN

Publication date: May 10, 1986

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2. Shear springs

The shear spring is a rubber prism to each of whose bases a metal plate has been attached. With one plate attached, the other is forced to move parallel to the first by a force P located in its plane.

Shear work has little effect on the modulus of elasticity G as long as the form factor is greater than 0.5; but it is always accompanied by bending, for which a variable modulus of elasticity E must be considered.

The contribution of shear to deflection is given by : fc=αPHSG

and the proportion of bending is given by :

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