| Popis: |
While analysis procedures for the design of rubber mountings have existed for a number of years, the nonlinearity of these useful devices has limited the number of robust design procedures that are available. This paper presents a design procedure for the static deflections of rubber shear springs that accommodates the nonlinear behavior of these devices. It is believed that this is the first time such numerical procedures have been described in the design literature. The procedures are made possible by a combination of numerical approximations of nonlinear data in the engineering literature and numerical methods for handling transcendental relationships. Such design procedures would clearly not be possible without the use of digital computers and numerical optimization techniques. Design examples are presented to illustrate the use of the numerical procedure. |
