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Analysis of Failures of Leaf Springs on the Continuous Casting Machines

František Trebuňa1, Jozef Bocko1,, František Šimčák1, Marián Buršák1

1Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Košice, Slovakia

American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2013, 1(7), 304-308. DOI: 10.12691/ajme-1-7-30
Published online: August 25, 2017

Abstract

At the first look very simple and for several hundred years used elastic element can be critical part in complex equipment where its failure invokes extraordinary high losses. In the paper is given a treatment for the solution of spring failure problem by experimental methods of stress analysis and resulting proposals for its final solution.

Keywords:

leaf springs, mechanical properties, fatigue tests, Microstructure of Materials, experimental methods, Strain-gage, hole-drilling method
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