Calculation

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The laws of vibration physics must be taken into account in dealing with spring mounts. To get the most out of MEGI products, it is necessary to carefully calculate the mounting requirements.

The calculation material contains the necessary formulas and data for designing MEGI mounts. All requisite design and calculation data are summarized below. The calculation examples refer to spring mounts executed with MEGI products.

Formulas, units and terms
Symbols Unit Term
a m/s2 Acceleration
a0 m/s2 Input acceleration
aR m/s2 Net/residual acceleration
  Acceleration standardized with gravitational acceleration a/g
c m/s Speed of noise
c N/mm Spring rate
cV Nm/Grad,
Nm/rad
Torsional spring rate
d dB Isolation
D   Degree of damping, Lehr's damping ratio
Drel   Relative Damping
E N/mm2 Elasticity modulus
f Hz Frequency
fe Hz Natural frequency
ferr Hz Excitation frequency
F N, kN Force, impact force
Ferr N Excitation force
Fü N Transmitted force
g 9,81 m/s2 Acceleration due to gravity
H Shore A Elastomer hardness
K   Creep
m kg mass
M Nm moment
n   Number (of bearings, time decades)
p   Impedance leap
R   Reflected structure-borne sound intensity
s mm, cm Spring deflection
s0 mm, m Amplitude
s0 Stoß mm, m impact amplitude
s6 mm Initial deflection after 6 seconds
δs mm Increase in spring deflection
t s Time, load duration
t0 s Impulse time
T   Transmission ratio
v m/s Speed/velocity
v   Stiffening factor
V   Dynamic magnifier
W Nm Energy, work absorption
Z Pax s/m Impedance leap
α ° (Grad) Angle of torsion
δ ° (Grad) Phase angle
η   Degree of isolation
ν °C Temperature
Λ   logarithmic decrement
V min-1 Vibration frequency
V e min-1 natural vibration frequency
V err min-1 Excitation vibration frequency
ρ g/cm Density
σ N/mm2 Compressive strain
ψ   comparative damping
ω s-1 Radian frequency