Disk Springs with Variable Thickness

This chapter concludes the treatment of disk springs. In the current chapter, we study the variable thickness cup spring. The thickness is assumed to be variable along the meridional and parallel axes of the conical coordinate system. The calculation of the disk springs includes the cases of free gliding edges and edges on cylindrical curbs, which constrain the radial movement. The equations developed here are based on common assumptions and are simple enough to be applied to industrial calculations.