What are the important design considerations for strut design?
The important considerations for strut designs are the load requirement and the overrunning and lock-up characteristics. Also, buckling strength is important because the size of the strut affects its behavior during overrunning and at the instant of lock-up. This aspect of strut design is discussed in SAE paper #960722. The theoretical considerations are reduced to a rule keeping the peak nominal compressive stress to less than 265,000 psi. This ensures that the strut can handle the peak stress of an application. Fatigue considerations may also influence strut size. For high speed applications, we confine our strut designs to similar lengths, widths and thicknesses so that our practical and testing experience will remain valid for the new design.
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