Springs Types, Usage and Applications

n their simplest form, mechanical springs such as coil springs, leaf springs, volute springs and compression springs are elastic devices that store mechanical potential energy when deformed by compression, extension or torsion.
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[MechanicsX]

Don't hesitate to leave your comment please for asking about anything. We appreciate this👍

[Hyren]

thanks, now i know the difference between springs and winter!

[chaosserpent]

I wish you would have gone into detail about the working principle of each spring, specifically how the spring rate changes (or doesn't change) as the spring is deformed.
Understanding the working principle would facilitate understanding as you go into detail on how the spring is used in each application. (don't merely list the applications, illustrate the use cases).
For example, another name for a spiral spring is a power spring, and it is a type of constant force spring, which means the spring rate is (close to) zero newtons for every unit deformation. That is, the restoring force is (almostl) the exact same no matter the spring's displacement.
A computer monitor stand might have a power spring in it and it will be sized to balance the weight of the monitor so the user can just raise and lower the monitor toolessly and leave it at the desired height.

You forgot the mention another type of constant force spring, a gas spring. This Old Tony just put out a video on them. They're very much like pneumatic cylinders, except there's a hole drilled in the piston to make the pressure on one side of it equal to the other. However, because the surface area the gas is able to push on is limited by rod on only one side of the piston, there is a (mostly) constant force pushing the gas spring into extending. These are commonly found on tool chests, and car hoods and hatches.

I understand I'm asking for a lot more technical detail and occupational worldliness, but these considerations are critical to develop an integrated and actionable understanding of mechanisms.

[HandaElectronic-ig]

I'm confused that the No.8 spring is grater spring or garter spring.🤔😵‍💫

[danielklopp]

Another crappy video with a computer generated voice-over that mispronounces words (e.g. ask any native English speaking mechanical engineer how to pronounce the word "helical").
These type of crappy videos seem to be the norm on YouTube...