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Hello, I am construction a floating wind turbine model which is going to be used in a wave tank experiment this fall. Currently I'm looking for a mooring line for this model. The line will go from the wind turbin down to the bassin floor, where it will go through a pulley and back up to...

Yes, it is 1:50 scale, which gives under 500 N in max tension in the spring. Thank you very much for your help, Simon. I will be sure to check out the twist springs.

That's true, Simon. One could also connect springs in series to reduse the springs stiffness, in addition to the parallell ones. With a lot of small springs, this apporach could work. Winding the coils like twisting the spring about it's longitudinal axis? (if we see the spring as a strait...

Thanks for the tips, Simon, I haven't seen the ones in which you add/remove springs in order to adjust the stiffness. I've checked pneumatic springs, which can be adjusted, but they does not have a proportional relationship between force and displacement, which is what I am looking for. I...

Hello! Does anyone know about a spring type in which the spring constant can be adjusted? I am building a model which will be used in a wave tank experiment, where I want to be able to adjust det stiffness of pretensioned mooring lines with adjustable springs, if they exist. Thanks...