Chris Johnson wrote:
> -[a helical spring works by torsion deformation]-
> Yes - isn't this derivable from E given isotropic behaviour of the material?

No, you also need the poisson ratio (or formulated more generally: you 
need two independent values to describe the behavior of a linear elastic 
isotropic material).

Christoph

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