QUESTION 1 An elevator weighing 35000 N suddenly falls through a height of 2 m. Fortunately, a shock absorber assembly consisting of a set of six parallel and identical springs, is provided at the bottom of the elevator's shaft. Calculate, for individual spring, the maximum stress, maximum deflection and the possibility of buckling due to dynamic loading, if each spring has a wire of diameter 30 mm, with 16 active number of coils, and a spring index of 8. (Hint: Amount of energy given to each spring by the elevator= Gain in potential energy of the spring)