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  2. Shock absorber - Wikipedia

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    A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy (typically heat) which is then dissipated. Most shock absorbers are a form of dashpot (a damper which resists motion via viscous friction).

  3. Lever arm shock absorber - Wikipedia

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    A design for a hydraulic lever arm shock absorber was patented by Georges de Ram in 1925, [2] and the design was further developed during the post-war period. [ note 1 ] This type of shock absorber had a large cast body containing a cylinder and pistons attached to a similar spindle and lever arm. [ 1 ]

  4. Friction disk shock absorber - Wikipedia

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    One of the major reasons for the decline of frictional dampers post-war, in favour of hydraulic lever arms, was the hydraulic damper's better change of rate with suspension amplitude. Hydraulic dampers had a resistance that inherently increased with velocity of suspension movement, a far more useful behaviour.

  5. Dashpot - Wikipedia

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    A less common type of dashpot is an eddy current damper, which uses a large magnet inside a tube constructed of a non-magnetic but conducting material (such as aluminium or copper). Like a common viscous damper, the eddy current damper produces a resistive force proportional to velocity. A common use of the eddy current damper is in balance scales.

  6. Oleo strut - Wikipedia

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    An oleo strut is a pneumatic air–oil hydraulic shock absorber used on the landing gear of most large aircraft and many smaller ones. [1] This design cushions the impacts of landing and damps out vertical oscillations.

  7. Damper - Wikipedia

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    Damper (food), a bread of the Australian Outback; In mechanical engineering, a damper is a device for suppressing vibrations in a mechanical system by dissipating energy. Dashpot, a type of hydraulic or mechanical damper; Shock absorber (British or technical use: damper), a mechanical device designed to dissipate kinetic energy

  8. Hydropneumatic device - Wikipedia

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    Hydropneumatic refers to the pneumatic (gas) and hydraulic (water) components needed for operation of the devices. Hydropneumatic accumulators or pulsation dampeners are devices which prevent, but do not absorb, alleviate, arrest, attenuate, or suppress a shock that already exists, meaning that these devices prevent the creation of a shock wave ...

  9. Active suspension - Wikipedia

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    An active suspension is a type of automotive suspension that uses an onboard control system to control the vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels and axles relative to the chassis or vehicle frame, rather than the conventional passive suspension that relies solely on large springs to maintain static support and dampen the vertical wheel movements caused by the road surface.