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air spring

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air spring
n.

air spring
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Mechanical engineering an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
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Noun1.air spring - a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion
cushion, shock absorber, shock - a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"


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The customers of the WMATA undercarriage specified basic assembly requirements that included building the frame and adding elements such as the shock absorbers and air springs, which allow the vehicle to come into the station platform and have the floor of the car be at the same height as the platform.
Key statement: A method and apparatus for reducing the spring rate of an air spring by providing a heat sink within the working chamber of the air spring which, in effect, reduces the ratio of specific heats, gamma, of the spring.
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