Springs
Springs are components which deflect under load to store relatively large amounts of energy. They are very common in mechanical engineering, used (just to mention a few) to:
- carry load (eg, vehicle suspensions)
- apply force (eg, spring loaded safety valves)
- control movement (eg, throttle return springs)
- reduce impact (eg, rubber buffers).
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