Automotive engineers have been using hydraulic dampers on vehicles for close to a century. The basic idea is to move a constriction through an oil volume and use the viscosity of the oil to convert ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The term “shock absorber” is a misnomer. Contrary to the ...

February 13, 2009 We reported recently on several new methods of regeneration for hybrid vehicles. These included regenerative shocks based on electric motors and a hydraulic drive train. Now students ...

TRP’s Hydraulic Shocks are designed with added durability for all types of suspensions and are engineered for performance and as a direct replacement for original equipment shocks in Class 6-8 truck ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Automotive suspension design has traditionally had to strike a difficult balance between three conflicting needs: road holding or handling, load carrying and passenger comfort. At its most basic level ...

Regenerative brakes capture a lot of wasted energy in hybrid and electric cars, but there's another energy source automakers could exploit: potholes. To harness those tailbone scourges, Audi developed ...

Fluidicshoks are compact hydraulic shock absorbers, in 26 standard sizes, with capacities from 3 to 56,000 in.-lb Fluidicshoks are compact hydraulic shock absorbers, in 26 standard sizes, with ...

A set of premium shocks helps make driving an absorbingexperience.Installation is simple and can be done with a set of basic hand tools. Here, H-0 Racing Enterprises installs a set of Koni adjustable ...