Table of Contents
107 relations: Additive map, Aerospace, Airsoft gun, Alarm clock, Amplitude, Angular frequency, Annealing (materials science), Arc spring, Arrow, Atom, Balance spring, Ballpoint pen, Belleville washer, Beryllium copper, Bow and arrow, Bow draw, Buckling spring, Cantilever, Car suspension, CD player, Classical physics, Clock, Clockwork, Coil spring, Compression (physics), Cone, Constant-force spring, Ctesibius, Curve, Deflection (engineering), Derivative, Differential equation, Elastic energy, Elasticity (physics), Electric current, Electrical resistance and conductance, Energy storage, Fastener, Firearm, Flintlock, Foot-pound (energy), Force, Frequency, Galvanometer, Garter spring, Gas spring, Gradient, Gravimetry, Hooke's law, Jewellery, ... Expand index (57 more) »
- Springs (mechanical)
Additive map
In algebra, an additive map, Z-linear map or additive function is a function f that preserves the addition operation: f(x + y).
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Aerospace
Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space.
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Airsoft gun
Airsoft guns are replica guns used in airsoft sports.
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Alarm clock
An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time.
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Amplitude
The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change in a single period (such as time or spatial period).
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Angular frequency
In physics, angular frequency (symbol ω), also called angular speed and angular rate, is a scalar measure of the angle rate (the angle per unit time) or the temporal rate of change of the phase argument of a sinusoidal waveform or sine function (for example, in oscillations and waves).
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Annealing (materials science)
In metallurgy and materials science, annealing is a heat treatment that alters the physical and sometimes chemical properties of a material to increase its ductility and reduce its hardness, making it more workable.
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Arc spring
The arc spring (also known as - bow spring, curved spring, circular spring or "banana" spring) is a special form of coil spring which was originally developed for use in the dual-mass flywheel of internal combustion engine drive trains. Spring (device) and arc spring are springs (mechanical).
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Arrow
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.
Atom
Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements.
Balance spring
A balance spring, or hairspring, is a spring attached to the balance wheel in mechanical timepieces. Spring (device) and balance spring are springs (mechanical).
See Spring (device) and Balance spring
Ballpoint pen
A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistani, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen (Nepali English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point".
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Belleville washer
A Belleville washer, also known as a coned-disc spring, conical spring washer, disc spring, Belleville spring or cupped spring washer, is a conical shell which can be loaded along its axis either statically or dynamically. Spring (device) and Belleville washer are springs (mechanical).
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Beryllium copper
Beryllium copper (BeCu), also known as copper beryllium (CuBe), beryllium bronze, and spring copper, is a copper alloy with 0.5–3% beryllium.
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Bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).
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Bow draw
A bow draw in archery is the method or technique of pulling back the bowstring to store energy for the bow to shoot an arrow.
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Buckling spring
A buckling spring is a type of keyswitch mechanism, popularized by IBM's keyboards for the PC, PC/AT, 5250/3270 terminals, PS/2, and other systems.
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Cantilever
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.
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Car suspension
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between the two.
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CD player
A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format.
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Classical physics
Classical physics is a group of physics theories that predate modern, more complete, or more widely applicable theories.
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Clock
A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time.
Clockwork
Clockwork refers to the inner workings of either mechanical devices called clocks and watches (where it is also called the movement) or other mechanisms that work similarly, using a series of gears driven by a spring or weight.
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Coil spring
A tension coil spring A coil spring is a mechanical device which is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces. Spring (device) and coil spring are springs (mechanical).
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Compression (physics)
In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.
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Cone
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
Constant-force spring
An ideal constant-force spring is a spring for which the force it exerts over its range of motion is a constant, that is, it does not obey Hooke's law. Spring (device) and constant-force spring are springs (mechanical).
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Ctesibius
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius (Κτησίβιος; BCE) was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt.
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Curve
In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight.
Deflection (engineering)
In structural engineering, deflection is the degree to which a part of a long structural element (such as beam) is deformed laterally (in the direction transverse to its longitudinal axis) under a load.
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Derivative
The derivative is a fundamental tool of calculus that quantifies the sensitivity of change of a function's output with respect to its input.
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Differential equation
In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives.
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Elastic energy
Elastic energy is the mechanical potential energy stored in the configuration of a material or physical system as it is subjected to elastic deformation by work performed upon it.
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Elasticity (physics)
In physics and materials science, elasticity is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed.
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Electric current
An electric current is a flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space.
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Electrical resistance and conductance
The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current.
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Energy storage
Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production.
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Fastener
A fastener (US English) or fastening (UK English) is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.
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Firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.
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Flintlock
Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century.
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Foot-pound (energy)
The foot-pound force (symbol: ft⋅lbf, ft⋅lbf, or ft⋅lb) is a unit of work or energy in the engineering and gravitational systems in United States customary and imperial units of measure.
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Force
A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.
Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
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Galvanometer
A galvanometer is an electromechanical measuring instrument for electric current.
See Spring (device) and Galvanometer
Garter spring
A garter spring is a coiled steel spring that is connected at each end to create a circular shape, and is used in oil seals, shaft seals, belt-driven motors, and electrical connectors. Spring (device) and garter spring are springs (mechanical).
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Gas spring
A gas spring, also known as a gas strut or gas damper, is a type of spring that, unlike a typical mechanical spring that relies on elastic deformation, uses compressed gas contained within an enclosed cylinder. Spring (device) and gas spring are springs (mechanical).
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Gradient
In vector calculus, the gradient of a scalar-valued differentiable function f of several variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) \nabla f whose value at a point p gives the direction and the rate of fastest increase.
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Gravimetry
Gravimetry is the measurement of the strength of a gravitational field.
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Hooke's law
In physics, Hooke's law is an empirical law which states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance scales linearly with respect to that distance—that is, where is a constant factor characteristic of the spring (i.e., its stiffness), and is small compared to the total possible deformation of the spring. Spring (device) and Hooke's law are springs (mechanical).
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Jewellery
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks.
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Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
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Land mine
A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Leaf spring
A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for suspension in wheeled vehicles. Spring (device) and leaf spring are springs (mechanical).
See Spring (device) and Leaf spring
Linear function
In mathematics, the term linear function refers to two distinct but related notions.
See Spring (device) and Linear function
Lock and key
A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or password), by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one side, such as a door chain.
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Lucien LaCoste
Lucien LaCoste (1908 – 1995) was a physicist and metrologist.
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Mainspring
A mainspring is a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon—commonly spring steel—used as a power source in mechanical watches, some clocks, and other clockwork mechanisms. Spring (device) and mainspring are springs (mechanical).
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Mattress
A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person.
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Mechanically powered flashlight
A mechanically powered flashlight (UK: mechanically powered torch) is a flashlight that is powered by electricity generated by the muscle power of the user, so it does not need replacement of batteries, or recharging from an electrical source.
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Medical device
A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes.
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Music box
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'') of a steel comb.
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Newton-metre
The newton-metre or newton-meter (also non-hyphenated, newton metre or newton meter; symbol N⋅m or N m) is the unit of torque (also called) in the International System of Units (SI).
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Non-ferrous metal
In metallurgy, non-ferrous metals are metals or alloys that do not contain iron (allotropes of iron, ferrite, and so on) in appreciable amounts.
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Nonlinear system
In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input.
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Percussion cap
The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition.
See Spring (device) and Percussion cap
Phosphor bronze
Phosphor bronze is a member of the family of copper alloys.
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Pocketknife
A pocketknife is a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle.
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Pogo stick
A pogo stick is a vehicle for jumping off the ground in a standing position—through the aid of a spring, or new high performance technologies—often used as a toy, exercise equipment or extreme sports instrument.
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Poisson's ratio
In materials science and solid mechanics, Poisson's ratio (nu) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction) of a material in directions perpendicular to the specific direction of loading.
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Potential energy
In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.
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Quadratic function
In mathematics, a quadratic polynomial is a polynomial of degree two in one or more variables.
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Radian
The radian, denoted by the symbol rad, is the unit of angle in the International System of Units (SI) and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics.
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.
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Rubber band
A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects together.
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Seismometer
A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground displacement and shaking such as caused by quakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions.
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Shock absorber
A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.
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Simple harmonic motion
In mechanics and physics, simple harmonic motion (sometimes abbreviated) is a special type of periodic motion an object experiences by means of a restoring force whose magnitude is directly proportional to the distance of the object from an equilibrium position and acts towards the equilibrium position.
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Sine and cosine
In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle.
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Slinky
The Slinky is a helical spring toy invented by Richard T. James in the early 1940s. Spring (device) and Slinky are springs (mechanical).
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Smoothness
In mathematical analysis, the smoothness of a function is a property measured by the number, called differentiability class, of continuous derivatives it has over its domain.
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Solid mechanics
Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and other external or internal agents.
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Spring steel
Spring steel is a name given to a wide range of steels used in the manufacture of different products, including swords, saw blades, springs and many more. Spring (device) and spring steel are springs (mechanical).
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Steering wheel
A steering wheel (also called a driving wheel, a hand wheel, or simply wheel) is a type of steering control in vehicles.
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Switch
In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another.
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Switchblade
A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.
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Tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage.
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Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, northern Iran, and Southwest Asia.
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Taylor series
In mathematics, the Taylor series or Taylor expansion of a function is an infinite sum of terms that are expressed in terms of the function's derivatives at a single point.
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Tension (physics)
Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object.
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Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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Toaster
A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to brown sliced bread into toast.
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Torque
In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational analogue of linear force.
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Torsion spring
A torsion spring is a spring that works by twisting its end along its axis; that is, a flexible elastic object that stores mechanical energy when it is twisted. Spring (device) and torsion spring are springs (mechanical).
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Toy
A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment.
Trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame often using many coiled springs.
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Tweezers
Tweezers are small hand tools used for grasping objects too small to be easily handled with the human fingers.
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Twist-beam rear suspension
The twist-beam rear suspension (also torsion-beam axle, deformable torsion beam, or compound crank) is a type of automobile suspension based on a large H- or C-shaped member.
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Ultimate tensile strength
Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.
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University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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Upholstery coil springs
Upholstery coil springs are an important part of most modern upholstery. Spring (device) and upholstery coil springs are springs (mechanical).
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Velocity
Velocity is the speed in combination with the direction of motion of an object.
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Volute spring
A volute spring, also known as a conical spring, is a compression spring in the form of a cone (somewhat like the classical volute decorative architectural ornament). Spring (device) and volute spring are springs (mechanical).
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Washer (hardware)
A washer is a thin plate (typically disk-shaped, but sometimes square) with a hole (typically in the middle) that is normally used to distribute the load of a threaded fastener, such as a bolt or nut. Spring (device) and washer (hardware) are springs (mechanical).
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Watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person.
Wheellock
A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire.
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Yield (engineering)
In materials science and engineering, the yield point is the point on a stress-strain curve that indicates the limit of elastic behavior and the beginning of plastic behavior.
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Young's modulus
Young's modulus (or Young modulus) is a mechanical property of solid materials that measures the tensile or compressive stiffness when the force is applied lengthwise.
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See also
Springs (mechanical)
- A Case of Spring Fever
- Arc spring
- Balance spring
- Belleville washer
- Coil spring
- Constant-force spring
- Cord lock
- Corvette leaf spring
- Curb feeler
- Garter spring
- Gas spring
- Hooke's law
- Hydrospring
- Leaf spring
- Mainspring
- Mattress coil
- Nivaflex
- Offshore crane shock absorber
- Passive heave compensation
- Pneumatic valve springs
- Series and parallel springs
- Slinky
- Spring (device)
- Spring steel
- Spring system
- Spring-loaded camming device
- Springboard
- Steam spring
- Timmis system
- Toroflux
- Torsion spring
- Upholstery coil springs
- Vincent-McCall Company Building
- Volute spring
- Washer (hardware)
- Wave spring
References
Also known as Compression spring, Compression springs, Ideal Spring, Spring (machine), Spring (machines), Spring (mechanical), Spring (mechanics), Spring loaded, Spring power, Spring rate, Spring-loaded, Tension spring, Zero-length spring.