One of the most important parts of any car is its suspension system. This system consists of components such as suspension, springs, shock absorbers, etc., whose main task is to connect the body and wheels to each other and manage the connection between the road and the car. The car suspension system plays an important role in other tasks such as driving the car, accelerating it, as well as braking and stopping the car.
In addition to these, the suspension system must absorb the shocks from the road surface while bearing the weight of the car and manage these shocks by converting them into vibrations. Car handling and stability have a direct relationship with the suspension system used in it, and it also affects the quality and smoothness of the ride. The suspension system has different components; Springs, shock absorbers, bushings, bushings, waveguides and struts are things that are generally common in the suspension systems of different cars. If there is no suspension system, the car parts will wear out very quickly due to impacts from the road.
How does spring assistance work?
To explain the function of the shock absorber in simple words, it should be said that the shock absorber has a piston with small holes at the end and a piston, which is usually a steel rod, is inside. The shock absorber piston is placed inside a metal housing that is usually filled with oil and moves along the axis inside this fluid. Since the oil inside the shock absorber is under pressure, to prevent it from leaving the chamber, this chamber is completely sealed.
When the spring and then the shock absorber are pressurized and compressed, the oil or fluid in the shock absorber comes out of the larger pores, and after the pressure is removed from the shock absorber, this oil comes out of the pores. The smaller one embedded in the piston returns to its original position. The reason for the difference in the size of the pores is the management of the vibration resulting from the impact and its damping, as well as the smoothness of the shock absorber movement. The oil in the shock absorber is also responsible for absorbing the heat created by the conversion of kinetic energy and transferring it to the open air.
Types of springs
Today, different car manufacturers use different shock absorbers in the suspension system of their products. Among the most used types of shock absorbers are hydraulic or oil shock absorbers, gas or air shock absorbers, telescopic shock absorbers, hydrostatic shock absorbers and lever shock absorbers.
