shock absorption
Softening sudden forces
Shock absorption is the process of dampening or dissipating sudden impacts and vibrations.
Vehicle suspensions provide shock absorption to smooth out bumps in the road.
Athletic shoes offer shock absorption to protect joints.
The term applies anywhere cushioning reduces the force of impact: The foam padding provides excellent shock absorption.
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
- bubble wrapAir-filled plastic cushioning
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
knee joint · durability · damper · air bag · impact resistance · resilience · arch support · suspension system · coil spring · memory foam · compression · tendons · deflection · recoil · flexibility · aerogels · impact · give
- shoe featuresgel insoles, arch support, traction, grip, cushioned insoles
- absorptionabsorb, sorption, uptake, adsorption, oxygen uptake
- Engineering Specsdurability, load capacity, fuel efficiency, horsepower, torque
- vibrationoscillation, resonance, frequency response, natural frequency, harmonic motion
- material dynamicsdamping, elasticity, viscoelasticity, stiffness, resonance
- signal analysisfrequency response, spectrogram, poles, zeros, gain
shock absorptionrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · hardness · unyieldingness · brittleness
shock, shocking, shocked, absorption, absorbent, shocks, shocker, shockingly, absorptive