摘要 |
The system is a torsion bar of which the torsion element is a fiber glass tube having metal anchors. The fiber glass has a low Young's modulus to provide flexibility, and the high Young's modulus metal anchors provide strength. The tube is not bonded to an anchor, but the two are secured by two tapered elastomeric annuli in the anchor body, which arrangement allows the tube to deflect relative to the anchor from a maximum at the thick end of the annuli to a minimum at the thin end.
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