Talk:Gas spring

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When the gas spring is compressed, how does apply the equation Pressure x volume / temperature = pressure x volume / temperature ?

Does the temperature change with the volume reduction or it remains constant? If this statement is true, the equation could be simplified to P1*V1 = P2*V2.

Can somebody confirm?

Jacques Beaudoin

The changes in volume are normally not rapid enough to change the temperature markedly and anyway the gas will return to ambient temperature. The relative size and volume of the rod and chamber will alter the characteristics of the spring. If there is a vast amount of volume and a small rod the power of the spring will not alter much and vice versa. You can therefore design your spring from an Excel spreadsheet or similar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.250.35 (talk) 11:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

I would suggest that B-locking gas spring be merged into this article. That article is short, lacking sources, and I do not see any reason why it cannot be a section in this article.

However, gas springs is not my area of expertise, so I'll leave it to those more knowledgeable to decide! -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 15:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A B-Locking gas spring is not a commercially neutral name/title. It is a marketing term used by one European manufacturer. Gas_spring is a family of products which include: Compression_gas_spring, Lockable_gas_spring, Tension_gas_spring and Lockable_tension_gas_spring. Other biased references to B-Locking, N-Locking, Click and go gas spring, etc... should not be used. -- Jpduvillard (talk) 15:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedited

Richard asr (talk) 11:27, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Given the initial spelling of aluminium and centimetre I have used British English in this copy edit. I hope this is correct and apologies if it is not. Richard asr (talk) 11:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Needs more technical detail

For instance, Hooke's Law, Boyle's Law, force vs. distance and comparison with steel springs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CD54:C180:20C:6EFF:FECE:F7B4 (talk) 04:22, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge?

There are a lot of short articles and redirects about gas springs, including:

I suggest they all be merged, either with Gas spring or Lockable gas spring. Biscuittin (talk) 11:56, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update in 2024: Checked these and they all appear to be redirects, changed by various users Mrfoogles (talk) 21:26, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exploding gas springs

At the office we had some talk about exploding gas springs specifically in office chairs. Can this be mentioned in this article? Some references I could find related to this: https://www.quora.com/Pneumatics-How-likely-is-it-for-a-gas-spring-to-fail-catastrophically

https://gizmodo.com/5157354/boy-killed-anally-when-office-chair-explodes

http://www.asiaone.com/business/woman-badly-injured-exploding-computer-chair

https://www.thehelper.net/threads/another-exploding-chair-this-time-its-a-steel-frame-stool.135613/

NicoLaan (talk) 09:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is a good idea to have a section that moves the third paragraph of the lead into its own section. Providing I can include the consequences of the poor manufactured parts. PwCasper (talk) 15:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good (uncitable) source

This source is self-published but has a really good explanation of the working principles of gas springs:

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/gassprings.html

Mrfoogles (talk) 21:55, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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