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Spring compression and quick release mechanism

I'm in a group and we're designing a wheel that can inflate and decompress using springs. The purpose of the string compression/decompression is to give our tires this jumpy/bouncy like movement. ...
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Force Required To Stop A Freely Rotating Wheel With Attached Falling Object With A Spring

I have a wheel with a diameter of 2m and a weight of 67kg. The wheel has a radius of gyration of 0.82m. From this wheel a weight of 35kg is suspended. The weight will fall for 10m and accelerate the ...
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Strain As A Function of Deflection of a Hollow Cylinder

I should think that there would be a direct correlation of strain to deflection of a hollow thin-walled cylinder, but I've seen nothing as of yet. I must be missing something. For example, let's say I ...
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What is this spring known as?

Could anyone tell me what the spring part of this component is called please so I can source something similar?
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