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    A radius rod (also called a radius arm, torque arm, torque spring, and torsion bar) is a suspension link intended to control wheel motion in the longitudinal...
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  • Thumbnail for Walschaerts valve gear
    movement of the radius rod should not move the valve rod. Therefore the expansion link die slot should be an arc of a circle of radius equal to the length...
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  • Thumbnail for Chapman strut
    struts were attached to the swing axle casings by swivel bushes. Forward radius rods handled the longitudinal forces. In 1947 Earle MacPherson patented the...
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    moving back and forth; this motion is constrained by a separate link or radius rod. This is in contrast to the wishbone, which are triangular and have two...
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    simplified, if needed, by substituting an anti-roll bar (torsion bar) for the radius arm. For those reasons, it has become almost ubiquitous with low cost manufacturers...
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  • Mechanics, Prentice-Hall, 1995, p. 137. ISBN 0-13-124405-1 Nave, Rod. "The Most Probable Radius: Hydrogen Ground State". HyperPhysics. Dept. of Physics and...
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  • Thumbnail for Mason Bogie locomotive
    mounted on top of the boiler, with a long lifting link dropping down to the radius rod, a feature unique to Mason Bogies due to the rotating truck and tight...
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  • Thumbnail for Baker valve gear
    frame, and whose ends were attached to the top of the main link and the radius rod (the connection to the combination arm and thence to the valve). The parts...
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  • Thumbnail for Stephenson valve gear
    cut-off functions were achieved by raising or lowering a radius rod which connected the valve-rod to a "stationary" link pivoting around a fixed point. The...
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    which is located by a transverse link (Panhard rod) and two pairs of forward-extending radius rods to react to braking and acceleration forces, and...
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