Much ballyhoo surrounds the concept of "damping factor." It's been suggested that it accounts for the alleged "dramatic differences" in sound between tube and solid state amplifiers. The claim is made ...

Q: What are slew and dampening factor? I saw it asked in one of your forums and its not in your glossary. A: Slew Rate: This is a term used to describe how quickly the output of an amplifier can track ...

You’ve planted your seeds in their containers. You’ve watered them carefully and kept them warm. You’ve watched as they germinate and start to grow. And then, all of a sudden, one by one they just ...

We’ve come across a patent from DT Swiss that promises an advanced magnetorheological (MR) damping fluid based suspension that can be adjusted electronically and in real-time while riding to control ...

There is a significant risk of flutter in aircraft wings, wind turbines and aircraft engine blades. Flutter is an aeroelastic instability which, under simplified linear conditions, once set in motion ...

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets are thin and magnetic materials in which molecules or layers are held together by weak attractive forces known as vdW forces. These materials have ...

Growing your own transplants from seeds is a very satisfying experience which can save you money, too. However, it is not without its problems. Just about every gardener who has started plants from ...

The lowly damper (a.k.a. shock absorber) is the unsung hero of any car’s suspension system. Ride and handling specialists sweat untold hours over them, and engineers have painstakingly improved shocks ...

Whether you ride a hardtail or a full-suspension mountain bike, its suspension has one main job – to absorb impacts from the trail by compressing and then return to its original position, in a ...