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Definition of torsion bar
: a long metal element in an automobile suspension that has one end held rigidly to the frame end and the other twisted and connected to the axle and that acts as a spring
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Recent Examples on the Web Also new was Chrysler’s torsion bar front suspension that was used until Chrysler started building front-wheel-drive cars many years later.
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David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, "Me & My Car: Push-button gears sold buyer on ’64 Valiant," 9 Sep. 2019 The cables that carry the current to the microwave amplifier run along the arm of the torsion bar.
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Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "NASA’s EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster," 21 May 2018 The current in the cable experiences a force due to the Earth’s magnetic field that is precisely perpendicular to the torsion bar.
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Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "NASA’s EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster," 21 May 2018 The cables that carry the current to the microwave amplifier run along the arm of the torsion bar.
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Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "NASA’s EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster," 21 May 2018 This leaves the torsion bars as the only source of elasticity.
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Dan Neil, WSJ, "2017 Ford GT: A $450,000 Road Rocket That’s Two Cars in One," 6 July 2017
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The first known use of torsion bar was in 1937
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