title: The Shock Absorber Handbook
author:  John C. Dixon 
description: Every one of the many millions of cars manufactured annuallyworldwide uses shock absorbers, otherwise known as dampers. Theseform a vital part of the suspension system of any vehicle,essential for optimizing road holding, performance and safety.
zlib_text: HARRIS’ 
  SHOCK AND 
  VIBRATION 
  HANDBOOK
  Cyril M. Harris
  Editor 
  Charles Batchelor Professor Emeritus 
  of Electrical Engineering 
  Columbia University
  New York, New York
  Allan G. Piersol
  Editor 
  Consultant
  Piersol Engineering Company
  Woodland Hills, California
  Fifth Edition
  McGRAW-HILL
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Harris’ shock and vibration handbook / Cyril M. Harris, editor, Allan G.
  Piersol, editor.—5th ed.
  p.
  cm.
  ISBN 0-07-137081-1
  1. Vibration—Handbooks,
  manuals,
  etc.
  2. Shock (Mechanics)—
  Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  I. Harris, Cyril M., date.
  II. Piersol,Allan G.
  TA355.H35
  2002
  620.3—dc21
  2001044228
  Copyright © 2002, 1996, 1988, 1976, 1961 by The McGraw-Hill Companies,
  Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as
  permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this pub-
  lication may be reprodu