spring/shock absorber has "reactance"?

[Airy R.Bean]

A shock absorber that moves other than in
a straight line is an MOT failure.

 

[Fred Abse]

A shock absorber that moves other than in a straight line is an MOT
failure.

I think he was referring to transfer function, not mechanical alignment.

Anyway, what about lever-type shock absorbers?

 

[John Larkin]

My original description using lagrangian formulation based upon lagrangians
need to have a velocity dependent dissipation function added to the
lagrangian to take into account resistive as well as rective components.
Unforunately lagrangian formulation is not a tool used by many EEs.

Our lives are too complex and too nonlinear.

John