• Hydropneumatic devices (or hydro-pneumatic devices) are systems that operate using water and gas. The devices are used in various applications. A hydropneumatic...
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    Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, designed by Paul Magès, invented by Citroën, and fitted to Citroën cars, as well...
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    Hydraulic accumulator – Reservoir to store and stabilise fluid pressure Hydropneumatic device Water hammer – Pressure surge when a fluid is forced to stop or...
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    Such vessels often are called accumulators or expansion tanks. A hydropneumatic device similar in principle to a shock absorber called a 'Water Hammer...
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    grav, bucket, bucky (in New Zealand), submarine, geeb, or GB) is a hydropneumatic device used for smoking cannabis. A typical variant consists of a bucket...
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    movement of the floating drill vessel. A guideline tensioner is a hydropneumatic device used on an offshore drilling rig that keeps a positive pulling force...
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  • A guideline tensioner is a hydropneumatic device used on an offshore drilling rig that keeps a positive pulling force on the guidelines from the platform...
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    dampers used on tall buildings. Composite hydropneumatic suspension combines many suspension elements in a single device: spring action, shock absorption, ride-height...
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  • hundreds of tonnes), the springs are implemented as gas springs: hydropneumatic devices — a plunger cylinder buffered by a volume of gas. Examples of heave...
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    Citroën 15CVH. This vehicle featured a self-leveling, height adjustable hydropneumatic suspension. Since that time, these systems have appeared continuously...
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    introduced in 1972 and equipped with Mercedes-Benz M100 V8 engine and full hydropneumatic suspension system. The 450SEL 6.9 was presented to the public at the...
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    although the tanks were designed with a torsion beam suspension, a hydropneumatic suspension was fitted, and one of the tanks was fitted with a Solar...
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  • flexible bellows, usually made from textile-reinforced rubber. Unlike hydropneumatic suspension, which offers many similar features, air suspension does...
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    front-engine, front-drive, five-passenger, five-door hatchback noted for its hydropneumatic suspension. Manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1989 to 2000,...
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  • then in 1955 pioneered self-levelling of all four wheels, using its hydropneumatic system. These cars maintain an exact height over the road when the engine...
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    production automobile) up to that time, and it also featured self-leveling hydropneumatic suspension. Exclusive to the North American and Japanese markets was...
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  • hundreds of tonnes), the springs are implemented as gas springs: hydropneumatic devices — a plunger cylinder buffered by a volume of gas. A heave compensator...
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    that of infantry fighting vehicles. Like the BMD-3, the 2S25 features hydropneumatic suspension with a variable height clearance of 190–590 mm, which can...
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    with a number of advanced features such as newly developed "kneeling" hydropneumatic suspension and housing the entire crew in the large turret, and was...
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  • temporary demand, and to smooth out pulsations. It is a type of energy storage device. Compressed gas accumulators, also called hydro-pneumatic accumulators,...
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    hydraulic brakes and the successive generations of Citroen cars with hydropneumatic suspension also used fully powered hydraulic brakes rather than conventional...
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    models had a hydropneumatic suspension system, Active Body Control or ABC. The ABC system on the 1998-2005 S-Class used hydropneumatic suspension struts...
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  • This would also reduce the tank's volume. Second, the tank would use hydropneumatic suspension, allowing for increased speeds by making the tank's movement...
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    The Sportwagon was also available with Boge-Nivomat self-levelling hydropneumatic rear suspension. The Sportwagon was marketed as a lifestyle estate without...
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    Fort Paull (category Device Forts)
    concrete emplacements for three 6-inch Breech Loading (BL) guns on hydropneumatic carriages and two 4.7-inch Quick Firing (QF) guns were built. A mining...
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    include devices, such as air springs and switchable shock absorbers, various self-levelling solutions, as well as systems, like hydropneumatic, hydrolastic...
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    has a hatch and viewing devices. The commander and gunner's seats are equipped with new optical-electronic sighting devices. Two crew members are located...
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    driver safety. Brabham were the first to circumvent the rules by using hydropneumatic suspension which compressed under aerodynamic loading and lowered the...
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    rounds per minute. The improved suspension, involving a strut-type hydropneumatic buffer from Mottrol Co, Ltd., along with an enhanced chamber, allowed...
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    Mercedes-Benz up to that time. Every 450 SEL 6.9 featured a self-leveling hydropneumatic suspension, and offered the ABS anti-lock braking system as an option...
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