Umoya:
I-pneumatic shock absorber luhlobo olutsha lwe-shock absorber ephuhliswe ukususela ngo-1960. Imodeli yokusetyenziswa ibonakaliswe ngokuba i-piston edadayo ifakwe kwindawo engezantsi ye-cylinder barrel, kunye negumbi legesi elivaliweyo elenziwe yi-piston edadayo kunye nesinye isiphelo se-cylinder barrel igcwele i-nitrogen ephezulu yoxinzelelo. Icandelo elikhulu le-O-ring lifakwe kwi-piston edadayo, eyahlula ngokupheleleyo ioli kunye negesi. I-piston esebenzayo ixhotywe nge-valve yokunyanzeliswa kunye ne-valve yokwandisa etshintsha indawo enqamlezileyo yomzila kunye nesantya esihambayo. Xa ivili litsiba linyuka lisihla, ipiston esebenzayo ye-shock absorber ishukuma emva naphambili kulwelo lweoyile, okukhokelela kumohluko woxinzelelo lwe-oyile phakathi kwegumbi eliphezulu kunye negumbi elisezantsi lepiston esebenzayo, kwaye i-oyile yoxinzelelo iya kutyhala ivule ivalve yoxinzelelo kunye nevalve yokwandisa kwaye iqukuqelele emva naphambili. Ngenxa yokuba ivalve ivelisa amandla amakhulu okudambisa kwioyile yoxinzelelo, ukungcangcazela kuyancipha.
I-Hydraulic:
I-Hydraulic shock absorber isetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwinkqubo yokumiswa kwemoto. Umgaqo-siseko kukuba xa isakhelo kunye ne-asi ihamba emva naphambili, kwaye ipiston ihamba emva naphambili kwi-cylinder barrel ye-absorber yomothuko, i-oyile ekwindlu ye-shock absorber iya kumpompoza ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukusuka kumqolo ongaphakathi ukuya komnye umngxuma ongaphakathi ngokusebenzisa i-pores ethile emxinwa. Ngeli xesha, ukungqubuzana phakathi kolwelo kunye nodonga lwangaphakathi kunye ne-friction yangaphakathi yee-molecule ze-liquid yenza amandla okudambisa kwi-vibration.
I-Automobile shock absorber ifana negama layo. Umgaqo-siseko awunzima, oko kukuthi, ukufezekisa umphumo "wokuxutywa kwe-shock". Iinkqubo zokunqunyanyiswa kweemoto zixhotyiswe ngokubanzi ngezinto zokuthatha ukothuka, kunye ne-bidirectional cylindrical shock absorbers zisetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwiimoto. Ngaphandle kwe-absorber shock, i-rebound ye-spring ayinakulawulwa. Xa imoto idibana nendlela embi, iya kuvelisa i-bounce enzima. Xa ikona, kuya kubangela ukulahleka kokubambelela kwetayara kunye nokulandela umkhondo ngenxa yokunyuka nokuhla kwentshukumo yentwasahlobo.