Quote (card_sultan @ Mar 27 2017 02:04pm)
All you do is insult people if they disagree with you - when will jsp give you a warning for your spamming and insult and rage?
2. a resilient device, typically a helical metal coil, that can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape when released, used chiefly to exert constant tensionor absorb movement.
If you actually ever read the thread this discussion you'd know that a slinky does not exert a constant tension throughout itself and this is why it is not a functioning spring.
Because constant tension does not apply to all spring types. There are four main types of springs (which I already pointed out in this thread), and constant-tension is only one of those types, and does not apply to other types (compression, extension, and torsion). An actual constant-tension spring is generally a thin sheet metal that is wrapped around a cylinder, with one end attached to the cylinder, and the other end attached to a loading force.
https://www.creativemechanisms.com/blog/four-different-types-of-springsThis is an example of what a constant-tension spring looks like:
