2018-08-28

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This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc on engineered structures ranging from buildings, skyscrapers, electricity power transmission lines, airplane engines, formula one race cars, etc. TMD's use damped coupled oscillators.

REFERENCES

Taipei Tower TMD Photo licensed from: Louie Psihoyos http://www.psihoyos.com

Coupled oscillators: http://www.reed.edu/physics/faculty/wheeler/documents/Sophmore%20Class%20Notes%202007/Chapter%204.pdf

Related things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge_damper

Applications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper#Mass_dampers_in_automobiles

Formula 1 cars: http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/mass_damper.html

Aircraft engines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_pendulum_absorber

Audio speaker cones: https://www.focal.com/en/tmd-tuned-mass-damper

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