natural period of vibration
1vibration — vibrational, adj. vibrationless, adj. /vuy bray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of vibrating. 2. the state of being vibrated. 3. Physics. a. the oscillating, reciprocating, or other periodic motion of a rigid or elastic body or medium forced from a… …
2sympathetic vibration — noun (physics) vibration produced by resonance • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Hypernyms: ↑oscillation, ↑vibration * * * noun : a vibration produced in one body by the vibrations of exactly the same period …
3Spring (device) — Helical or coil springs designed for tension Compression sp …
4solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
5building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
6Earthquake engineering — is the study of the behavior of buildings and structures subject to seismic loading. It is a subset of both structural and civil engineering.The main objectives of earthquake engineering are: * Understand the interaction between buildings or… …
7Aeroelasticity — is the science which studies the interaction among inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces. It was defined by Collar in 1947 as the study of the mutual interaction that takes place within the triangle of the inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic… …
8Mechanical resonance — This article is about mechanical resonance in physics and engineering. For a general description of resonance, see resonance. For mechanical resonance of sound including musical instruments, see acoustic resonance. For the music album by the… …
9Soil structure interaction — Most of the civil engineering structures involve some type of structural element with direct contact with ground. When the external forces, such as earthquakes, act on these systems, neither the structural displacements nor the ground… …
10Optical fiber — A bundle of optical fibers A TOSLINK fiber optic audio c …
