Feb 7, 2006 14:17
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vibrations are calculated
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The natural vibrations of orthotropic plates are calculated.
This is a phrase from an abstract to a scientific article.
I just would like to know whether an English-speaking scientist could write/say: "vibrations are calculated." For me, it sounds wrong because it is values of quantities that are calculated, not processes.
This is a phrase from an abstract to a scientific article.
I just would like to know whether an English-speaking scientist could write/say: "vibrations are calculated." For me, it sounds wrong because it is values of quantities that are calculated, not processes.
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the amplitude/frequency of...
I agree with you. You would have to be calculating some numerical property of the vibrations such as amplitude or frequency for it to sound correct.
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Ken Cox
: Yes, the author probably means the natural frequencies (eigenfrequencies) and possibly their ampliltudes.
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| agree |
RHELLER
: frequencies may be the best choice
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| agree |
Seema Ugrankar
9 hrs
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
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| agree |
Jörgen Slet
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eigenfrequencies
Spoken as a physicist (but not native English speaker), it could be that the author actually meant this instead of natural vibrations.
Otherwise, the term 'vibrations' could also be short for 'vibration states' which would make it a valid statement.
So it depends on the content of the article.
Otherwise, the term 'vibrations' could also be short for 'vibration states' which would make it a valid statement.
So it depends on the content of the article.
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Vibration is indeed calculated
I really don't understand what you mean by "process" in this case but indeed "Vibration" is calculated in many fields of science.
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-07 14:27:00 GMT)
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Exactly as Helen stated. Amplitude/frequency of vibration is calculated.
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Note added at 32 mins (2006-02-07 14:50:21 GMT)
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See this as an example of calculating properties of natural vibration http://www.ideers.bris.ac.uk/resistant/vibrating_build_natfr...
Your case is clearly geographical - which I know nothing about - but in mechanics, every body of mass has a natural vibration. If a body of mass reaches that certain vibration level, it will resonate. We actually calculate the natural vibration of any given body - like in a car motor - in order to avoid getting close to it. This was just a simplistic example, the procedure/calculation is quite complex.
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Note added at 33 mins (2006-02-07 14:51:09 GMT)
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natural vibration = natural frequency
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-07 14:27:00 GMT)
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Exactly as Helen stated. Amplitude/frequency of vibration is calculated.
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Note added at 32 mins (2006-02-07 14:50:21 GMT)
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See this as an example of calculating properties of natural vibration http://www.ideers.bris.ac.uk/resistant/vibrating_build_natfr...
Your case is clearly geographical - which I know nothing about - but in mechanics, every body of mass has a natural vibration. If a body of mass reaches that certain vibration level, it will resonate. We actually calculate the natural vibration of any given body - like in a car motor - in order to avoid getting close to it. This was just a simplistic example, the procedure/calculation is quite complex.
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Note added at 33 mins (2006-02-07 14:51:09 GMT)
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natural vibration = natural frequency
Note from asker:
| I see what are you getting at. My example is from mechanics too. However, what I'm trying to figure out is whether it is correct to say "to calculate vibration(s)" if vibration, by definition, is a periodic movement of a material... |
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computer monitors frequency of vibration
in my field (aviation) such devices are commun
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