Preliminary findings suggest vibrations from four giant generators on the compound's upper floors triggered the collapse.
The effect of the vibrations is similar to that of high-pitched noise shattering glass.
In order to quell these transient vibrations, the GL's engine and transmission mountings are effectively over-engineered.
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Seismic vibrations do not qualify as signals unless they are being received and understood.
Competitors may not dig worms from the ground but must use vibrations to call forth the mini-beasts.
She also was in the original Broadway casts of "In the Heights, " ''Spring Awakening" and "Good Vibrations.
The rest of the mornings I was either awake before the Up or slept through its vibrations.
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And vibrations transmitted through their skeletons may also be picked up by their exceptionally large middle-ear bones.
The point is, the giant dome throws around sonic vibrations that practically goose you with their cosmic intensity.
They are sending their warplanes to fly very low in order to have vibrations on these sacred places.
The only instruments capable of measuring such vibrations, though, were spectroscopes--meter-long glass-and-metal optical devices that used infrared light.
Friend vibrates a lead zirconate titanate crystal, and those vibrations twist a spring-like element attached to a rotor.
The only instruments capable of measuring such vibrations, though, were spectroscopes--4-foot-long glass-and-metal optical devices that used infrared light.
Vibrations in these correspond to the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces, and particles that interact through those forces.
There are mechanical vibrations in the system, higher than our module specification, which are causing interface and cabling issues.
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The vibrations change the electrical properties of the device and this electrical signal is converted into an audio signal.
It produces lethal vibrations in the protein coat of micro-organisms, thereby destroying them.
They are used in some microphones to convert vibrations into an electrical signal.
Since different assemblages of molecules have different characteristic frequencies, Turin proposed, these vibrations could act as a molecular signature.
Simple vibrations do not do the trick, while heat risks damaging the sample.
Real fame came when the Beatles beat a path to his door, seeking enlightenment and spirituality through good vibrations.
Just hook it up to your precious belongings and you'll know where they are via vibrations or an alarm.
There are other means of harvesting ambient energy, from vibrations, movement or heat.
Conversations can even be monitored from the normally imperceptible vibrations of window glass.
One way of reducing these vibrations is to allow the hooves to skid a bit when they hit the ground.
The key to the R-series' superb sound reproduction is the precise control of the inevitable vibrations created by sound waves.
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When the vibrations reach a certain level, it provides less heat and also notifies consumers with a series of beeps.
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The researchers suggested that the damage could be due to the trauma and inflammation caused by the vibrations of snoring.
The interferometer in Japan is being built underground and will be kept at extremely low temperatures to minimise stray vibrations.
The sleek black interior is matched with pre-fitted, dense noise absorbing material on the side panels, efficiently absorbing noise and vibrations.
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