• Ground vibrations is a technical term that is being used to describe mostly man-made vibrations of the ground, in contrast to natural vibrations of the...
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  • Ground vibration boom is a phenomenon of very large increase in ground vibrations generated by high-speed railway trains travelling at speeds higher than...
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    bridges and viaducts) and lower structure maintenance costs Reduced ground vibrations, due to the above Lower adhesion coefficients for driving (powered)...
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  • (waves traveling through air at the speed of sound), seismic waves (ground vibrations traveling through the earth), or ultrasound used for medical imaging...
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    the legs, a behavior known as juddering. This appears to produce ground vibrations that are picked up by the female. The pair then make contact using...
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    warning depends on accurate detection of the P waves and rejection of ground vibrations caused by local activity (such as trucks or construction). Earthquake...
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    officials to change the name. In mid-1976 the orbiter was used for ground vibration tests, allowing engineers to compare data from an actual flight vehicle...
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  • simultaneous vibrations of different parts of the molecule. In general, a non-linear molecule with N atoms has 3N – 6 normal modes of vibration, but a linear...
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    sensitive to ground vibrations, the low-frequency sounds made by an insect crawling across the ground; the larva locates the source of the vibrations by the...
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    react to substrate-borne vibrations. The vibrations are transmitted through the lower jaw, which is often rested on the ground and is connected with the...
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  • the ambient wavefield or ambient vibrations in those disciplines (however, the latter term may also refer to vibrations transmitted through by air, building...
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    which can be determined and verified through the use of calculations, ground vibration tests and flight flutter trials. Flutter of control surfaces is usually...
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  • 000–14,000 cm−1), whereas fundamental vibrations are observed below about 4000 cm−1. When the electronic and vibrational energy changes are so different, vibronic...
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    head and body off the ground, isolating the head from ground vibrations. Under selective pressure to detect airborne sound vibrations, the columella in crocodilians...
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    earthquake before it happened. However, they are simply more sensitive to ground vibrations than humans and are able to detect the subtler body waves that precede...
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    predatory pursuit. Several studies have indicated intentional use of ground vibrations as a means of intra-specific communication during courtship among...
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    hold its ground, leading to the notion that the death adder cannot hear. However, death adders, like other snakes, perceive ground vibrations. Unlike most...
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    transparent "spectacle" scales. They do not have eardrums but can detect ground vibrations through the bones of their skull. Their forked tongues are used as...
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    plywood base, supported on stacks of old tires to isolate it from ground vibrations, and filled with sand that had been washed to remove dust. The laser...
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    began ground vibration testing in Amarillo in February 2017, with the aircraft reaching 95 percent completion. The demonstrator was undergoing ground testing...
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  • for environmental noise and vibration control since they make a major contribution to traffic-induced ground vibrations and the associated structure-borne...
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  • started). Shallow earthquakes can generate sound waves with little ground vibration. The "booming" sound is heard only in a localized area around the epicenter...
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    Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines but no winglets in April 2018. It passed the ground vibration test in early June 2018, with Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches...
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    and Deinacrida, some (such as Talitropsis) are very sensitive to ground vibrations sensed through pads on their feet. Specialised hairs on the cerci...
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    under tension. Cherenkov radiation Hypersonic Supershear earthquake Ground vibration boom Christine Darden Haering, Edward A. Jr.; Smolka, James W.; Murray...
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    but follows the visual cue of the moving pipe and it can sense the ground vibrations from the snake charmer's tapping. Sometimes, for the sake of safety...
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  • seismographic and meteorological instruments inside the structure. Data on ground vibrations, surface temperatures, and humidity would be transmitted to a receiver...
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  • detectors Mode partition noise in optical cables Seismic noise, spurious ground vibrations in seismology Cosmic microwave background, microwave noise left over...
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  • well, but their sense of touch is very strong, and they can feel ground vibrations and electricity. Hattifatteners assemble once a year when they "recharge"...
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    movable eyelids, and most species have ears that can detect airborne or ground vibrations. They have muscular tongues, which in many species can be protruded...
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