Re: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood

[Robert E Matuszak <matuszakr@dteenergy.com>]

Uh.....I think he said steel "CHAIN"

John Edwards wrote:

> Hitting the steel cable *will* create a noise and it will be "louder" than
> hitting the bar as there will be more amplitude in the wave traveling
> through the cable. Imagine the cable hung from a support by one end, hitting
> it on the ground would result in the grpund absorbing the energy.
>
> The difference is, the noise produced by the cable will have a much, much
> lower frequency and hence outside the range of human hearing....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fry, Larry [mailto:LEF@chem-tronics.com]
> Sent: 06 November 2001 14:27
> To: Chris DeLong; kcollins1@socal.rr.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
>
> Quite.   That's why you get vibrations(sound)from a plucked guitar string
> only when it's stretched tight (solid).
> Put another way, strike a four-foot steel rod and it will "ring".  Strike a
> four-foot length of steel chain and it won't.
>
> Larry  sandiego16V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris DeLong [mailto:green536@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 12:32 AM
> To: kcollins1@socal.rr.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
>
> So you are saying Larry that resonant harmonics become more pronounced in a
> solid structure than they normally would be given a loose structure? Keep in
>
> mind that harmonics are vibrations.
>
> Chris DeLong
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> >From: Kevin Collins <kcollins1@socal.rr.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Re: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
> >Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 22:35:24 -0800
> >
> >Larry wrote:
> >
> > > any device that stiffens the structure will increase felt vibrations.
> >
> >Really?  Hasn't happened in my case.  And thinking about it, I don't follow
> >your logic - for instance, passenger cars have been built with increasing
> >rigidivity and "stiffness" for the last 20 years or so - and the effect
> >is just the opposite - to make them more solid, rattle-free, and long-
> >lasting.  What am I missing?
> >
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