Overhead electrical distribution lines are traditionally constructed with bare aluminum or copper conductors energized at thousands of volts. This presents a danger to people and wildlife from ...

In analysis, it is common practice to conceptualize structures, objects, and isolation systems as basic mass-spring-damper models, as depicted in Figure 42.1. All objects experience vibration when ...

Unlike conventional ball or roller-based linear guides, hydrostatic guidance systems eliminate all metal-to-metal contact. The guide carriages move on a thin cushion of high-pressure fluid, which ...

Swiss composite specialist Connova AG develops ultra-stable, zero-expansion CFRP mirror mounts for the G-CLEF spectrograph of the upcoming Giant Magellan Telescope.

Call it what you will — resonance, looseness, vibration, shock load, backlash, imbalance, noise, or strain cycles — none of it is good for machinery and equipment, leading to premature aging, unsafe ...