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Old 06-09-2013, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce View Post
Well I had my pier ribs caterpillar welded along their length.

I had this done using the theory this would create node points along the pier tube...... altering natural resonance to shorter wavelengths.

Well that was the plan.

If you take this approach to its limit then a continuous weld will produce an infinite number of nodes!

There would most probably be not much practical difference.

Bert
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