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VIBRATION NATURELLE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

The vibrations which occur at the natural frequency of a body when it has been displaced from its position of rest and allowed to vibrate freely without the application of any periodic force.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Vibration d'un système quand les excitations extérieures qui agissent sur lui deviennent soit nulles, soit constantes en fonction du temps. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR et reproduite avec son autorisation.]

CONT

Tout milieu a sa fréquence propre [...], fréquence à laquelle il vibre si on le laisse libre d'osciller à sa guise, en absence de toute force extérieure [...], ou si on lui impose une force constante, non oscillante : le milieu exécute alors des vibrations libres (vibrations dites encore naturelles).

OBS

vibration libre; vibration naturelle : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

PHR

Vibration libre, naturelle d'un système.

Spanish

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