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FORCE TRANSFER DEVICE [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paradrop and Airdrop
  • Military Transportation
DEF

A device used to provide an anchor point for the stabilizing drogue parachute during the freefall phase of a cylinder drop.

OBS

force transfer device; FTD; load transfer device; LTD : designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutage et largage
  • Transport militaire
DEF

Dispositif servant de point d'ancrage pour stabiliser le parachute-frein pendant la phase de chute libre du largage d'un cylindre.

OBS

dispositif de transfert de force; DTF : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

A device for reducing vibrations of a primary system over a desired frequency range by the transfer of energy to an auxiliary system in resonance so tuned that the force exerted by the auxiliary system is opposite in phase to the force acting on the primary system.

OBS

Dynamic vibration absorbers may be damped or undamped, but damping is not the primary purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Dispositif qui réduit les vibrations d'un système primaire dans une gamme de fréquences désirée en transférant de l'énergie à un système auxiliaire en résonance qui est accordé de façon que la force exercée par le système auxiliaire soit en opposition de phase avec la force agissant sur le système primaire.

OBS

L'absorbeur dynamique de vibrations peut être amorti ou non, mais l'amortissement n'est pas l'objet principal.

Spanish

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