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MASSE EXPERIMENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

A mass selected arbitrarily (or by prior experience with similar rotors) and attached to a rotor to determine the rotor response.

OBS

A trial mass is usually used in "trial-and-error" balancing or field balancing where conditions cannot be precisely controlled and/or precision measuring equipment is not available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Masse choisie arbitrairement (ou par expérience préalable avec des rotors similaires) et fixée à un rotor pour déterminer la réponse du rotor.

OBS

On utilise généralement une masse d'expérimentation pour un équilibrage par «expérimentation systématique» ou un équilibrage in situ où l'on ne peut pas contrôler les conditions avec précision et/ou lorsqu'on ne dispose pas d'équipement de mesurage de précision.

Spanish

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