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Dynamics & vibration

The plate that draws

Vibration modes made visible

Duration
1:02
Year
2026

The case

A 30 cm steel plate, 1 mm thick, a little sand and a note. Where the plate vibrates the sand jumps; where it does not move, it rests. Each note draws its own still lines: a ring at 67 Hz, a lattice of rhombi at 1,294 Hz. Every structure has its figures, and it is better to compute them before the vibration finds them.

Topics

  • Modal analysis
  • Plates
  • Visualisation

Basis. Generic synthetic case built for this piece. No client data. Not a design verification.

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