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bending wave

Swedish translation: böjvåg


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English term or phrase:bending wave
Swedish translation:böjvåg
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07:56 Sep 16, 2009
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Science - Physics
Additional field(s): Electronics / Elect Eng, Engineering (general), Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: bending wave
Definition from Internat. Electrotechnical Commission:
transverse wave in a plate or bar, being a combination of compressional and shear wave

Example sentence(s):
  • Many types of sound waves, or acoustic modes, can be propagated in glass plates. The acoustic mode most efficiently excited by a finger touch is a bending wave. BNP Media
  • The goal of the Hybrid Acoustically Layered Foil (HALF) Foam concept was to excite bending waves within the plane of the foil to cause interparticle interactions thus increasing the transmission loss of the foam. 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC conference
  • Bending waves are important for structure born sound. Bending waves progress in walls and plates. engineeringpage.com
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 Enrique
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böjvåg
Definition:
Böjvågen är en mekanisk vågtyp som finns i tunna fasta strukturer som platta och balkar i form av böjning.
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böjvåg


Definition from Wikipedia:
Böjvågen är en mekanisk vågtyp som finns i tunna fasta strukturer som platta och balkar i form av böjning.

Example sentence(s):
  • Den vågtyp som ses som viktigast i strukturakustik är böjvågen detta då böjvågen kan generera och bli genererad av luftljudvågor men också av impulskrafter mot konstruktionen. - Lunds Tekniska Högskola  
  • För en viss istjocklek finns det en böjvåg i isen som går exakt lika fort som ljudvågorna i luften. - Sveriges Radio  
Linnéa Holmén
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  João Araújo
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Yes  Peter Berntsen
25 days
Yes  niho: Absolutely, cf. e.g. Nationalencyklopedin, Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB, Höganäs (1989), vol. 1, p. 152, col. 1, 5th line from the bottom and the following.
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