source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:18:30 -0800 Subject: Re: Sympathetic Vibrations From: Manuel.Op.de.Coul@ezh.nl (Manuel Op de Coul) From: PAULE The cross-sectional area of a string is almost negligible compared with that of a tube or plate. Thus the string will receive almost no energy from incident sound waves, while a broader object can absorb significant amounts of energy. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 04:23 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA16642; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 04:23:31 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16693 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id TAA29480; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:21:59 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:21:59 -0800 Message-Id: <009B07BF7836736D.5C04@vbv40.ezh.nl> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu