Re: [Paddlewise] Resonant Frequency

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:30:27 -0500
>
> Seriously (as serious as one with absolutely no formal knowledge of the
> subject can get), I suspect your kayak has more than one resonant
frequency
> ..., rather like the body of a stringed instrument.  Maybe you could draw
a
> bow across the keel while pressing down at various points along the way
and
> let us know the results. May I suggest "Row, row, row your boat" as a
simple
> tune to begin with.
>
        This actually might be useful.  Look up Chladny plates in a physics
or stress & strain text sometime.....

I dunno, maybe the glue helps...



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