How To Stop Structures from SHAKING: LEGO Saturn V Tuned Mass Damper

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Thanks to LEGO for sponsoring this video. Find your own LEGOs at https://shop.lego.com/?cmp=SOC-OneMinutePhysics or https://shop.lego.com/product?p=21309&cmp=SOC-OneMinutePhysics This video is about Tuned Mass Dampers, which can be used to reduce or avoid unwanted vibrations, swaying, swinging, bending, etc on engineered structures ranging from buildings, skyscrapers, electricity power transmission lines, airplane engines, formula one race cars, etc. TMD's use damped coupled oscillators. REFERENCES Taipei Tower TMD Photo licensed from: Louie Psihoyos http://www.psihoyos.com Coupled oscillators: http://www.reed.edu/physics/faculty/wheeler/documents/Sophmore%20Class%20Notes%202007/Chapter%204.pdf Related things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge_damper Applications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuned_mass_damper#Mass_dampers_in_automobiles Formula 1 cars: http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/mass_damper.html Aircraft engines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_pendulum_absorber Audio speaker cones: https://www.focal.com/en/tmd-tuned-mass-damper Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/minutephysics Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And Google+ (does anyone use this any more?) - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich