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How to break a wine glass with sound
Posted by Philip, May 12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17tqXgvCN0E&feature=related
the official way (look at the glass oscillate)

then go look at this dude sing a glass into submission:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbfjcEzFN2U&NR=1

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Reply by Sung, May 12.

LOL, i was wondering what the straw in the glass was for.

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Reply by oceank8, May 12.

Those were pretty interesting. I was surprised by the wobbling of the glass in the first one. And the straw? I wondered too. All I could think was that proved there was vibration going through the glass?

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Reply by mark, May 12.

Cool. Mythbusters did a show on this by the way -- that was a good one.

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Reply by RBoulanger, May 12.

In case you still wondered if glass was a liquid - the way this video shows the waves makes it pretty clear.

I kept thinking about Spinal Tap and their amps that go to 11.

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Reply by Philip, May 13.

RBoulanger - bridges oscillate, but they aren't liquid. Despite 4 years of Chemistry degree I cant properly define what a liquid is, and whether glass is liquid or solid.

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Reply by RBoulanger, May 13.

But bridges are built over liquids!

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Reply by mark, May 13.

Philip might be referring to this incredible event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTZ446tbzE

Go "Gallopin' Gertie"!

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Reply by Philip, May 13.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw&feature=related

in color this time. so i guess they didnt fix it for a while

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Reply by Philip, May 13.

Mechanical resonance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_resonance

Apparently troops have to break formation when marching over a bridge as it might set up a powerful oscilation

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Reply by RBoulanger, May 13.

Wouldn't want this to happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce-PQqkIXe0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lQaIdDI5OE&NR=1

Wait didn't the English just have a problem with this? Oh yeah -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAXVa__XWZ8

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Reply by Philip, May 13.

*dubious*
looks like a bunch of Euro tourists are just shaking the railing if you ask me. British engineering at its finest!



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