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  2. Noise and vibration on maritime vessels - Wikipedia

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    Noise generated on board ships and submarines can have far-reaching effects on the ability of the vessel to operate safely and efficiently. Military vessels in particular need to be quiet to avoid detection by sonar , so many methods have been used to limit a vessel's noise signature.

  3. Grinding (abrasive cutting) - Wikipedia

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    A man grinding on metal using an angle grinder, causing a lot of sparks. Grinding is a type of abrasive machining process which uses a grinding wheel as cutting tool. A wide variety of machines are used for grinding, best classified as portable or stationary: Portable power tools such as angle grinders, die grinders and cut-off saws

  4. Machining vibrations - Wikipedia

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    A chatter mark is an irregular surface flaw left by a wheel that is out of true (off-center) in grinding, [1] or regular marks left when turning a long piece on a lathe, due to machining vibrations. As early as 1907, Frederick W. Taylor described machining vibrations as the most obscure and delicate of all the problems facing the machinist , an ...

  5. Foxer - Wikipedia

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    This noise decoyed the acoustic torpedoes away from the rear of the ship into a circling pattern around the noise maker (which was too small to strike) until the torpedo ran out of fuel. The noisy Foxer had the disadvantage that it also prevented the ship's own ASDIC from detecting any other U-boat nearby that could approach the convoy. [6]

  6. Bench grinder - Wikipedia

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    Grinding is prohibited on the side of a typical (disk-shaped) bench grinder wheel, which is designed for grinding on the periphery only. Grinding on the side of a wheel can cause the wheel to explode. Some tool and cutter grinders have cup-shaped wheels designed to do grinding on the side.

  7. Packers' WR Christian Watson out for season after ... - AOL

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    Watson recorded 620 receiving yards on 29 receptions with two touchdowns in 15 games this season with the Packers. Packers' WR Christian Watson out for season after tearing ACL during Week 18 loss ...

  8. Father of 3 Accused of Faking His Own Death in Kayaking ... - AOL

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    Ryan Borgwardt — the father of three accused of staging his own death in a kayaking accident — is reportedly in custody in Wisconsin. The 45-year-old man was previously presumed to have ...

  9. Motorboating (electronics) - Wikipedia

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    The amplifying devices in audio and radio equipment are vulnerable to a variety of feedback problems, which can cause distinctive noise in the output. The term motorboating is applied to oscillations whose frequency is below the range of hearing, from 1 to 10 hertz , [ 3 ] so the individual oscillations are heard as pulses.