The Tuning Fork Mystery: unexpected vibrations

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Published on March 23, 2018 3:00:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUCf8mB1Wg

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There is a follow-up video to this one looking at some other strange vibrations viewers noticed.
The Tuning Fork Mystery: an unexpected updatehttps://youtu.be/MdZ-vkfZS0I

Possibly over-qualified for this video, Hugh Hunt is a Cambridge University Reader in Engineering Dynamics & Vibration.
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/hemh1

See some of the fun stuff he does without me.
http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh1/

Check out Mirko’s three-sided coin simulation here.
https://almondbread.github.io/tscsim/

All the links for the various three-sided coin resources are here.
http://think-maths.co.uk/threesidedcoin

CORRECTIONS
For the people who couldn’t get it to work at home: https://youtu.be/MdZ-vkfZS0I
- Let me know if you spot anything else!

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