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There is a kind of student who may need interesting applications to
sustain the interest.
Damping vibrations is just mechanics - or is it - when the application
is LIGO?
In the same vein, here's some material on buckling springs for vibration
dampers
(as submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity 2001.)
http://www.gravity.uwa.edu.au/amaldi/papers/Winterflood.pdf
It's an unusually lucid and accessible narrative on avoiding unwanted
body resonances.
Brian W
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