Talk:Stockbridge damper

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Did you know... that the dumbbell-shaped devices commonly seen on overhead power lines are Stockbridge dampers, used to suppress wind-induced vibrations?

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not just taut cables[edit]

I've seen these dampers on the superstructure supporting highway signs. So I'm thinking of changing the wording of the article to something like "suppress wind-induced vibrations on taut cables and other structures". —Steve Summit (talk) 00:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Our goal here is to be readable, so as to communicate, not to be an ontological definition. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:45, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Dogbone[edit]

Previous edits for the dogbone damper were written in a self-promotional tone, and only two refs are to the inventor's autobiography, and a Federal Highway Administration maintenance document ^[1] that simply states that Stockbridge dampers are sometimes called dogbones, with a picture of a classic metal stockbridge... That said, it is a real thing, that is being used in some places. Just needs real sources. Strangerpete (talk) 05:28, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think it still needs to be clearer. "Dogbone" has two meanings. It's widely applied to the Stockbridge damper. It's also the only name for the more complicated Dulhunty damper. We need to make that explicit. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oddly enough, Dulhunty Power's website doesn't even offer the Dogbone, but instead the Dulhunty 4D Damper. Another Dulhunty website ^[2] references the design originally being patented by a Dulmison in 1976. Being apparently just another name, trademark and evolution of a damper, I'm starting to think maybe all these should be wrapped into a parent "Dampers" article. Each damper has a fairly specific use case (for example, they still widely use classic Stockbridges on new installations, despite Dulhuntys being "perfected".) Alternatively, we refer to the inventor and not the product trademark, so it would be called a Dulhunty Damper as you did, in the same fashion that it's a Stockbridge Damper, and not some trademark a manufacturer uses. My 2 cents Strangerpete (talk) 00:52, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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^ "Guidelines for the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals" (PDF). p. 84. Retrieved January 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "6. Degrees of Freedom".

[1] "Guidelines for the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaries, and Traffic Signals" (PDF). p. 84. Retrieved January 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "6. Degrees of Freedom".

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