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Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Canadian Health and Safety Workplace Fundamentals - Noise and Vibration. May 09, 2026
Add new Web site: College of DuPage - Conceptual Physics - Vibrations and waves. Nov 20, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - Vibrations in engineering systems (PDF). Jun 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Simon Fraser University - Vibration. Dec 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - Vibration. Dec 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics Classroom - Vibrational Motion. Oct 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Vibrations. Oct 07, 2022
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Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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