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JensRantil 58 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

I would _love_ to understand more about how this atmospheric state impacted the vibration of power lines. Sounds exotic.

williamscales 58 days ago [–]

I’m no expert but I think it has to do with this effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex-induced_vibration

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_harp

Edit: might be a completely different kind of oscillation than I was thinking of. https://news.sky.com/story/spain-portugal-power-outage-lates...

So I would also like to understand how this works :)

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