Vibrational analysis of arundo donax L (woodwind reed cane) through internal friction measurements and microstructure evaluation
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Natural cane reeds (Arundo Donax L and here termed ADL) have been used on woodwind instruments for centuries with little change. Problematically, their consistency, variable performance, durability and sensitivity to ambient conditions make it difficult for the musician to find and maintain a reed that responds to their liking. In this study material, microstructural and anatomical properties of the reed are examined and their contributions to vibrational performance analyzed. Measures of material damping (internal friction) are obtained through observations of phase lag between input stress and output strain waveforms. The effects of mechanically induced vibrations on these measurements are also investigated through the use of a shaker rig inducing small amplitude, fixed-free vibrations up to 440Hz. Experimental samples are examined under optical microscope for characterization of several microstructural features. It is shown that ADL fiber size is positively correlated with a reduction in damping (loss angle, δ) after exposure to oscillatory stresses. Additionally, vessel diameter (lumen) is negatively correlated with changes in δ values. Overall, mechanical vibrations simulating in-vivo conditions are found to affect δ values with time. Future work will include the comparison of the results with those obtained from reeds that are regularly played by a professional musician.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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