Structural Dynamics Vocabulary

noun a record or graph of acceleration as a function of time, typically resulting from a seismic event

• The engineers used accelerograms to study the ground motion during the earthquake.
• I saw some cool accelerogram graphs in my geology class today.
• Check out this accelerogram data, it's pretty wild!
• The accelerogram of her emotions showed a sudden spike when she received the news.

noun a record of acceleration as a function of time, used in earthquake engineering to study the effects of earthquakes on structures

• Accelerograms are used in structural engineering to study the response of buildings to seismic activity.
• Scientists use accelerograms to see how buildings shake during earthquakes.
• Yo, check out these accelerograms showing how buildings wiggle when the ground shakes!
• The accelerograms of her emotions showed a sudden spike when she received the news.

adjective pertaining to the interaction between aerodynamic forces and structural dynamics in an elastic manner

• The aeroelastic properties of the aircraft were carefully analyzed by the engineers.
• The engineers were looking into how the plane bends and twists when it flies, that's aeroelastic stuff.
• Messing with the aeroelasticity of the plane is no joke, it can get pretty complicated.
• The aeroelastic nature of the situation caused the project to take unexpected turns.