So who felt that earthquake and how much water did you lose?
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Why would steel stand have less waves than wood? Makes no sense. Probably less waves or water loss with wood if it was more flexible.
I think it’s more about how close you are to the epicenter and whether your tank is orientated parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the epicenter. Only then could the initial wave cause a harmonic reflection against a flat surface.
However eurobrace definitely would help unless you had a long enough earthquake to cause a higher wave that traverses your tank.
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I think it’s more about how close you are to the epicenter and whether your tank is orientated parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the epicenter. Only then could the initial wave cause a harmonic reflection against a flat surface.
However eurobrace definitely would help unless you had a long enough earthquake to cause a higher wave that traverses your tank.
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Did you have a wood stand to compare it side by side?
I have three wood stands for three tanks. Not one drop in both earthquakes and shocks.
Maybe wood stands prevent spills?
The Logic doesn’t apply.
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I have three wood stands for three tanks. Not one drop in both earthquakes and shocks.
Maybe wood stands prevent spills?
The Logic doesn’t apply.
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The frequency of a wave is the same as the frequency of the vibrations that caused the wave. For example, to generate a higher-frequency wave in a rope, you must move the rope up and down more quickly. This takes more energy, so a higher-frequency wave has more energy than a lower-frequency wave with the same amplitude. Kinda how wave makers work to create bigger waves vs smaller waves. So to put it in wood stand vs steel stand context ones stiffer and the other wobbles more based on low to high frequency it can absorb
Can’t see your video actually.
The energy of an earthquake is transferred from ground to stand to water. The stiffness of the stands, I’d say have less to do with the total energy that’s transferred into motion.
If the stand absorbs more energy, it will exert more energy into the water. If the “wobble” of the wood is really effective, the energy is transferred to the wobbling and less into the water.
My point is that there are much more physics at play than just the density of the stand materials and in fact a steel stand for a tank of equal size, dimensions, orientation, and water density (salt bs fresh is very different, more than 10% heavier in salt), then I would say that theoretically, a steel stand is less effective in preventing water to splash out of the tank. But ultimately the stand material will be most likely negligible compared to other factors.
You simply don’t have enough information to have a scientifically conclusive proof wood vs steel stands. Just sayin’.
Also, look at how they earthquake proof high rises. They wobble. Which is why if you had any tank or body of water at a higher level earthquake ready building, you’re almost sure to have spillage.
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The energy of an earthquake is transferred from ground to stand to water. The stiffness of the stands, I’d say have less to do with the total energy that’s transferred into motion.
If the stand absorbs more energy, it will exert more energy into the water. If the “wobble” of the wood is really effective, the energy is transferred to the wobbling and less into the water.
My point is that there are much more physics at play than just the density of the stand materials and in fact a steel stand for a tank of equal size, dimensions, orientation, and water density (salt bs fresh is very different, more than 10% heavier in salt), then I would say that theoretically, a steel stand is less effective in preventing water to splash out of the tank. But ultimately the stand material will be most likely negligible compared to other factors.
You simply don’t have enough information to have a scientifically conclusive proof wood vs steel stands. Just sayin’.
Also, look at how they earthquake proof high rises. They wobble. Which is why if you had any tank or body of water at a higher level earthquake ready building, you’re almost sure to have spillage.
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Guess you didn’t watch the video and you should. High rise buildings are made to sway, but does not hold a body of water like how our tanks are when motion of inertia “wobble” plus weight of water which could send it off the stand. The interesting fact is that the reef tank is on a 40” steel stand with a 110 gal plus rocks and sand weighs a lot more and the freshwater tank sit at 27” and contains less water at 30 gals and just some gravel. As far as fish tank goes you want water not to wobble or you will create a tsunami
