A little tin-foily - boom boxes

[rurallib]

As my house rocked the other night when a car went by with his stereo system at full power and full base, I had this strange thought - if you strung about 15 of them together all listening to the same thing - could it cause enough vibration to cause an already existing crack to expand?
As I said kind of tin-foily.

[Speck Tater]

1. Was there some kind of meet or car show in town? nt

[rurallib]

2. No idea - I am a long ways away.

[originalpckelly]

3. Depends on the frequency.

If the right frequency was blasted loud enough, then certainly I think anything's possible.

That whole bit with opera singers breaking glass un-amplified is basically BS, but it is possible to break glass with sound.

If you ding the glass, the frequency at which it resonates is the one that should be mimicked (or octaves of that frequency) to cause it to break.

I'm not totally certain, but think you might be able to go up and hit a wall and use that frequency amplified to break it.

[sakabatou]

6. Actually it can be broken

un-amplified. See Mythbusters.

[originalpckelly]

7. Yeah, I forgot about that...

uh duh!

[BeHereNow]

4. What are you smoking?

Can I have some?
BHN

[originalpckelly]

5. It's not really tin-foily, it's a good science question.

I have no idea what the poster is thinking that might cause him to post such a question, but hey I encourage an interest in science as someone fond of it myself.

[BeHereNow]

8. Uh huh...I work in a high school-

When the kids roll into the parking garage in the morning,
boom boxes blaring, trust me, no cracks are worsened-
just ear drums.
LOL.
BHN