3. Answer the following questions:

1. On what does the success of new product depend?

2. What do the performance considerations include?

3. What is vibration?

4. What is the source of the vibration?

5. What are the two ways to control vibration?

6. What is mechanical shock?

7. Describe two methods to attenuate shock.

4. Match the first part of the sentence (1-7) with the second part (a-g).

1. Performance considerations include reliability, service life …..

2. The more complex a device or the greater its performance capability …..

3. When hardening the design, the product is made rigid and tough …..

4. With vibration, the concerns are frequency behavior, the ability …..

5. Impact energy is imparted to the structure of the product and …..

6. A product may be mishandled, bumped, and banged while being built …..

7. The success of a new product depends as much on the care taken …..

1. .…. enough so that dynamic forces generated during vibration do not affect it.

2. .…. may be sufficient to cause either brittle failure or a ductile-type failure.

3. .…. the higher its sensitivity to mechanical shock in the handling environment.

4. ….. with the mechanical as with the electronic excellence of the design.

5. .…. vibration tolerance, and the capacity to withstand mechanical shock.

6. .…. or delivered before it gets to the customer and before the warranty is activated.

7. .…. to filter the vibration, and the strain capability of the isolator.

5. Match the words with their definitions:

malfunction, vibration, shock, product, capability, frequency, environment.

1. A violent force from a hard blow, crash, explosion, etc.

2. Something useful made in a factory.

3. A slight continuous shaky movement.

4. The number of times that something happens in a given period.

5. The natural conditions, such as air, water and land.

6. A fault in operation.

7. The fact or quality of being capable, or the way in which something is capable.

5. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words from the text:

   1. There are two ways to control vibration: hardening the _______ or isolating the vibration.

   2. The resiliency acts as q mechanical _______ that reduces the vibration.

   3. Mechanical _______ can come from either the handling environment or the manufacturing environment.

   4. One method to attenuate shock is to store _______ and release it over a broader time base than the input signal.

   5. In isolating _______, a controlled resiliency is engineered into the system.

   6. The other way of attenuating _______ shock is to dissipate the energy through controlled resiliency.

   7. Mechanical shock is generally not isolated; in these cases, controlled _______ is usually used.

7. Translate the following words and word combinations into Ukrainian:

reliability, service life, vibration tolerance, capacity, to withstand mechanical shock, handling environment, source of the vibration, overdesigned, heavy, bulky, unbecoming, isolating vibration, controlled resiliency, mechanical filter, strain capability of the isolator, frequency behavior, incoming acceleration levels, input signal, to store energy.

8. Match English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1. reliability a) несправність

2. sensitivity b) заперечення

3. rigid c) надійність

4. shock d) чутливість

5. malfunction e) хитання

6. bulky f) нерухомий

7. negation g) великий

9. Make a summary of the text.