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Even if you don't hire/fire or set salary, you have tools to reward. I buy dinner and lunch for my folks out of my own bank account on occasion. I buy candy for my secretary. I make brownies for my team (I make them, not my wife). You can treat your team to a movie, you...
They are not typically torsional dampers (with exceptions). The usual problem is bending vibration caused by resonance with one of the engine firing frequencies. If the problematic frequency occurs near idle, a simple mass will lower the natural frequency. ωn = √(k/m). If the problem frequency...