Englishman in Adana (Turkey) wrote:
Here's a challenge for you all:

The flat we live in has a wide balcony surrounded by vertical metal
bars topped by a larger diameter round rail.

The vertical bars are approx. 1cm diameter and 1m long (didn't measure
- guestimated) and spaced about 10 cm from each other. When the wind
blows (which seems to be continuous as we are on the coast) the
vertical bars get into rythm and make quite an impressive noise. so
much so that some of the residents cannot sleep (their balconies are
the same).

Can anyone suggest a method to stop this? We cannot fix them in the
middle with a horizontal bar because of safety regulations. I was
thinking of something like the dampers used on high-voltage lines to
stop the conductors vibrating (see http://tinyurl.com/bobpo for
details).

Is there anywhere on the 'net that can calculate the weight required?

TIA for any help...

Sheet opaque or transparent perspex affixed to the outside of the rails to
act as wind barrier.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite