Does Shape Determine Frequency?

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Intense harmonic vibrations can cause objects, particularly those that are plastic or liquid, to change shape to match the source of the vibrations. The discussion references a demonstration from the TV show "Big Bang Theory," where acoustic vibrations affect flour and water in a container. Different materials and conditions yield varying results, indicating that the object's properties play a significant role. The conversation also raises the question of whether intense electromagnetic vibrations at a single frequency could similarly affect matter. Overall, the relationship between shape and frequency in materials is complex and influenced by their physical characteristics.
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Can intense harmonic vibrations cause an object to change shape to match the source or take that shape if it is plastic?
 
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Can you be a little more specific? What kind of object? What kind of shape?
 
in a general way yes...Have you seen BIG Bang theory program where the guys place flour and water in a container subject to acoustic vibrations...

but as already implied in the above post, different conditions mean different results.

I checked here just to see the definition of "plastic"...LOTS of different formulations as I suspected.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic
 
Such as a rectangular quartz crystal oscillator. Other shapes too of the same material.

By an object I mean something liquid that will also crystallize like liquid that can crystallize. I'm not sure if liquid crystal inside of lcds count. Even a metal object could be it if it were subject to the vibrations.

If this wouldn't work with harmonic vibrations would intense electromagnetic vibrations of a single frequency have this effect on matter?
 

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