Influence of experimental testing set-up and geometric parameters on damping measurements

Fabrizio Ricci; Ernesto Monaco; Francesco Marulo; Tiziano Polito

doi:10.1117/12.533983

29 July 2004 Influence of experimental testing set-up and geometric parameters on damping measurements

Fabrizio Ricci, Ernesto Monaco, Francesco Marulo, Tiziano Polito

Proceedings Volume 5386, Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Damping and Isolation; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.533983
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2004, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The paper presents the activities performed by the authors in order to develop and validate an experimental set-up for measurements of damping characteristics of typical materials employed within aeronautical and industrial field for passive vibrations reduction. These activities have been carried out within the research program funded by the European Commission named “F.A.C.E.” (Friendly Aircraft Cabin Environment). The set-up has been designed to operate through a PC-based acquisition system developed in LABVIEW programming environment. The development of the experimental damping measurement set-up is based on the principle of the “Oberst beam”, and it has been improved to allow the implementation of different approaches with “contacting” sensors and actuators. The influence of the damping on the stability and reliability of the results will be investigated, by evaluating the effect of the beam thickness to the applied damping thickness ratio. The results will be presented for some damping treatments like “constrained layers” as far as for rubbery materials commonly employed within the aeronautical field. These activities are aimed to the implementation of a better damping modelisation of a typical finite element model of light structures.

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Fabrizio Ricci, Ernesto Monaco, Francesco Marulo, and Tiziano Polito "Influence of experimental testing set-up and geometric parameters on damping measurements", Proc. SPIE 5386, Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Damping and Isolation, (29 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.533983

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