LONG PERIOD GRAVITY GRADIENT DAMPING,

Abstract

Preliminary findings are reported on the long period damping capacity of damper springs. The basic problem confronting this long period investigation has been the fact that the periods of interest are in the order of one hour and greater and therefore tend to preclude direct measurement experiments. Methods are presented whereby the damping capacity can be predetermined plus the results of recent long period experiments. It is shown that since internal friction is a manifestation of material anelasticity, Boltzmann's Superposition Principle can be used to develop a correlation between internal friction and anelastic creep. By simply measuring the fundamental anelastic properties of each damper spring, it therefore becomes possible to generate complete damping versus frequency curves.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 1964
Accession Number
AD0622490

Entities

People

  • B. E. Tossman

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Frequency
  • Friction
  • Internal Friction
  • Materials

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design