A Forced Vibration Method for the Measurement of Dynamic-Mechanical Properties of Materials.

Abstract

Signals generated by a digital transfer-function analyser drive torque motors which impart sinusoidally varying stress to flexural and torsional test systems. The resulting deformation is measured by angular transducers, and is displayed by the function-analyser as displacement amplitude and phase shift with respect to the applied stress signal. The system is analyzed and a method for calculating the complex modulus and loss tangent of the speciment is developed. Typical results for polycarbonate and glass-reinforced polycarbonate are discussed, and some advantages of the method are indicated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771005

Entities

People

  • B. L. Hammant

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Analyzers
  • Displacement
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Phase Shift
  • Transducers
  • Transfer Functions
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.