Proceedings of Damping '91, Held in San Diego, California on 13 - 15 February 1991. Volume 2

Abstract

Partial contents: DAMMPS1--Damping of precision metal matrix trusses, Low modulus damping material for precision mounting platforms, and Complex stiffness test data for three viscoelastic materials by the direct complex stiffness method; Viscoelastic material measurements--Direct measurement of the dynamic material properties of polymers for low frequencies, Correlation of complex modulus data by direct stiffness and indirect resonant beam test techniques, Constitutive modeling of nonlinear damping materials, Round robin test series results to evaluate complex moduli of a selected damping material; Analysis and design--Techniques of design and using viscoelastic dampers, and Strong criterion for testing proportionally damped systems; Applications--The PACOSS dynamic test article, Damping design for a disk drive head flexure, Characterization of viscoelastic damping in an antenna structure, and Laminar blade damper; DAMMPS2--Evaluation of damping concepts for precision mounting platforms, and Three element viscoelastic isolator, Noise and acoustics-- Reduction of acoustic responses using viscoelastic damping materials, Civil structures--Earthquake simulator testing of two damping systems for multistory structures; Analysis and damping mechanisms--Eddy current-based vibration damping for aerospace structures, Absolute value modal strain energy method, Analytical model for the vibration of viscoelastically damped curved sandwich beams, Bibliography of environmental data measured in-flight, and Shock and vibration information analysis center; Electro-rheological fluids and fluids; Control structure interaction--Passive control of a flexible planar truss using a reaction mass actuator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241312

Entities

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Phase Transformations
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Structural Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space