Origination, Development and Applications of Particle Damping Technology

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-51
Author(s):  
Zheng Lu ◽  
Sami F. Masri ◽  
Xilin Lu
Keyword(s):  
Particle Damping

scholarly journals Damping prediction of particle dampers for structures under forced vibration using effective fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Meyer ◽  
Robert Seifried
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Linear Behavior ◽  
Damping Behavior ◽  
Effective Particle ◽  
Coupling Procedure ◽  
Particle Damping ◽  
Particle Dampers

AbstractParticle damping is a promising damping technique for a variety of technical applications. However, their non-linear behavior and multitude of influence parameters, hinder currently its wide practical use. So far, most researchers focus either on determining the energy dissipation inside the damper or on the overall damping behavior when coupled to a structure. Indeed, currently almost no knowledge exchange between both approaches occurs. Here, a bridge is build to combine both techniques for systems under forced vibrations by coupling the energy dissipation field and effective particle mass field of a particle damper with a reduced model of a vibrating structure. Thus, the overall damping of the structure is estimated very quickly. This combination of both techniques is essential for an overall efficient dimensioning process and also provides a deeper understanding of the dynamical processes. The accuracy of the proposed coupling method is demonstrated via a simple application example. Hereby, the energy dissipation and effective mass of the particle damper are analyzed for a large excitation range first using a shaker setup. The particle damper exhibits multiple areas of different efficiency. The underlying structure is modeled using FEM and modal reduction techniques. By coupling both parts it is shown that multiple eigenmodes of the structure are highly damped using the particle damper. The damping prediction using the developed coupling procedure is validated via experiments of the overall structure with particle damper.

Vibration isolation performance of nonobstructive particle damping in a machine rack

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1122-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanpeng Zheng ◽  
Chengjun Wu ◽  
Hengliang Wu ◽  
Jianyong Wang ◽  
Xiaofei Lei
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Vibration Energy ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Damping Effect ◽  
Particle Damping ◽  
Vibration Isolation Performance ◽  
Isolation Performance

Nonobstructive particle damping (NOPD) is a novel passive control technology with strong nonlinear-damping. Many scholars put effort into the research on the internal mechanism of NOPD. In contrast, the application of NOPD to engineering has not received much research effort. A theoretical model based on the principle of gas–solid flows, which is employed to evaluate damping effect of NOPD and to predict dynamic response of a machine rack by a co-simulation approach, is established in this paper. In view of the difference between damping effect acting on the lateral and bottom of NOPD holes directly, total damping force is divided into lateral damping force and bottom damping force according to the Janssen theory of stress changed direction. Moreover, NOPD technology is applied to a machine rack for discussing its vibration isolation performance. The results indicate that NOPD technology can suppress the intense vibration, especially between 4000 Hz and 8000 Hz. It is noted that the theoretical model of NOPD can accurately predict the dynamic response of the machine rack with NOPD. The 1/3 Octave vibration energy spectrum indicates that NOPD technics can dissipate the vibration energy of the machine rack at full frequency, especially in 31.5 Hz, and attenuation up to 39.75 dB.

Coupling Simulation Algorithm of Dynamic Feature of a Plate With Particle Dampers Under Centrifugal Loads

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaowang Xia ◽  
Xiandong Liu ◽  
Yingchun Shan
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Extreme Temperature ◽  
Extreme Environment ◽  
Dynamic Feature ◽  
Simulation Algorithm ◽  
Centrifugal Forces ◽  
Granular Particle ◽  
Particle Damping ◽  
Particle Dampers ◽  
Element Method

Particle damper comprises granular particle enclosed in a container within a vibrating structure. The performance of particle damper is strongly nonlinear whose energy dissipation is derived from a combination of mechanisms including plastic collisions and friction between particles or particles and cavity walls. Particle damper containing suitable materials may be effective in a wider temperature range than most other types of passive damping devices. Therefore, it may be applied in extreme temperature environments where most conventional dampers would fail. It may also attenuate vibrations over a broad range of frequencies and cost less. Researches have indicated that particle damper could be a viable option for extreme environment applications. However, to date, no effort has come forward the can prove analytically or numerically that the particle damping is a viable solution for vibration suppression under centrifugal forces. In this paper, a coupling simulation algorithm based on the discrete element method and finite element method and the results of simulative studies aimed at understanding the effects of parameters of particle damper under centrifugal forces are presented. And the results show that the presented coupling simulation algorithm is effective and the analyses of dynamic feature of a plate with particle dampers under centrifugal loads are reasonable.

Particle Damping Technology Based Structural Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Lu ◽  
Sami F. Masri ◽  
Xilin Lu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Control ◽  
Particle Damping

Effect of particle damping on high-power gear transmission with dynamic coupling for continuum and non-continuum

2021 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 107724
Author(s):  
Wangqiang Xiao ◽  
Zhanhao Xu ◽  
Fengbo Zhang ◽  
Yuanyi Luo ◽  
Sheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Gear Transmission ◽  
Dynamic Coupling ◽  
Particle Damping

scholarly journals Study on the Damping Effect of Particle Dampers considering Different Surface Properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Li ◽  
Yue Yang ◽  
Weixing Shi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Surface Property ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Contact Theory ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Particle Damping ◽  
Vibration Experiment ◽  
Particle Dampers

Particle dampers are nonlinear vibration control devices. The surface property has a great influence on the performance of the particle damper, but it is difficult to be considered and analyzed. This paper firstly gives a view of how to establish a theoretic model of the particle damper. The dynamic equation and energy dissipation coefficient of collision are revised from the Hertz contact theory in the proposed theoretic model, considering the friction of particles. Then, a contrastive collision model relying on the finite element method is established to verify the reasonability of the theoretic model. The effects of different factors which will have an influence on the performance of the particle damper are discussed, and several conclusions on how to optimize the particle damper are proposed. Except for the aforementioned dynamic analysis, this paper also presents a particle damping index to evaluate the capability of energy dissipation of different materials, in order to facilitate the material selection in the practical design. Finally, an experiment is developed to verify the character of the collision and energy dissipation. The feasibility of the proposed method to estimate the surface property of different particles is validated by the free vibration experiment.

Experimental Investigation on Damping Characteristics in Pump-Sand Box-Isolation System

2014 ◽  
Vol 1051 ◽  
pp. 906-909
Author(s):  
Xiang Jun Kong ◽  
Chong Zheng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Influence Factor ◽  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Particle Packing ◽  
Initial Displacement ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Damping Characteristics ◽  
Sand Box ◽  
Particle Damping

Sand is used in the pump-sand box-isolation system, studying the initial displacement, particle size and packing rate how to affect the damping ratio by free vibration experiments. The result shows that the initial displacement of the system has less effect on damping ratio, the particle packing rate is a significant influence factor of damping ratio, selecting the appropriate particle packing rate can get the maximum damping ratio, reducing the particle size can increase the system damping ratio, but the damping ratio no longer obviously changes when the particle size of is less than 1.5mm. In general, the packing rate needs to be controlled at below 70% in metal spring or rubber isolator system. This result can provide the basis for the design of particle damping vibration isolation system.

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