scholarly journals On the Region for the Application of Passive Damping Treatment and Loss Factor Enhancement

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-700
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Joseph ◽  
K. Renji ◽  
Kartik Venkatraman

The loss factor of a structure is significantly improved by using constrained damping treatment. For a mass efficient design, the damping material is to be applied at suitable locations. The studies reported in literature use the modal strain energy distribution in the viscoelastic material or the strain energy distribution in the base structure as tools to arrive at these suitable locations for the damping treatment. It is shown here that the regions identified through the above criteria need not be suitable for certain bending modes of vibration. A new approach is proposed in which the strain in the viscoelastic material and the angle of flexure are shown to be more reliable in arriving at the locations for the damping treatment. Providing damping layers at identified locations using these parameters results in significant loss factors with minimal added mass.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakai Xu ◽  
Weiguo Gao ◽  
Yuhan Yu ◽  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
Xiangsong Zhao ◽  
...  

Dynamic stiffness and damping of the headstock, which is a critical component of precision horizontal machining center, are two main factors that influence machining accuracy and surface finish quality. Constrained Layer Damping (CLD) structure is proved to be effective in raising damping capacity for the thin plate and shell structures. In this paper, one kind of high damping material is utilized on the headstock to improve damping capacity. The dynamic characteristic of the hybrid headstock is investigated analytically and experimentally. The results demonstrate that the resonant response amplitudes of the headstock with damping material can decrease significantly compared to original cast structure. To obtain the optimal configuration of damping material, a topology optimization method based on the Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) is implemented. Modal Strain Energy (MSE) method is employed to analyze the damping and to derive the sensitivity of the modal loss factor. The optimization results indicate that the added weight of damping material decreases by 50%; meanwhile the first two orders of modal loss factor decrease by less than 23.5% compared to the original structure.


Author(s):  
Mohan D. Rao ◽  
Krishna M. Gorrepati

Abstract This paper presents the analysis of modal parameters (natural frequencies, damping ratios and mode shapes) of a simply supported beam with adhesively bonded double-strap joint by the finite-element based Modal Strain Energy (MSE) method using ANSYS 4.4A software. The results obtained by the MSE method are compared with closed form analytical solutions previously obtained by the first author for flexural vibration of the same system. Good agreement has been obtained between the two methods for both the natural frequencies and system loss factors. The effects of structural parameters and material properties of the adhesive on the modal properties of the joint system are also studied which are useful in the design of the joint system for passive vibration and noise control. In order to evaluate the MSE and analytical results, some experiments were conducted using aluminum double-strap joint with 3M ISD112 damping material. The experimental results agreed well with both analytical and MSE results indicating the validity of both analytical and MSE methods. Finally, a comparative study has been conducted using various commercially available damping materials to evaluate their relative merits for use in the design of these joints.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Zhanpeng Fang ◽  
Lei Yao ◽  
Shuxia Tian ◽  
Junjian Hou

This paper presents microstructural topology optimization of viscoelastic materials for the plates with constrained layer damping (CLD) treatments. The design objective is to maximize modal loss factor of macrostructures, which is obtained by using the Modal Strain Energy (MSE) method. The microstructure of the viscoelastic damping layer is composed of 3D periodic unit cells. The effective elastic properties of the unit cell are obtained through the strain energy-based method. The density-based topology optimization is adopted to find optimal microstructures of viscoelastic materials. The design sensitivities of modal loss factor with respect to the design variables are analyzed and the design variables are updated by Method of Moving Asymptotes (MMA). Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed optimization method. The effectiveness of the optimal design method is illustrated by comparing a solid and an optimized cellular viscoelastic material as applied to the plates with CLD treatments.


2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 2998-3002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ma ◽  
Yong Chao Lu ◽  
Yong Gang Liu ◽  
Ji Shun Li ◽  
Yu Jun Xue

Multi-plies bellows is a kind of cylindrical thin-walled container with curved shape. It is effective in seal, energy storage and vibration isolation. In the paper, the modal loss factor of multi-plies bellows was analyzed based on the modal strain energy method. Then the finite element models of multi-piles bellows were given by ANSYS. The mechanical performance of bellows was analyzed in detail. The strain energy distribution of multi-plies bellows and viscoelsticity layer were given. According to the strain energy, the influence of sandwich damping on the loss factor was studied. The results show that the loss factor can be improved by employing the sandwich damping with big thickness and elastic modulus 200MPa.


2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 365-368
Author(s):  
Feng Huang ◽  
Li Juan Wang ◽  
Zong Yu Chen ◽  
Li Du

The market share for sport utility vehicles is becoming increasingly very fast in recent years. Many auto companies are stepping up the work of research and development the new model of SUV. A new SUV body modal is studied in this paper. The finite element model of the SUV frame is built by the HyperMesh and the SUV frame modal is researched by the Nastran. Low-order vibration mode and the first bending and torsion modal strain energy distribution of the SUV body structure are obtained, and the SUV body structure of the dynamic performance was assessed in this paper.


2014 ◽  
Vol 894 ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Qin Wang ◽  
Bing Li Wang ◽  
Zhi Yuan Huang

The evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) is used to optimize constrained damping layer structure. Considering the vibration and energy dissipation mode of the plate with constrained layer damping treatment, the elements of constrained damping layers and modal loss factor are considered as design variable and objective function, while damping material consumption is considered as a constraint. The sensitivity of modal loss factor to design variable is further derived using modal strain energy analysis method. Numerical example is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed topology optimization approach. The results show that vibration energy dissipation of the plates can be enhanced by the optimal constrained layer damping layout.


1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Gorrepati ◽  
M. D. Rao

This paper presents the analysis of modal parameters (natural frequencies, damping and mode shapes) of a simply supported beam with adhesively bonded double-strap joint by the finite-element based Modal Strain Energy (MSE) method using ANSYS 4.4A software. The results obtained by the MSE method are compared with closed form analytical solutions previously obtained by the author for flexural vibration of the same system. Good agreement has been obtained between the two methods for both the natural frequencies and system loss factors. The effects of structural parameters and material properties of the adhesive on the modal properties of the joint system are also studied which are useful in the design of the joint system for passive vibration and noise control. In order to evaluate the MSE and analytical results, some experiments were conducted using aluminum double-strap joints with 3M ISD112 damping material. The experimental results agreed well with both analytical and MSE results indicating the validity of both analytical and MSE methods. Finally, a comparative study has been conducted using various commercially available damping materials to evaluate their relative merits for use in the design of these joints.


2013 ◽  
Vol 303-306 ◽  
pp. 2740-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Hong Si ◽  
Yong Gang Liu ◽  
Wei Ma

As a cylindrical thin-walled container, multilayer bellows has greater bit shift compensation, vibration and noise reduction capabilities while the appropriate metal and viscoelastic damping materials are adopted. Finite element models are adopted to analyze the loss factor of multilayer bellows in ANSYS. The strain energy distribution of Multilayer bellows and viscoelsticity layer are given. According to the strain energy, the influence of structural parameters on the loss factor is studied. The results show that the loss factor can be improved by employing the curved shape with big wave height, small wall thickness, small wave pitch and diameter of bellows.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2042008
Author(s):  
N. T. Le ◽  
A. Nguyen ◽  
D. P. Thambiratnam ◽  
T. H. T. Chan ◽  
T. Khuc

This paper presents an enhanced method to locate and quantify damage in beam-like structures using changes in deflections estimated from modal flexibility (MF) matrices. The method is developed from explicit relationship between a series of MF-based deflection change vectors and the damage characteristics. Based on this, three damage locating criteria are defined and used to detect and locate damage. Once the damage is located, its severity is estimated conveniently from a closed-form function. The capability of the proposed method is examined through numerical and experimental verifications on a steel beam model. The result shows that the method accurately locates and quantifies damage under various scenarios using a few modes of vibration, with satisfactory or even better results compared to those obtained from traditional static deflection-based method. The performance of the proposed method is also compared with three well-known vibration-based damage detection methods using changes in MF and modal strain energy. It is found that the proposed method outperformed the other three methods, especially for multiple damage cases. As beams can represent various structural components, the proposed method provides a promising damage identification tool targeting the application to real-life structures.


Author(s):  
Arnold Lumsdaine

The aim of this research is to determine the optimal shape of a constrained viscoelastic damping layer on an elastic beam by means of topology optimization. The optimization objective is to maximize the system loss factor for the first resonance frequency of the base beam. All previous optimal design studies on viscoelastic lamina have been size or shape optimization studies, assuming a certain topology for the damping treatment. In this study, this assumption is relaxed, allowing an optimal topology to emerge. The loss factor is computed using the Modal Strain Energy method in the optimization process. Loss factor results are validated by using the half-power bandwidth method, which requires obtaining the forced response of the structure. The ABAQUS finite element code is used to model the structure with two-dimensional continuum elements. The optimization code uses a Sequential Quadratic Programming algorithm. Results show that significant improvements in damping performance, on the order of 100% to 300%, are obtained by optimizing the constrained damping layer topology. A novel topology for the constraining layer emerges through the optimization process.


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