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Damping capacity is a mechanical property of materials that measure a material's ability to dissipate elastic strain energy during mechanical vibration or wave propagation. When ranked according to damping capacity, materials may be roughly categorized as either high- or low-damping.
The damping ratio provides a mathematical means of expressing the level of damping in a system relative to critical damping. For a damped harmonic oscillator with mass m , damping coefficient c , and spring constant k , it can be defined as the ratio of the damping coefficient in the system's differential equation to the critical damping ...
The ratio of the loss modulus to storage modulus in a viscoelastic material is defined as the , (cf. loss tangent), which provides a measure of damping in the material. tan δ {\displaystyle \tan \delta } can also be visualized as the tangent of the phase angle ( δ {\displaystyle \delta } ) between the storage and loss modulus.
Damping dissipates energy in the system, which reduces the vibration level which is transmitted at the natural frequency. The fluid in automotive shock absorbers is a kind of damper, as is the inherent damping in elastomeric (rubber) engine mounts. Damping is used in passive isolators to reduce the amount of amplification at the natural frequency.
Relative damping capacity of various metals [15] Materials Damping capacity † Gray iron (high carbon equivalent) 100–500 Gray iron (low carbon equivalent) 20–100 Ductile iron: 5–20 Malleable iron: 8–15 White iron: 2–4 Steel: 4 Aluminum: 0.47 † Natural log of the ratio of successive amplitudes
Damping results in a sort of magnetic field "viscosity," whereby the magnetic field under consideration is delayed by a finite time period . In a general sense, the differential equation governing precession can be rewritten to include this damping effect, such that, [ 4 ]
Gypsum panel with constrained-layer damping. Constrained-layer damping is a mechanical engineering technique to suppress vibrations. Typically a viscoelastic or other damping material, is sandwiched between two sheets of stiff materials that lack sufficient damping by themselves. The result is that any vibration generated on either side of the ...
Epoxy granite, also known as synthetic granite, [1] is a polymer matrix composite and is a mixture of epoxy and granite commonly used as an alternative material for machine tool bases. Epoxy granite is used instead of cast iron and steel for improved vibration damping , longer tool life, and lower assembly cost, and thus better properties for ...