Complex Modulus and Damping Measurements Using Resonant and Non-Resonant Methods 951333
The stress-strain relationship of visco-elastic materials, generally used in the damping treatment of structures, can be described by two properties, such as the perfectly elastic (in-phase) stress-strain modulus and the loss factor. The values of these properties need to be determined in tension or compression for materials used as unconstrained damping layers and as anti-vibration mountings under machinery and under foundation blocks.
Using a dual channel FFT analyzer, the specimen can be excited using wide band random excitation, and the properties determined from the frequency response spectra, as a continuous function of frequency, as shown in the following.
Another possibility is to preload the specimen by a well-known mass, such that the preloaded damping material becomes a part of a resonant mass-spring-damper system. Damping, e.g. loss factor, is then determined from the 3 dB bandwidth of the resonance. The procedure is then repeated at different frequencies of the specimen using different mass-loadings.
The two methods are demonstrated and compared in this article.
Citation: Gade, S., Zaveri, K., Konstantin-Hansen, H., and Herlufsen, H., "Complex Modulus and Damping Measurements Using Resonant and Non-Resonant Methods," SAE Technical Paper 951333, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951333. Download Citation
Author(s):
S. Gade, K. Zaveri, H. Konstantin-Hansen, H. Herlufsen
Affiliated:
Brüel & Kjær
Pages: 5
Event:
SAE Noise and Vibration Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Proceedings of the 1995 Noise and Vibration Conference-P-291, SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Passenger Cars-V104-6
Related Topics:
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