Abstract
A significant improvement in the optimization of the shape of an unconstrained damping layer was developed. The peak displacement at the resonance of a structure harmonically excited at midpoint was minimized. The system loss factor was improved from 4 to 50 times and the peak displacement reduced by 98%. Substantial improvement was observed for a wide variety of structures but inadequate to accurately model many unconstrained laminates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 509-514 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings - National Conference on Noise Control Engineering |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering. Part 2 (of 2) - Bellevue, WA, USA Duration: Sep 29 1996 → Oct 2 1996 |