Particle Damping for Passive Vibration Suppression: Numerical Modeling With Experimental Verification

As a simple and passive means, particle damping provides vibration suppression with granular particles embedded within their containing holes in a vibrating structure. Unlike in traditional damping materials, mechanisms of energy dissipation of particle damping are primarily related to friction and impact phenomena which are highly nonlinear. In the research work reported in the paper we investigate an elastic beam structure with drilled longitudinal holes filled with damping particles. Our focus is on the form of damping due to shear friction induced by strain gradient along the length of the structure. We present physical models to take into account of the shear frictional forces between particle layers and impacts of the particles with the containing holes. A numerical procedure is presented to predict the damping effect. Experimental tests of the beam for various different damping treatments are also conducted. Model predictions are validated by experimental results.Copyright © 2003 by ASME

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