
Constrained-layer damping is a mechanical engineering technique for suppression of vibration. Typically a
viscoelastic
In materials science and continuum mechanics, viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. Viscous materials, like water, resist shear flow and strain linear ...
or other
damping material, is sandwiched between two sheets of
stiff materials that lack sufficient damping by themselves. The ending result is, any vibration made on either side of the constraining materials (the two stiffer materials on the sides) are trapped and evidently dissipated in the
viscoelastic
In materials science and continuum mechanics, viscoelasticity is the property of materials that exhibit both viscous and elastic characteristics when undergoing deformation. Viscous materials, like water, resist shear flow and strain linear ...
or middle layer.
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External links
Passive Viscoelastic Constrained Layer Damping Application for a Small Aircraft Landing Gear SystemAn engineering Master's thesis
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