Vibration and damping characteristics analysis of viscoelastic sandwich beams based on the shear dissipating energy assumption

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Journal of Vibration and Shock ›› 2015, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7) : 183-191.

The finite element model for the three-layer viscoelastic sandwich beam is developed based on the first-order shear deformation theory and the Hamilton principle. The vibration and damping characteristics of the viscoelastic sandwich beam are studied. The viscoelastic core of the sandwich beam is considered incompressible, and the vibration energy is dissipated only by the shear deformation of the viscoelastic core. The accuracy and efficiency of the finite element model presented in this paper are verified by comparing with the analytical solutions. The numerical solutions of the presented method, the real eigenmodes (RM) method, the approached complex eigenmodes (ACM) method, the diamante approach (DA) and the asymptotic numerical method (ANM) are compared with the analytical solution. The results show that the presented method has better accuracy and efficiency than those commonly used numerical methods. Finally, the effects of the parameter variation of the viscoelastic sandwich beam on its natural frequencies and loss factors are discussed. Some meaningful conclusions are obtained.

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The finite element model for the three-layer viscoelastic sandwich beam is developed based on the first-order shear deformation theory and the Hamilton principle. The vibration and damping characteristics of the viscoelastic sandwich beam are studied. The viscoelastic core of the sandwich beam is considered incompressible, and the vibration energy is dissipated only by the shear deformation of the viscoelastic core. The accuracy and efficiency of the finite element model presented in this paper are verified by comparing with the analytical solutions. The numerical solutions of the presented method, the real eigenmodes (RM) method, the approached complex eigenmodes (ACM) method, the diamante approach (DA) and the asymptotic numerical method (ANM) are compared with the analytical solution. The results show that the presented method has better accuracy and efficiency than those commonly used numerical methods. Finally, the effects of the parameter variation of the viscoelastic sandwich beam on its natural frequencies and loss factors are discussed. Some meaningful conclusions are obtained.

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Vibration and damping characteristics / Viscoelastic sandwich beam / shear dissipating energy / Finite element method

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Zhicheng Huang1,2 Zhaoye Qin1 Fulei Chu1. Vibration and damping characteristics analysis of viscoelastic sandwich beams based on the shear dissipating energy assumption[J]. Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2015, 34(7): 183-191

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