Experimental Evaluation of the Damping Variation of an Elastomeric Device Harmonically Excited

Abstract:

The results of the experimental tests, in dynamic regime, on antiseismic elastomeric devices, evidenced the fact that the internal damping represents a significant parameter tightly related to the specific shearing deformation of the elastomeric elements. Consequently, based on the final obtained results, correlation curves were raised meant to represent the variation of the equivalent critical damping ration (dynamic system of order I).

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 430)
• Pages: 329-334
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.430.329
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Vasile Ovidiu
• Keywords: Damping Ratio, Dynamic System, Elastomeric Insulators

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