Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Automated Vibration and Environmental Control System for Material and Structual Damping Research

该项目支持采购所需设备 加强材料和结构阻尼研究 research. 目标是提高对 被动阻尼现象，最差的 了解结构行为的特征。 的 主要研究项目涉及有限的发展， 频率建模的单元分析技术 相关动力特性和高阻尼结构 材料和技术，用于测量 在非常低的频率下的单个结构元件。 有可能将该设备用于相关的 项目也是。 该装置包括一个实验 控制计算机，智能仪表，无干扰 力和运动传感器以及实验室设备， 研究精密结构动力学行为及其 依赖于温度、频率、振幅和 环境压力。

This project supports the procurement of equipment needed to enhance research on material and structural damping research. The goal is to improve the understanding of the phenomenon of passive damping, one of the most poorly understood characteristics of structural behavior. The primary research projects address the development of finite element analysis techniques for modeling frequency dependent dynamic behavior and high damping structural materials, and techniques for measuring damping of individual structural elements at very low frequencies. There is the potential for using the equipment on related projects as well. The equipment comprises an experiment control computer, intelligent instruments, non interfering force and motion transducers, and laboratory apparatus for studying precision structural dynamic behavior and its dependence on temperature, frequency, amplitude, and ambient pressure.