Researchers working at the intersection of waste recycling and metallurgy are building a case that dead leaves, once ...

The study of viscoelastic damping in structural dynamics is a critical field that addresses the mechanisms by which materials dissipate energy under dynamic loads. Viscoelastic materials exhibit a ...

A novel configuration for damping devices with the main advantage of preserving open space within the frame of installation was developed and tested. The acquired test data were used for validating ...

Keywords: Modal analyses. Seismic excitations. Linear structures. Supplemental damping. Structural response. Seismic performance. Over-damped modes. Peak responses. Response spectrum method. Abstract: ...

Traditional isolators are built with metal springs or rubber blocks. They have low internal damping and generally are only effective at frequencies near 10 Hz. They also offer little to no isolation ...

Traditional isolators are fabricated using metal springs or rubber blocks. They have low internal damping and only tend to be effective at frequencies in the region of 10 Hz. They also fail to isolate ...