Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models (ePub)

Since Lord Rayleigh introduced the idea of viscous damping in his
classic work "The Theory of Sound" in 1877, it has become standard
practice to use this approach in dynamics, covering a wide range of
applications from aerospace to civil engineering. However, in the
majority of practical cases this approach is adopted more for
mathematical convenience than for modeling the physics of vibration
damping.

Over the past decade, extensive research has been undertaken on
more general "non-viscous" damping models and vibration
of non-viscously damped systems. This book, along with a related
book Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models:
Analysis, is the first comprehensive study to cover vibration
problems with general non-viscous damping. The author draws on his
considerable research experience to produce a text covering:
parametric senistivity of damped systems; identification of viscous
damping; identification of non-viscous damping; and some tools for
the quanitification of damping. The book is written from a
vibration theory standpoint, with numerous worked examples which
are relevant across a wide range of mechanical, aerospace and
structural engineering applications.

Contents

1. Parametric Sensitivity of Damped Systems.

2. Identification of Viscous Damping.

3. Identification of Non-viscous Damping.

4. Quantification of Damping.

About the Authors

Sondipon Adhikari is Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering at
Swansea University, Wales. His wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary
research interests include uncertainty quantification in
computational mechanics, bio- and nanomechanics, dynamics of
complex systems, inverse problems for linear and nonlinear
dynamics, and renewable energy. He is a technical reviewer of 97
international journals, 18 conferences and 13 funding bodies.He has
written over 180 refereed journal papers, 120 refereed conference
papers and has authored or co-authored 15 book chapters.