Granular damping is a passive vibration suppression technique which attenuates the response of a vibrating structure by the use of a granule-filled enclosure attached to or embedded in the structure. While promising in many applications especially under harsh conditions, the granular damping mechanism is very complicated and highly nonlinear. In this paper, we perform correlated analytical modeling and numerical studies to evaluate qualitatively and quantitatively the energy dissipation in granular damping. First, an improved analytical model based on the multiphase flow theory is developed for the description of granular motion inside the damper, which accounts for the complete effects of collisions/impacts and dynamic frictions among the granules and between the granules and the enclosure. This model can efficiently characterize the damping effect with high fidelity over a very wide range of parameters, and thus can be used to develop guidelines for parametric studies. With this as a basis, detailed numerical studies using the discrete element method are also carried out to analyze the underlying mechanisms and then provide mechanistic insight for granular damping. In this paper, we focus our attention on the granular damping effect on forced vibrations, which has potential application to a variety of systems.
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August 2006
Technical Papers
Granular Damping in Forced Vibration: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses
X. Fang,
X. Fang
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Connecticut
, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269
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J. Tang
J. Tang
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: jtang@engr.uconn.edu
The University of Connecticut
, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269
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X. Fang
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Connecticut
, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269
J. Tang
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Connecticut
, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269e-mail: jtang@engr.uconn.edu
J. Vib. Acoust. Aug 2006, 128(4): 489-500 (12 pages)
Published Online: February 2, 2006
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Received:
September 29, 2005
Revised:
February 2, 2006
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Fang, X., and Tang, J. (February 2, 2006). "Granular Damping in Forced Vibration: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses." ASME. J. Vib. Acoust. August 2006; 128(4): 489–500. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2203339
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