Review: Modeling damping in mechanical engineering structures

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Michel Lalanne,

Affiliations: INSA, Laboratoire de M\'ecanique des Structures, UPRESA CNRS 5006, 20 av Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne, France. Tel.: +33 472438231; Fax: +33 472438930; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the introduction of damping effects in the analysis of mechanical engineering structures. Damping can be considered as being generated by concentrated elements, by distributed elements, or by several effects existing simultaneously. Modeling damping for different engineering situations is described and some applications are presented briefly.

Journal: Shock and Vibration, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 29-37, 2000