Optimal design of constrained plate damping layers using continuum finite elements

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Noise Control and Acoustics Division (Publication) NCA

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Lumsdaine, Arnold ^a   Scott, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMPING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CONSTRAINED LAYER PLATE; ELASTICITY THEORY; HARMONIC EXCITATION; MATERIAL LOSS FACTOR; PEAK DISPLACEMENT; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM; SHEARING EFFECT; STRESS EFFECT; VISCOELASTIC DAMPING LAYER;

LAMINATES;

EID: 0030382804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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