Damping of flexural vibration by coupling to low-density granular materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4697, Issue , 2002, Pages 158-167

  Nayfeh, Samir A ^a   Verdirame, Justin M ^a   Varanasi, Kripa K ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Damping; Granular; Particle; Waves

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLEXURAL VIBRATIONS;

DAMPING;

EID: 0036381333     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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