Granular Filled Composite Struts for Increased Damping in Hexapod Applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5052, Issue , 2003, Pages 317-325

  Cowden, Kari M ^a   Bishop, David ^a   Walrath, David E ^a   McInroy, John E ^a  

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Author keywords

Composite; Hexapod; Particle damping

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PRODUCT DESIGN; RESONANCE;

HEXAPODS;

DAMPING;

EID: 0242525603     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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