Vibration and damping studies on a hollow sandwich box column with a viscoelastic/electrorheological/magnetorheological fluid core layer by the finite element method

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-546

  Ram Kumar, K ^a   Ganesan, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Electrorheological; Magnetorheological; Sandwich box column; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RHEOLOGY;

BOX COLUMNS; COMPLEX EIGENVALUE; CONSTRAINING LAYERS; CORE THICKNESSES; DAMPING BEHAVIORS; ELECTRIC VOLTAGES; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL; FLUID CORES; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MODAL LOSS FACTORS; SANDWICH BOX COLUMN; SKIN PLATES; VIBRATION BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC; VISCOELASTIC CORES; VISCOELASTIC LAYERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 57249084073     PISSN: 02194554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219455408002831     Document Type: Article

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