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The measurement of non-linear damping in metal-matrix composites
| dc.creator | Ray, Sourav | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:38:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:38:08Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1994 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1994-THESIS-R264 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is concerned with the measurement of non-linear (i.e. strain amplitude dependent) intrinsic material damping in continuous fiber reinforced metalmatrix composites. The particular MMC studied is a 4-ply, [O︢]S, (O = 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 degree), P55Gr/Al-6061 composite. A popular method for measuring damping is the free-decay of flexural vibrations of a cantilevered beam. The strain field in a cantilevered beam is inhomogeneous. For materials whose damping is non-linear, the measured damping is not equal to the intrinsic material damping. Using an elementary algorithm developed by Lazan, we extract non-linear intrinsic material damping from non-linear specimen damping. In general, damping is a function of temperature, strain amplitude and strain rate. For the measurements reported herein, the range of these parameters is: [ ] where T is the absolute temperature, Er is the root strain and f is the frequency in Hz. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | aerospace engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major aerospace engineering. | en |
| dc.title | The measurement of non-linear damping in metal-matrix composites | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | aerospace engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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