Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 19, Number 5, 2015, pages 1321-1331

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2015.19.5.1321

Damping strategies for steel lattice sandwich constructions

Son P. Mai

Abstract

A square steel sandwich plate with lattice corrugated core is explored for damping improvement. A range of damping materials are filled inside the openings provided by the corrugated core, or are applied on the surfaces of the facesheets. The dynamic properties such as natural frequency and damping factor are experimentally measured for the sandwich plate with each filling solution. The relative performance of each insertion is compared in terms of damping capacity and added mass.

Key Words

steel sandwich constructions; lattice structures; damping materials; vibration test; damping capacity

Address

(1) Institute of Mechanics, 264 Doi Can, Ha Noi, Vietnam; (2) Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam.