Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The effectiveness of viscous elements in introducing damping in a structure is a function of several variables, including their number, their location in the structure, and their physical properties. In this paper several optimization problems are posed to optimize these variables. The paper investigates various metrics to define the optimization problem, and compares the damping profiles that are obtained. Both discrete and continuous optimization problems are formulated and solved, corresponding, respectively, to the problems of placement of damping elements and to the tuning of their parameters. The paper particularly emphasizes techniques to make feasible the large scale problems resulting from the optimization formulations. Numerical results involving a lightly damped tested structure are presented.
Keywords:
CYBERNETICS
Type:
AIAA PAPER 92-4608
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AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference; Aug 10, 1992 - Aug 12, 1992; Hilton Head Island, SC; United States
Format:
text
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