What are you looking for today?

Koutsawa, Yao, Azoti, Wiyao, Belouettar, Salim, Martin, Rodolphe and Barkanov, Evgeny (2012) Loss behavior of viscoelastic sandwich structures: A statistical-continuum multi-scale approach. Composite Structures, 94 (4). 1391 - 1397. ISSN 0263-8223

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Abstract

Abstract

This work presents a multi-scale model of viscoelastic constrained layer damping treatments for vibrating plates/beams. The approach integrates a finite element (FE) model of macro-scale vibrations and a statistical-continuum homogenization model to include effects of micro-scale structure and properties. The statistical-continuum homogenization model makes the micro- to macro-scale transition to approximate the effective behavior of the heterogeneous core by using n-point probability functions. A simple sound transmission model is used to show the effect of material microstructure on the sound transmission loss of the sandwich structure. The damping behavior resulting from the presence of voids and negative stiffness regions in the core material is modeled. This study clearly shows that, it is of high interest to research either material structures or processing techniques which lead to negative stiffness behavior. The results also poignantly show that the proposed multi-scale model yields insight on heterogeneous material behavior leading to increased damping properties and ultimately enhances the ability to design sandwich beam/plates.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Wiyao Azoti
URI: https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/5796

Further Details

More Information

Depositing User

Identifiers

Item ID
5796
Identification Number
ISSN
0263-8223

Users with ORCIDS

Catalogue record

Date Deposited
15 Dec 2015 10:02
Last Modified
04 Jun 2025 15:02

Contributors

Author
Yao Koutsawa
Author
Wiyao Azoti
Author
Salim Belouettar
Author
Rodolphe Martin
Author
Evgeny Barkanov

University Divisions

Subjects

Actions (login required)

View Item (Repository Staff Only)