A new surface-damping concept with an active-passive hybrid constraining layer (HCL) is proposed to improve the damping performance of traditional active constrained layer (ACL) systems. Instead of using a pure piezoelectric constraining layer, passive and active materials are used together to constrain the viscoelastic material layer. A generic model of the HCL treatment is presented. Nondimensional equations of motion and boundary and connecting conditions are derived. The closed-form solutions to the equations are developed and analyzed. Tabletop tests are also performed to verify the feasibility of the new damping concept. It is shown that by properly selecting a passive constraining material and assigning appropriate lengths for the active and passive constraining parts, HCL can outperform a system with a pure active PZT coversheet, both in terms of its fail-safe ability and closed-loop damping performance. [S0739-3717(00)01503-8]

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
damping, vibration control, active noise control
Topics:
Damping
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