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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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608 20. Vibration and Vibration ControlFigure 20.11. Sound transmission characteristics: (a) incident wave resolving into a reflectedwave and a transmitted wave and (b) transmission loss in a structure as a functionof frequency.mainly on vibration amplitude, so the assumption of viscous damping must beapplied judiciously.Damping converts mechanical energy into thermal energy; and while there area number of mechanisms for such energy conversion, we describe here thosethat are the most useful ones. Damping materials also reduce sound transmission.When a sound wave strikes a structure, causing its surface to vibrate, the vibratingsurface produces a reflected wave and a transmitted wave [Figure 20.11(a)].The transmission loss through the structure varies with frequency as shown inFigure 20.11(b) for a given temperature. The region of damping control nestlesbetween the low-frequency region where stiffness reigns as the controlling parameterand the higher-frequency region where mass predominates as the controllingparameter. Between these two regions, many natural vibratory modes of the structureexist, and this region is the only one where transmission loss depends greatlyupon resonance conditions. Here structural damping is the controlling parameter.Internal DampingA material with very high-damping internal properties could be utilized to eliminatenoise emanating from a structure. Ferromagnetic materials and certain magnesium

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