Vibration Characterization of a Constrained Layer Viscoelastic Ring Assembly

Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering Sciences and Applications Division Engineering, 2003-04

Liaison(s): Jennifer Wait ’99, Mandy Rutherford
Advisor(s): Ziyad Duron
Students(s): Gene Lee (PM), Jeremiah McCoy, Daniel Sutoyo, Gwen Yoshinaga

The Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering Sciences and Applications Division is interested in the vibration characterization of two concentric aluminum rings with a constrained layer of rubber sandwiched in between. The project is divided into three stages: 1) material properties testing of the rubber, 2) finite element modeling of the assembly, and 3) validation and verification of the models through dynamic testing.