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Selecting Vibration Dampers

07/14/2009 3:49 PM

Hi everyone,
I'm Sonia from Portugal and I'm a newbie Aeronautical engineer.

I'm searching some solution to absorb vibration. I'm trying to find materials and their properties to compare between them and chose one to design a vibration damper. Their application will be on the base of an avionics enclosure wich is onboard of a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

I'm the university, I learned mx''+cx'+kx=0, the free vibration equilibrium equation and all that stuff. But how should I search for a material wich have a good 'c'? Should I search for viscoelastic materials? I eared that ruber or cork are very good vibration absorbers, but how to quantify and compare it?

I would aprecciate some help... thanks in advance
Best regards
Sonia PireX

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Re: vibration damper selection

07/14/2009 4:14 PM

In all my aerospace applications, I use vibration mounts made by a company called Enidine. They really know their stuff, as vibration isolation is all they do. I have been very happy working with them in the past. They will make sure you get exactly the right material and design to accomplish what your after.

If your absolutely set on re-designing the wheel vibration mounts, good luck to you, and I hope you get all the guidance necessary to accomplish what your after with no hiccups, as there are no second chances in aerospace.

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