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What is a Good Type of Energy Absorption Material?
Sources of Unwanted Energy Impact force, vibration, compressive stress, and acoustical shock are all sources of unwanted energy. This energy can cause damage, loss, and injury when not properly controlled. As these various types of forces impact your machinery, materials, products, and workers, they transfer energy to the impacted entity(s). This energy is what causes […]
The Best Material to Demonstrate the Elasticity of Polymeric Materials
What type of material are you seeking? The best material to demonstrate the elasticity of polymeric materials is a highly efficient energy absorber with superior damping properties. This material is effective in a broad range of applications including, damping and isolating vibration, absorbing shock, damping noise, and dissipating heat. Following energy absorption, it must be […]
What is a Good Material for Absorption of Shock and Why
When considering situations in which your products, equipment, and workers are subjected to impact shock, it is important that you understand the concept of shock and how to protect against it. Impact force is a force that delivers a shock or high impact in a relatively short period of time. It occurs when two entities […]
What is the Damping Coefficient of Materials?
A damping coefficient is a material property that indicates whether a material will bounce back or return energy to a system. For example, a basketball has a low damping coefficient (a good bounce back). If the bounce is caused by an unwanted vibration or shock, a high damping coefficient in the material will diminish the […]
What is the constant material damping coefficient?
What is the constant material damping coefficient? The material damping coefficient is a number furnished by the manufacturer that describes the materials characteristic and ability in a damping system. Engineers use this number to evaluate different material’s ability to return energy to a system. The material damping coefficient is a property that indicates whether a […]
What is the best elastic dampening material?
Elastic damping materials are using for a lot of things. The same material may be a good solution for multiple applications. Damping materials are used to reduce excessive vibration, dissipate increased heat, or reduce the strain and stress of using a machine for the operator. Of these things vibration is the most common and can […]
What is the best CD player damping material?
CD drives are a big part of our lives. We use them in our computers, stereos, game systems, and stand-alone players for music, games, file storage, software installation, and more. These drives are fragile and require protection from bumps and drops. CD drives also vibrate from spinning which can cause unwanted noise and shakiness. This […]
The Difference Between Elastic Materials and Viscoelastic Materials
What are elastic materials? Elasticity is the tendency of solid materials to return to their original shape after forces are applied on them. When the forces are removed, the object will return to its initial shape and size if the material is elastic. What are viscous materials? Viscosity is a measure of a fluid’s resistance […]
Elastic damping materials
What is damping material? Damping material is used in a wide range of applications. Each use is unique, but that does not mean that the same material cannot be used in multiple types of situations. In the simplest of terms, damping material either reduces excessive vibration, dissipates increased heat, or reduces the strain and stress […]
A Good Damping Material Audio and Electronics
Audio and electronics are very sensitive to vibrations and noise. They can not only interfere with sound quality, but also cause tracking errors or skipping or interference with other components. Whether you are dealing with laptops, towers, video game systems, your stereo, TV, or automobile audio systems, vibration needs to be addressed. The control of […]