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Experimental and numerical investigations of dissipation mechanisms in particle dampers

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Particle dampers are passive devices allowing strong damping of structures vibrating in harsh environment. We investigate the energy dissipation in a rigid enclosure attached to a shaker and partially filled with particles. Our experiments match an analytical description, which we corroborate then with discrete element method simulations. We show that the loss factor does not depend on the material of the particles or their number, but heavily relies on the total mass of the embedded grains and on the driving magnitude only. Our measurements reveal the contribution of the viscous flow of air surrounding the grains to the overall loss factor of the dampers.

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Acknowledgments

Authors are grateful to Dr. B. Nennig for useful discussions on permeability of poro-granular media. The authors thanks Dr. L. A. Pugnaloni for the constructive comments on our manuscript. First author is grateful to Supméca for financial support during her stays in France.

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  1. Laboratoire Quartz EA 7393, Supméca, 3 rue Fernand Hainaut, 93400, Saint-Ouen, France

    Marwa Masmoudi, Stéphane Job & Imad Tawfiq

  2. Mechanics Modeling and Production Research Laboratory (LA2MP), National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), B.P. 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Slim Abbes & Mohamed Haddar

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Masmoudi, M., Job, S., Abbes, M.S. et al. Experimental and numerical investigations of dissipation mechanisms in particle dampers. Granular Matter 18, 71 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-016-0667-4

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