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Experimental Investigation of Stiffness Characteristics and Damping Properties of a Metallic Rubber Material

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The static stiffness and dynamic damping properties of a metallic rubber material (MR) were investigated, which exhibited a nonlinear deformation behavior. Its static stiffness is analyzed and discussed. The effects of structural parameters of MR and experimental conditions on its shock absorption capacity were examined by dynamic tests. Results revealed excellent elastic and damping properties of the material. Its stiffness increased with density, but decreased with thickness. The damping property of MR varied with its density, thickness, loading frequency, and amplitude.

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Acknowledgement

This investigation was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51174026). The authors would like to thank the former researchers for their excellent works, which greatly helped us in our academic study, and the assistance in experiments at the Department of Gun Engineering.

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    Ch. Zh. Lu, Jingyuan Li, Bangyang Zhou & Shuang Li

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 775-786 , July-August, 2017.

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Lu, C.Z., Li, J., Zhou, B. et al. Experimental Investigation of Stiffness Characteristics and Damping Properties of a Metallic Rubber Material. Mech Compos Mater 53, 541–550 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-017-9684-6

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