The prediction of damping in nailed and glued wood structures

Published Date
Journal of Sound and Vibration
22 December 1971, Vol.19(4):421–435, doi:10.1016/0022-460X(71)90613-4

Author 

C.-T. Yeh

Taiwan Area Freeway Construction Bureau, Republic of China

B.J. Hartz

C.B. Brown

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, U.S.A.

Received 6 July 1971. Available online 25 July 2003. 

Abstract

Improvement of damping of small amplitude vibrations can be obtained by properly optimizing glued and nailed joints. In this paper methods for accurately predicting such damping are developed which require simple tests on small specimens. The analytical predictions are confirmed by experiments on structural members. These results can lead to arrangements of joints which maximize the damping.

This work was supported by the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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