TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sause Richard
AU  - Ab-Malek Kamarudin
AU  - Lee Kyung-Sik
AU  - Lu Le-Wu
AU  - Ricles James
TI  - Non-linear hysteresis models for ultra-high damping NR structural dampers
PY  - 2002///
PB  - Journal of Rubber Research
KW  - Hysteresis
KW  - Mechanical properties
KW  - Model
KW  - Non-linear
KW  - NR
KW  - Random load
KW  - Structural dampers
KW  - Ultra-high damping
N2  - Models for ultra-high damping natural rubber (UHDNR), a new material for structural dapmers, are investigated. Experimental tests of structural dampers made from UHDNR and the observed mechanical properties are summarised. Two load rate independent hysteresis models, which are more accurate for UHDNR than existing hysteresis models, are proposed. Good agreements is observed between the experimental results and the models. The more complex of the two models, the sequential asymptote model, represents accurately the behaviour of UHDNR under the random load histories that are anticipated for structural dampers
ER  -