New Method for Describing Damped Vibrations of a Beam with a Built-in End

Abstract

We propose a method for describing damped vibrations of a beam with a built-in end considering the dynamic hysteresis that determines mechanical energy dissipation due to viscoelasticity. As the mathematical basis, we have used the fractional integro-differentiation apparatus. Rapidly damped vibrations of a foamed polypropylene beam have been studied experimentally. It is shown that the theoretical model successfully describes experimental data.