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Oscillator damping with more than one mechanism of internal friction dissipation

Classical Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The author's modified Coulomb damping model has been generalized to accommodate internal friction that derives from several dissipation mechanisms acting simultaneously. Because of its fundamental nonlinear nature, internal friction damping causes the quality factor Q of an oscillator in free-decay to change in time. Examples are given which demonstrate reasonable agreement between theory and experiment.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0302003,
  title  = {Oscillator damping with more than one mechanism of internal friction dissipation},
  author = {Randall D. Peters},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0302003},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures