This paper discusses a new technique that reproduces a stable cloth without introducing excessive damping artifacts. Semi-implicit integration methods have been widely used in cloth simulations for their high stability and speed. Artificial internal damping forces are derived from the linearization process of semi-implicit integration. This makes the system highly stable. However, the artificia...

This paper studies the interaction between non-viscous damping and nonlinearities for nonlinear oscillators with reflection symmetry. The non-viscous damping function is an exponential damping model which adds a decaying memory property to the damping term of the oscillator. We consider the case of softening and hardening behaviour in the frequency response of the system. Numerical simulations ...

Measured damping coefficients of six different perforated micromechanical test structures are compared with damping coefficients given by published compact models. The motion of the perforated plates is almost translational, the surface shape is rectangular, and the perforation is uniform validating the assumptions made for compact models. In the structures, the perforation ratio varies from 24...

The undamped naturalfrequency CO, and the damping ratio [ can be determined from a plot of the jiee motion of the system. If the damping is light, ( < 0.2, the lqqarithmic decrement can be used to determine the coeficients. Systems with moderate damping are those in the range 0.2 < ( -C 1.2. A methodfor determining vibration parameters for systems with moderate damping is presented here. The me...

In the dynamic analysis of structural engineering systems, it is common practice to introduce damping models to reproduce experimentally observed features. These models, for instance Rayleigh damping, account for the damping sources in the system altogether and often lack physical basis. We report on an alternative path for reproducing damping coming from material nonlinear response through the...

We consider the wave equation on a finite interval with fixed ends and nonuniform viscous damping. We prove that the spectrum of the associated damped wave operator uniquely determines an even damping. We then develop a refined asymptotic formula for the high frequencies. When the damping is even about the domain’s midpoint, terms in this expansion are Fourier coefficients for functions of the ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of damping on stress concentration in an impacted incisor. METHODS Damping ratios of maxillary incisors were tested using an in vivo modal testing method. A finite element model of the upper central incisor was established for dental trauma analysis. To assess the effect of damping properties on induced stresses in the traumatized i...

A procedure is presented for modal and damping synthesis of flexible space structures from subsystem tests and/or analyses. In view of the various damping mechanism operative in a space structure, their contribution to total system damping and its compatibility with dynamic testing procedures, the spacecraft subsystems are identified as joints and components. The dynamics of joint subsystems is...

Transfemoral amputees exhibit both increased metabolic consumption and gait asymmetry during level ground walking. A variable damping control strategy has been developed for swing extension in order to improve gait symmetry and reduce energy expenditure during level ground walking. Preliminary biomechanical studies suggest that the knee utilizes a variable damping control during swing extension...

This paper introduces an extension of the time-splitting sine-spectral (TSSP) method for solving damped focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equations (NLSs). The method is explicit, unconditionally stable, and time transversal invariant. Moreover, it preserves the exact decay rate for the normalization of the wave function if linear damping terms are added to the NLS. Extensive numerical tests are p...