Effects of Adhesive Characteristic on the Test Results of Damping Material's DMP

In the measurement of damping material's dynamic mechanical performance(DMP) using flexural resonating cantilever beam method,the specimen's adhesive characteristic influences the test precision and accuracy. Taking its effect into account,the improved measurement equations based on the resonance method are presented. The simulated results show that,for the sake of weakening the adhesive's influence on the measured results,the adhesive should be spreaded as thin as possible when specimen is prepared,the adhesive's density and loss factor should be selected as small as possible also,and its Young's modulus should be selected according to the damping material being measured;the same adhesion condition effects differently on the test results of different damping materials,i.e. the error due to the adhesive is more inconspicuous if the damping layer has bigger thickness,modulus,loss factor and a certain density according to the damping material being measured. These conclusions provide theoretical basis for selecting adhesive,improving adhesion technology,and designing specimen.

Propagation characteristics of laser-generated like-Rayleigh waves in viscoelastic adhesive coating/substrate structures

The propagation characteristics of laser-generated like-Rayleigh waves in viscoelastic adhesive coating/substrate structures were studied.Considering the viscoelasticity of the coating and substrate,we have established the finite element models in frequency domain for the laser-generated like-Rayleigh waves in the epoxy coating/aluminum substrate,epoxy coating/brass substrate,and epoxy coating/foam substrate structures,respectively.In addition,we have investigated the waveform and propagation characteristics of the like-Rayleigh waves and studied the influences of the coating transparency,coating thickness,coating viscoelasticity,and substrate viscoelasticity on the propagation characteristics of the like-Rayleigh waves.Moreover,we have verified the results by the theoretical phase velocity and attenuation curves.The results show that the coating viscoelasticity induces the attenuation characteristics of the higher frequencies of the like-Rayleigh waves,but has little effect on the lower frequencies,and the substrate viscoelasticity has the influences on both the higher and lower frequencies of the like-Rayleigh waves,especially the lower frequencies.Furthermore,the mode and dispersive characteristics of the like-Rayleigh waves are closely related to the substrates.This study provides a useful theoretical basis for inverting mechanical parameters and evaluating the adhesive quality of the viscoelastic adhesive coating/substrate structures.