3.2.3 - Structural (Hysteretic) Damping
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What is hysteretic damping?
💡 Hint: Think about how materials behave under stress.
How is energy dissipation represented graphically?
💡 Hint: What shape do you think depicts energy loss?
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What determines the energy loss in hysteretic damping?
💡 Hint: What visual measure indicates energy dissipation?
True or False: Hysteretic damping is linear in nature.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of linear versus nonlinear.
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Consider a building with a hysteresis loop area of 800 J. If it experiences 10 cycles of loading, what total energy is dissipated?
💡 Hint: Multiply the area by the number of cycles.
If a material's hysteretic damping coefficient is observed to decrease with increasing temperature, how could this impact the building design?
💡 Hint: Think about how temperature changes affect material properties.
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