3 - Types of Damping
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Practice Questions
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What is damping?
💡 Hint: Think about how vibrations affect structures.
Name one example of a system that uses viscous damping.
💡 Hint: Consider where you see cars absorbing bumps.
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What type of damping is characterized by the force being proportional to velocity?
💡 Hint: Remember the equation from class.
Is structural damping amplitude-dependent?
💡 Hint: Think about how materials respond differently as they are stretched.
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Design a hypothetical intervention using two types of damping for a building in a seismic zone. Explain your choice of damping types.
💡 Hint: Think about the interplay of forces in earthquakes.
Evaluate the effectiveness of different damping types in a hypothetical scenario where a building experiences high winds.
💡 Hint: Think about how forces act on tall structures.
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