With the growing demand for the ene

With the growing demand for the energy
efficient and smart materials, the necessity for reducing the
vibrations in the highly sophisticated parts of the machinery is
playing a major role. High-technology structures often have
stringent requirements for structural dynamics. Suppressing
vibrations is crucial to their performance. Passive damping is
used to suppress vibrations by reducing peak resonant
response. Viscoelastic damping materials add passive
damping to structures by dissipating vibration strain energy
in the form of heat energy. The incorporation of damping
materials in advanced composite materials offers the
possibility of highly damped, light-weight structural
components that are vibration-resistant.