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MSC.Nastran Bibliography

Dynamics: Damping

El Maddah, M.; Imbert, J. F. A Comparison of Damping Synthesis Methods for Space Vehicle Dynamic Analysis, NASTRAN User's Conf., May, 1979. 

Everstine, Gordon C.; Marcus, Melvyn S. Finite Element Prediction of Loss Factors for Structures with Frequency- Dependent Damping Treatments, Thirteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 419-430, May, 1985, (NASA CP-2373). 

Gibson, W. C.; Johnson, C. D. Optimization Methods for Design of Viscoelastic Damping Treatments, ASME Design Engineering Division Publication, Vol. 5, pp. 279-286, September, 1987. 

Gibson, Warren C.; Austin, Eric. Analysis and Design of Damped Structures Using MSC/NASTRAN, The MSC 1992 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. I, Paper No. 25, May, 1992. 

Johnson, Conor D.; Keinholz, David A. Prediction of Damping in Structures with Viscoelastic Materials Using MSC/NASTRAN, MSC/NASTRAN Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 17, March, 1983. 

Kalinowski, A. J. Modeling Structural Damping for Solids Having Distinct Shear and Dilational Loss Factors, Seventh NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 193-206, October, 1978, (NASA CP-2062). 

Kalinowski, A. J. Solution Sensitivity and Accuracy Study of NASTRAN for Large Dynamic Problems Involving Structural Damping, Ninth NASTRAN Users' Colloq., pp. 49-62, October, 1980, (NASA CP-2151). 

Kienholz, Dave K.; Johnson, Conor D.; Parekh, Jatin C. Design Methods for Viscoelastically Damped Sandwich Plates, AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS 24th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conf., Part 2, pp. 334-343, May, 1983. 

Li, Tsung-hsiun; Bernard, James. Optimization of Damped Structures in the Frequency Domain, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 28, May, 1993. 

Lu, Y. P.; Everstine, G. C. More on Finite Element Modeling of Damped Composite Systems, J. of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 199-205, 1980. 

Mace, M. Damping of Beam Vibrations by Means of a Thin Constrained Viscoelastic Layer: Evaluation of a New Theory, Journal of Sound and Vibration v 172 n 5 May 19 1994. 

Merchant, D. H.; Gates, R. M.; Ice, M. W.; Van Derlinden, J. W. The Effects of Localized Damping on Structural Response, NASTRAN: Users' Exper., pp. 301-320, September, 1975, (NASA TM X-3278). 

Parekh, Jatin C.; Harris, Steve G. The Application of the Ritz Procedure to Damping Prediction Using a Modal Strain Energy Approach, Damping '89, Paper No. CCB, November, 1989. 

Rose, Ted. DMAP Alters to Apply Modal Damping and Obtain Dynamic Loading Output for Superelements, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 24, May, 1993. 

Rose, Ted.; McNamee, Martin. A DMAP Alter to Allow Amplitude-Dependent Modal Damping in a Transient Solution, MSC 1996 World Users' Conf. Proc., Vol. V, Paper No. 50, June, 1996. 

Shieh, Rong C. A Superefficient, MSC/NASTRAN-Interfaced Computer Code System for Dynamic Response Analysis of Nonproportionally Damped Elastic Systems, The MSC 1993 World Users' Conf. Proc., Paper No. 14, May, 1993. 

Tonin, Renzo. Vibration Isolation of Impacts in High-Rise Structures, The Second Australasian MSC Users Conf., Paper No. 11, November, 1988.