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When rubber mounting blocks are used to absorb machine
Chapter 5, Problem 25DQ(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
When rubber mounting blocks are used to absorb machine vibrations through elastic hysteresis, as mentioned in Section 11.5, what becomes of the energy associated with the vibrations?
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QUESTION:
When rubber mounting blocks are used to absorb machine vibrations through elastic hysteresis, as mentioned in Section 11.5, what becomes of the energy associated with the vibrations?
ANSWER:Solution 25DQ Step 1: Once we deform the rubber, work done to bring the rubber back to its original shape is lesser than the work done to deform the rubber. The rubber is not obeying the Hooke’s law. It is because, the stress is not proportional to the strain. So, we can stre