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Abstract:In this work, the dissipative properties of different coating solutions are compared and a beam mechanical model, taking into account of dissipative actions at the interface between different layers is proposed. The aim is to find optimal coatings to be employed in the production of composites with high damping properties. The investigated coating layers are obtained from different materials and production processes, and are applied on different metallic substrates. The composite specimens, in the form of slender beams, are tested by means of forced excitation dynamic measurements. Force and displacement experimental data, in a wide range of excitation frequencies, are used to estimate the system damping properties. Homogeneous, uncoated specimens are also tested for comparison. A specific identification procedure is used to identify the specimens stress-strain relationship in the frequency domain. The ratio of the imaginary part and the modulus of the specimen estimated complex frequency response function is considered as a measurement of the damping behaviour. A modified third order multi layered beam model, based on the zig-zag beam theory, is proposed. The model takes into account the contribution to the damping behaviour of the frictional actions and slipping at the interface between layers. Frictional actions are modelled by means of a complex, elasto-hysteretic contribution.

In the present research, results are presented regarding the anelasticity of 99.999% pure aluminum thin films, either deposited on silica substrates or as free-standing sheets obtained by cold rolling. Mechanical Spectroscopy (MS) tests, namely measurements of dynamic modulus and damping vs. temperature, were performed using a vibrating reed analyzer under vacuum. The damping vs. temperature curves of deposited films exhibit two peaks which tend to merge into a single peak as the specimen thickness increases above 0.2 µm. The thermally activated anelastic relaxation processes observed on free-standing films are strongly dependent on film thickness, and below a critical value of about 20 µm two anelastic relaxation peaks can be observed; both their activation energy and relaxation strength are affected by film thickness. These results, together with those observed on bulk specimens, are indicative of specific dislocation and grain boundary dynamics, constrained by the critical values of the ratio of film thickness to grain size.

There is an increasing interest towards the use of non-conventional material such as Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) for aerospace and automotive mechanical applications. Classical material models, e.g. Kelvin or Zener, can show some limitations in describing the viscoelastic behavior of these materials. A numerical and experimental approach to identify the optimal model order and the parameters of the constitutive material relationship in the frequency domain is proposed. The constitutive equation is modeled by means of a generalized Kelvin model and expressed in the form of a rational function. To describe the complex material behavior, high order polynomials are needed for the rational function and the problem of finding the function coefficients can be ill-conditioned. Different approaches for the rational function parameters identification are compared. A least square error identification technique adopting Forsythe orthogonal polynomials is proposed. The selected procedure is first applied on numerically estimated measurements with noise, and then on real measurement data obtained by forced vibration testing of Polytetrafluoroethylene specimens.

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