Prestress Accumulation-Release Technique for Damping of Impact-Born Vibrations: Application to Self-Deployable Structures

<div>Influence of decrease of stiffness proportional damping: (a) in terms of vertical displacement of the bottom beam tip (node 11); (b) in terms of viscous dissipation during phase 1.</div>

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Figure 9: Prestress Accumulation-Release Technique for Damping of Impact-Born Vibrations: Application to Self-Deployable Structures 