Design for the Damping of a Railway Collector Based on the Application of Shape Memory Alloys

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">First natural <br/>frequency (Hz)</td><td align="center">Total weight <br/>of the horn (g)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Only GFRP </td><td align="center">75.5</td><td align="center">168</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Commercial brass/GFRP</td><td align="center">75.3</td><td align="center">182</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SMA/GFRP</td><td align="center">74.8</td><td align="center">180</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

First natural frequency and total weight of the three horn samples.

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Table 2: Design for the Damping of a Railway Collector Based on the Application of Shape Memory Alloys 