Research Article

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

Table 2

Amplitude mitigation obtained with different values of friction generating moment decrease in Phase 2.

% of reduction% of amplitude reduction after
5 cycles of vibration 13 cycles of vibration

5.0%61.9%71.6%
6.0%73.2%81.3%
7.5%96.2%99.4%
10.0%99.1%99.2%
11.5%98.5%98.3%
20.0%96.3%96.4%