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Aluminum repair patch dissipates panel vibration.(WELDING/JOINING)
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2005
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A vibration-damping patch on an operational C-130 aircraft has been developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, and the North Carolina Air National Guard. Fabricated and installed by Damping Technologies Inc., the constrained-layer patch panel consists of thin layers of aluminum and a viscoelastic material designed to dissipate vibration energy.
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By absorbing vibration energy, this patch has the potential to prevent or significantly delay the development of high cycle fatigue cracking on aircraft structural elements. In turn, it could ...
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