Damping coefficient

Altair Forum User
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edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

hello everyone

 

I am doing FRF analysis

 

How to decide structural damping coefficient (G)?????

 

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  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited January 2016

    Structural damping G specifies the uniform structural damping coefficient in the formulation of dynamics problems. To obtain the value for the parameter G, multiply the critical damping ratio, C/C0 by 2.0.See online user guide for more info.

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    Rahul R