Vibrations

Altair Forum User

If critical damping is the quickest to return the system to initial position without oscillation, why don't we use critical damping everywhere?

Altair Forum User

Different applications need different damping characteristics. 

 

A speedometer is a critically damped instrument which returns to zero at a faster rate and an auto-closing door is a heavily damped which closes slowly.

 

Imagine the other way.