TY - JOUR A1 - Romano, Marco A1 - Micklitz, Matthias A1 - Olbrich, Florian A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert T1 - Experimental investigation of damping properties of unidirectionally and fabric reinforced plastics by the free decay method JF - Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering N2 - Purpose: of this paper is experimental investigation of damping properties of unidirectionally and fabric reinforced plastics by the free decay method. Design/methodology/approach: For the evaluation of the presumed effect experimental structural dynamic investigations comparing unidirectionally and fabric reinforced plastics are carried out. In detail the free decay behaviour of flat beamlike specimens under fixed-free boundary conditions and relatively constant and reproducible displacement excitation is investigated. Findings: The vibrating structure has been measured by a laser scanning vibrometer PSV 400 from POLYTEC. In both cases evaluation of the results yields enhanced damping properties of the specimens with fabric reinforcement compared to the unidirectionally reinforced specimens. The results justify the presumed acting of a mesomechanic kinematic. Research limitations/implications: The results show that in either case the material damping in terms of the logarithmic decrement of the fabric reinforced material is higher than the material damping in of the unidirectionally reinforced material. Additionally, when the fabric reinforced specimens are addressed, in each case the plain weave reinforced specimens exhibited higher values of the material damping as the twill weave 2/2 reinforced ones. Originality/value: Ondulations in fabrics as a textile semi-finished product are caused by the alternating crossing of warp and fill yarns. In the mesoscopic scale the acting of a mesomechanic kinematic is presumed to enhance the damping properties under cyclic elastic deformation. For the evaluation of the presumed effect experimental structural dynamic investigations comparing unidirectionally and fabric reinforced plastics are carried out. KW - structural vibration KW - damping KW - fibre reinforced plastics KW - mesomechanic scale KW - fabric reinforced layer Y1 - 2014 VL - 63 IS - 2 SP - 65 EP - 80 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romano, Marco A1 - Micklitz, Matthias A1 - Olbrich, Florian A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert T1 - Experimental investigation of damping properties of unidirectionally and fabric reinforces plastics by the free decay method T2 - Proceeding of the 15th International Materials Symposium (IMSP´2014), Pamukkale University (Denizli, Turkey), 15./17. October 2014 Y1 - 2014 SP - 665 EP - 679 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Micklitz, Matthias A1 - Romano, Marco A1 - Ehrlich, Ingo A1 - Gebbeken, Norbert ED - Ziemann, Olaf ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Pforr, Johannes T1 - The influence of ondulations in fabric reinforced layers on the damping properties of fibre-reinforced plastics JF - Applied Research Conference 2014 - ARC 2014, 5th July 2014, Ingolstadt Y1 - 2014 SP - 306 EP - 310 PB - Shaker CY - Aachen ER -