Estimation of damping in riveted short cantilever beams

In layered and riveted structures, vibration damping happens because of a micro slip that occurs because of a relative motion at the common interfaces of the respective jointed layers. Other parameters that influence the damping mechanism in layered and riveted beams are the amplitude of initial excitation, overall length of the beam, rivet diameter, overall beam thickness, and many layers. In this investigation, using the analytical models such as the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and Timoshenko beam theory and half-power bandwidth method, the free transverse vibration analysis of layered and riveted short cantilever beams is carried out for observing the damping mechanism by estimating the damping ratio, and the obtained results from the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and Timoshenko beam theory analytical models are validated by the half-power bandwidth method. Although the Euler–Bernoulli beam model overestimates the damping ratio value by a very less fraction, both the models can be used to evaluate damping for short riveted cantilever beams along with the half-power bandwidth method.