An Investigation into the ASTM E756-05 Test Standard Accuracy on Determining the Damping Properties of Materials in Tension-Compression

© 2020, Allerton Press, Inc. Abstract: The features of identifying the damping properties of viscoelastic materials caused by their dependence on a large number of external factors are discussed. The main propositions of the international standard on the experimental method for determining the damping properties of viscoelastic materials under cyclic tension–compression are analyzed. A refined finite element model of the dynamic behavior of the Oberst beam with a damping layer of a viscoelastic material with accounting of the transverse shear and compression is constructed. A numerical analysis of the error in determining the damping properties of a viscoelastic material under tension–compression caused by the neglect of transverse shear and compression strains arising in the layer of the material being tested is carried out