Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Transverse Vibration of Prestressed Beams: An Experimental Technique for the Determination of Dynamic Viscoelastic Material Properties of Tissue Mimicking Materials

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 5-1-2008

Abstract

An experimental dynamic material property identification technique is presented that is based on the theoretical formulations of a vibrating pre-stressed beam. The technique determines the viscoelastic material properties of tissue mimicking materials that govern their dynamic behavior. Results are presented for a silicone based material (CF11-2188 Nusil Silicone Technology, Carpinteria, CA) that is in the form of a thick string held between fixed supports under tensile pre-stress.

Publication Title

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volume

123

Issue

5

First Page

3915

Last Page

3915

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