38. Viscoelastic Damping
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The electromechanical coupling
factor
Introducing the factor ‘k’:
‘k’ is called the electromechanical coupling factor
(coefficient)
‘k’ presents the ratio between the mechanical
energy and the electrical energy stored in the
piezoelectric material.
For the k13, the best conditions will give a value of
0.4
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53. Viscoelastic Damping
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Storage and Loss Moduli
•The stress strain relation of the
viscoelastic material appears to
contain a complex modulus of
elasticity!
•The real part is called the storage
modulus
•The imaginary part is called the
loss modulus
•And their ratio is called the loss
factor
𝜎 𝑜 = 𝐸′ 1 + 𝑗𝜂 𝜀 𝑜