Plasma deposition of constrained layer damping coatings

Plasma techniques are used to generate constrained layer damping (CLD) coatings on metallic substrates. The process involves the deposition of relatively thick, hard ceramic layers on to soft polymeric damping materials while maintaining the integrity of both layers. Reactive plasma sputter-deposition from an aluminium alloy target is used to deposit alumina layers, with Young's modulus in the range 77-220GPa and thickness up to 335 μ, on top of a silicone film. This methodology is also used to deposit a 40 μ alumina layer on a conventional viscoelastic damping film to produce an integral damping coating. Plasma CLD systems are shown to give at least 50 per cent more damping than equivalent metal-foil-based treatments. Numerical methods for rapid prediction of the performance of such coatings are discussed and validated by comparison with experimental results

A new method for dynamic analysis of mistuned bladed disks based on the exact relationship between tuned and mistuned systems

A new method for the dynamic analysis of mistuned bladed disks is presented. The method is based on exact calculation of the response of a mistimed system using response levels for the tuned assembly togeher with a modification matrix constructed from the frequency response function (FRF) matrix of the tamed system and a matrix describing the mistuning. The train advantages of the method are its efficiency and accuracy, which allow the use of large finite element models of practical bladed disk assemblies in parametric studies of mistuning effects on vibration amplitudes. A new method of calculating the FRF matrix of the tuned system using a sector model is also developed so as to improve the efficiency of the method even further, making the proposed method a very attractive tool for mistuning steadies. various numerical aspects of the proposed method are addressed and its accuracy and efficiency are demonstrated using representative test case